John Adams is executive editor of payments for American Banker. John interviews top executives in the payments, cryptocurrency and fintech industries, hosts podcasts, moderates conference panels and curates the new Payments Intelligence portal.
His work includes profiles of
John has been with American Banker and related products for 30 years, covering bank technology, advertising, mortgages and capital markets.
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PHTSYS lured longtime U.S. Bank executive Pam Joseph out of retirement to help steer the company's evolving business strategy as it morphs into a multi-channel merchant services provider.
March 7 -
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: Not all Irish banks on board with Apple Pay; Feds worried about virtual currency; Monzo insources after third party glitch; New predictions on cash's extinction.
March 7 -
LendingArch is offering what amounts to installment payments for Canadian health care expenses, hoping to take a bite of the credit card market for consumer-direct health care payments.
March 6 -
By now most of the world knows of the disruption India's monetary system has undergone as its government discourages paper cash and pushes digital alternatives, stopping short of outright forcing the issue. But there's another challenge within the market.
March 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: Deutsche Bourse's VC focuses on payment compliance; Dash grows quickly; Mobile usage jumps; A new health care installment plan in Canada.
March 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: Bank of Japan warns on blockchain; Mastercard debuts bots in Turkey; Toronto incubator grad woos VC investors; U.K. startup lures PayPal exec.
March 3 -
The way people seek and buy music—in a store, online, or a download—is as generational as the art itself. Madrona Venture Group is staking a claim on 'buy' buttons as the next hit.
March 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: Pizza Hut's payment shoes; Amazon's cloud glitch hurts e-tailers; a new incubator in Mexico; Alibaba goes international to seek talent.
March 2 -
Apps that allow consumers to order and pay in the same experience are infiltrating the restaurant industry, and Mastercard is arming itself for competition.
March 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: Amazon's cloud outage makes waves; Setl sets up in Paris; Dash collaborates with Wall of Coins; nobile money's big decade.
March 1 -
When Visa turned part of its technology shop into an innovator's sandbox, the card brand hoped it would accelerate its evolution from a rail for plastic cards to a diverse commerce enabler.
March 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: Barclays suffers a debit glitch; Harbortouch offers merchant credit; fraud dips at Interac; contactless takes off in the U.K.
February 28 -
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: New CEO at Payveris; Samsung tightens donation policy; Scottish university starts blockchain study; Chain of Points builds a loyalty cryptocurrency.
February 27 -
The payments industry has been overrun with innovation in mobile, wearable and cloud-based digital payments. But many niches are years — if not decades — behind this trend.
February 24 -
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: Frank Abagnale says security tech isn't enough; First Data scores a naming rights deal with the Mets; Payments data fights human trafficking; Phishing attacks spike.
February 24 -
Jennifer Miles will join Ingenico later this year to help the company's North American expansion and mobile point of sale efforts.
February 23 -
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: Alipay expands American support; HyperWallet, Visa run program for disaster fundraising tech; millennials like chatbots; France builds buildings for 'Brexit companies.'
February 23 -
How much do Germans like cash? Consider the following common German phrase: "Geld stinkt nicht," which roughly translated means, "money doesn’t stink."
February 23 -
If you've ever walked past a film shoot, it's easy to see how much more there is to the movies and TV than just the star and director. There's often dozens or even hundreds of other people involved in the production — bit players, stunt performers, musicians and more — and they all have to be paid, at times irregularly and under different rules.
February 22 -
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: A temporary fintech dip? Visa opens a London innovation hub; Will PSD2 compliance get easier? Gulf gets its own mobile payment app.
February 22
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