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.
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John has been with American Banker and related products for 30 years, covering bank technology, advertising, mortgages and capital markets.
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The financial institution has focused on boosting revenue from a segment that has struggled due to the impacts of the pandemic and high inflation.
July 19 -
The bank plans to turn away transactions for apps like Afterpay, Affirm, Klarna and others. Its move comes as these third parties face increasing scrutiny from regulators and industrywide concerns over risk.
July 18 -
The Chinese technology giant is partnering with BNP Paribas to reach more merchants; Sequoia makes an investment offer that could boost confidence in Stripe; and more.
July 17 -
The government-backed instant processing network has been live only since the summer of 2023, but it's already indirectly boosting usage at an unrelated bank-led rail from The Clearing House.
July 15 -
The American tech giant's agreement to open up to other firms may give other tech firms the chance they need to offer an updated mobile wallet.
July 11 -
The card networks extended an agreement to keep interchange the same for cards issued outside of the European Union; meanwhile Ant Group's Alipay adds a number of AI-powered assistants.
July 10 -
The financial institution, which downsized earlier this year, is trying to broaden its scope to retain businesses that don't want to use multiple providers.
July 9 -
The bank is working with Adyen and Stripe to improve the transaction information that feeds AI-powered payments crime fighting. Can it convince other firms to join?
July 8 -
Experts from Tipalti, Tulane, Cigniti and Ingenico discuss what skills will be in demand, and the importance of not being intimidated by the speed of innovation.
July 5 -
Circle, Stripe and Coindesk all make moves to add scale for digital asset transactions.
July 3 -
The court didn't rule on the merits of any regulation, but made it much easier to challenge rules governing banking.
July 1 -
The technology company faces fines over potential anti-competition practices; Takis Georgakopoulos is on his way to Fiserv.
June 26 -
The two financial institutions are testing a combination of machine learning and blockchain to catch errors and block fraud on international transactions.
June 25 -
U.K. banks are testing machines that can accept deposits from multiple machines.
June 21 -
Publicly traded companies are showing signs of improvement, but it may take some time until venture capital funding for fintechs recovers.
June 20 -
A London judge has issued an order that could lead the bank to sell the Greek fintech, while two large French financial institutions plan to build a processor.
June 19 -
The organization says 'request for pay' has gotten early traction with billing and account-to account transfers. Now it's targeting consumer-to-government and digital wallet disbursements.
June 17 -
Longtime payments chief Takis Georgakopoulos is leaving the bank. New co-heads Umar Farooq and Max Neurkirchen are inheriting a powerhouse, but they face lots of challenges.
June 13 -
An iOS 18 update will enable a Tap to Pay-like system for peer-to-peer payments. Meanwhile, will BNPL rules be different in Australia than in the U.S.?
June 12 -
PayPal has brought on expert pitchmen from Uber and Plaid to build an advertising platform for merchants. Its rivals are on a similar path.
June 11
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