John Adams is executive editor of payments for American Banker.
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Welcome to the PaymentsSource Morning Briefing, delivered daily. The information you need to start your day, including top headlines from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Politics may impact Ant/MoneyGram deal; First Data extends sports branding; Singapore forms payments committee; Ransomware's severe impact on small business.
August 3 -
Enticements such as rewards, loyalty points and coupons seldom face pushback as a marketing concept, but there's been recent concern that these programs are devouring potential revenue from consumers who would be willing to pay full price.
August 3 -
Not long ago, self-checkout lanes were seen as an encroachment on traditional retail sales, depriving shoppers of the personal touch that comes with interacting with a cashier. Today, this model is under attack from mobile devices, which are both more high-tech and more personal.
August 3 -
Welcome to the PaymentsSource Morning Briefing, delivered daily. The information you need to start your day, including top headlines from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Paytm's launching new tools; Stripe's adding tax tech; NFC may be added to boxes; Contactless expands in the U.K.
August 2 -
Royal Bank of Canada has updated its mobile app to enable personal banking users to ask Siri to pay their bills on iPhone and iPad.
August 1 -
Welcome to the PaymentsSource Morning Briefing, delivered daily. The information you need to start your day, including top headlines from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Klarna's P-to-P app; Andy Murray makes a tech investment; PayPal invests in AI; DueCourse's invoice payment engine struggles.
August 1 -
As the digital age reduces the wear on physical cards, how is it that some consumers are requesting new cards more frequently?
August 1 -
Welcome to the PaymentsSource Morning Briefing, delivered daily. The information you need to start your day, including top headlines from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Uber and Lyft work on cards; U.K.'s big payment project; Blockchain collaboration expands; Amazon targets apartment delivery.
July 31 -
Uber and Lyft are both working on credit cards, with Uber's likely to be in circulation by the fall.
July 31 -
Visa's recent leading of a $25 million investment round in Marqeta is an unusual move for the card network, which has most recently focused its investments in merchant acquiring technology companies.
July 31
