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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Transit systems are attracting contactless payment technology, but there are other options on the horizon that could make boarding easier than tapping a card or smartphone — provided riders are comfortable with an experience like something out of Minority Report.
July 18 -
Card issuers are accustomed to a world in which consumers choose which card to use at the moment they make a purchase. But in the Amazon Go model that more retailers want to emulate, that choice is made long before the shopper enters the store.
July 17 -
The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: U.K. fintech investment plows ahead; Patreon draws more funds; Tether erases crypto; Is AI too hard to understand?
July 17 -
Fintech startups have been a natural fit for the gig economy, leading Visa and Mastercard to seek them out as partners to maintain relevance.
July 16 -
The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Samsung works on digital ID; Royal Mint supports crypto; Kenya bars sports betting payments; South Korean company patents blockchain payments technology.
July 16 -
A new payment company is attacking the hurdles professional women face when returning to the workforce after time away, a distinct problem borne out of the broader gender gap in financial services.
July 16 -
The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Australian banks suffer payment shutdown; U.K. banks pool resources to combat money laundering; European regulators slow to licnese crypto firms; Mark Cuban takes a swipe at Libra.
July 15 -
The fintech rush into point of sale financing is partly a play on younger consumers’ migration away from traditional credit cards. This, in turn, has prompted a counterplay from Citizens Bank.
July 12 -
The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Lobby group pushes PSD2 delay; Debit expands for car rentals; Dolphins embrace crypto; Hong Kong transit adds Apple Pay.
July 12 -
As Congress and the SEC were taking steps to regulate alternative currencies, they required a deep knowledge of the cryptocurrency market and technologies. For those who put off their crypto education, Facebook's Libra is a wake-up call.
July 12 -
The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Domino's tests no-cash stores; Fold adds crypto pay; Revolut adds office in Germany; Fintechs get licenses to anticipate Brexit.
July 11 -
The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: U.K. issues GDPR fines; Dutch authorities block using payment data for marketing; Uber gets a transit boost in Denver; FitPay expands its Flip app.
July 10 -
The U.S. card brands are already pushing Indian regulators to relax their data storage rules, and a new quirk in the country’s tax code creates a battle on an entirely different front.
July 9 -
The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: India plans new restrictions for external payment companies; British Airways gets a breach fine; 7-Eleven Japan halts mobile pay app after security issue; China may accelerate digital currency to counter Libra.
July 9 -
The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Amazon faces regulatory pressure in the U.K.; Manchester adds transit tech; Paytm opens hub in Montreal; PSD2 has poor compliance.
July 8 -
AI-focused venture fund Radical Ventures is the lead investor in a $31.5 million Series B round in Sensibill, which boosts it overall financing to $46.5 million. National Bank of Canada is also part of the investment round.
July 5 -
The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Uber Eats expands inside restaurants; Alipay adds beauty filters to selfie-pay; Japan's regulators pressure Libra; Legal battle brews over currency policy in Zimbabwe; BigCommerce and Klarna expand partnership.
July 5 -
The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: QR codes for education payments; Tencent and Paytm mull investment in streaming service; Dutch ministers call for cash removal; Retailers lobby against Amazon and Google; FIS adds job board tech.
July 3 -
The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Paytm says it's not charging "convenience fees"; Flux adds restaurant technology; Austin upgrades transit pay; Revolut rounds up for donations; A new blockchain collaboration in Singapore.
July 2 -
The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web: Facebook Calibra credit; JCPenney brings back Apple Pay; Grab gets funding; and more.
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