John Adams is executive editor of payments for American Banker.
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Transit systems provide a clear use case for mobile payments, allowing commuters to avoid lining up at ticketing machines when they're already in a rush to get to their destination. But many of the perks of mobile wallets, such as targeted offers, don't apply to them.
April 6 -
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: Visa, PayPal collaborate in Asia: An 'easy' ATM hack; North Korea may have been behind Swift hack; Azimo adds mobile pay tech.
April 5 -
Square is in talks to acquire Yik Yak, which operates location-based anonymous social network popular among college campuses, reports CNBC.
April 4 -
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: Amazon's business market opens in U.K.; Turkish API draws funding; Wex expands in Singapore; A 'themed' ATM in Japan.
April 4 -
Seamless is aggressively pushing the reach of its SEQR wallet through global partnerships designed to make the app available at millions of merchant locations, enable technology-agnostic transactions, and pry more retailers away from bank issued cards.
April 4 -
Amazon is lending its considerable brand and heft to a cash payment model that borrows a vital piece of real estate from Apple Pay.
April 3 -
There's been a lot of funding flowing into technology that targets the spending of Chinese travelers as they visit other countries. But this narrow use case isn't the only opportunity for investment and innovation.
April 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: Starbucks tests 'no cashiers' store; ANZ removes limits for voice payments; blockchain advances in Japan; Citi opens Hong Kong innovation hub.
April 3 -
Wearable payment devices are cutting edge, fast and diverse. But they are not a steady, predictable or popular consumer trend. Even so, investors see a rich opportunity to get involved in the market for wearables.
March 31 -
Artificial intelligence is steadily making its way through the payments and financial services world. The technology's usefulness for fraud detection is clear, but there are other areas where AI can have an impact.
March 31
