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 information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: NatWest tries voice assistant; MoneyGram's web relaunch; New Zealand allows crypto salary; Deliveroo quits Germany; Mexico suffers a card outage.
August 13 -
India has taken a hard line on cryptocurrency, but other blockchain payments innovation is thriving.
August 12 -
The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Amazon extends robot delivery; HSBC adds more currency to commercial card; Ireland makes PSD2 concessions; Ripple's looking for investments.
August 12 -
There are subtle differences in Walmart's virtual currency project compared to Facebook's Libra, but these may be enough to avoid the regulatory firing squad that Facebook has endured.
August 9 -
The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Commerz pilots M2M; Postmates deploys robots; Libra encourages new technology; State Farm suffers a breach; Rhode Island issues crypto regulations.
August 9 -
Apple's massive user base, fully digital enrollment system, merchant reach and partnership with Goldman Sachs threaten retail banks on multiple fronts.
August 9 -
The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: FCA recommends authentication delay; Visa CEO on gun payments; Fraud dips in Australia; Bitcoin tax bill advances; Stripe expands in Latin America.
August 8 -
There are subtle differences in Walmart's virtual currency project compared to Facebook's Libra, but these may be enough to avoid the regulatory firing squad that Facebook has endured.
August 8 -
The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Critics pounce on Libra's privacy; Paytm diversifies; Mastercard combats fraudulent fashion; Singapore plans new digital payment regulations.
August 7 -
Mastercard has spent more than $4 billion on investments so far in 2019 to thread a needle between several must-haves in the digital payments market.
August 6 -
The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Mastercard looks for crypto experts; Monzo's security gap; Payveris's CUSO picks up investment; Ohio State goes digital for sports tickets.
August 6 -
The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: R3's expanding in London; Wirecard makes a contactless play in Italy; Poshmark's breach; Nexo offers a credit card for crypto; South Korea opens testing for blockchain.
August 5 -
Investors are making bets on checkout-free retail, a category that is just as challenging as it is innovative. But it's payment technology's race to the moon, a chance to seize a favorable position in the struggle to save retail.
August 5 -
Walmart has filed a patent application for a digital currency that, like Facebook's Libra, would be a stablecoin backed by traditional currencies. And it envisions a very specific use case where its coin could stand in for cash — or even for a bank account.
August 2 -
Square has worked hard in the past several years to offer more than just mobile card acceptance, but not all of its efforts have paid off.
August 2 -
The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Digital payments advance in sports; Amazon Dash set to expire; Albania cracks down on tax pay cheats; Facial recognition ATMs expand in Spain; A stablecoin for legal weed.
August 2 -
It’s not yet time to retire the notion that businesses favor checks for supply chains, but deployments in multiple markets signals a turning point in modernizing B2B payments.
August 1 -
The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Google Pay adds security for UPI in India; Fold offers crypto rewards for mobile pay; U.K. convenience chain deploys checkout-free tech; Singapore bank installs QR code ATMs.
August 1 -
Two of the three multibillion-dollar payment mergers announced in 2019 closed this week, and these global giants must now fend off the invigorated fintechs eager to nab unhappy merchant and bank clients.
July 31 -
The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Visa's small business play in India; Mobile point of sale tech for legal weed; Circle's CEO pushes financial reform; Revolut adds a top exec.
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