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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Starbucks is being pressured to add an in-app option for deliveries rather than redirect customers to Uber's app.
January 25 -
The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Discover's deliquencies on the rise; Brexit fears ding B2B; Hyperledger's Grid bolsters payment ecosystem; India's Paytm looks for more markets; New York awards new crypto licences.
January 25 -
Delinquencies, which are on the rise across financial services, clouded an otherwise solid quarter for Discover Financial Services.
January 24 -
Samsung’s been pushing for government support for its blockchain and cryptocurrency technology for much of the past year, and early Galaxy S10 leaks suggest a built-in crypto wallet will be among the handset's planned features.
January 24 -
The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: PayPal CEO's not a fan of bitcoin for payments; New tech for cryptocurrency ID; Apple Pay's new ad campaign; New Hampshire may allow crypto for tax payments.
January 24 -
Retailers are aggressively competing to bring new delivery technologies to market, ranging from autonomous vehicles to gig economy apps.
January 23 -
Bitcoin is marked by wild value swings that would preclude robust usage for retail payment, but that’s not stopping companies from moving crypto closer to the point of sale.
January 23 -
The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: eBay faces new investor pressure to sell units; Starbucks Uber Eats deployment picks up speed; PayPal invests in marketing fintech; ING signs deal with R3.
January 23 -
Regulators are handing out fines for GDPR violations, that while relatively small can have a large impact on the push for sharable identity by drawing attention to how large companies use data.
January 22 -
The European Commission has fined Mastercard 570 million Euros, or about $648 million, over card network rules that prevented merchants from shopping for better terms at other banks in the EU.
January 22 -
The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: EU fines Mastercard; Apple Pay gains ground in Spain; Go-Jek invests in fintech; Italy standardizes tourism payments; Content companies face GDPR complaints.
January 22 -
The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Paytm extends restaurant ordering; Walmart adds to delivery service; Hong Kong residents want data sharing; Wirecard teams with Swatch.
January 18 -
The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Grab adds insurance; Driverless mobile store planned in Boston; Crypto advances for salaried workers; R3 improve identity tech.
January 17 -
The Fiserv-First Data deal, valued at about $22 billion, will combine two of the financial services industry's largest technology and processing companies.
January 16 -
The numbers behind Fiserv's deal to acquire First Data are huge, particularly considering each company's existing tonnage still makes consolidation the best play when faced with nimble fintechs and mobile startups.
January 16 -
Fiserv will acquire First Data in an all-stock deal with a value of about $22 billion that will combine two of the financial services industry's largest technology and processing companies.
January 16 -
The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Fiserv buys First Data; PayPal scores a ticketing contract; Open banking advances in Canada; Russian bank adopts finger payments; Faster payment group adds staff.
January 16 -
As cashierless stores try to break out of the lab and into the real world, a deployment in Poland could open up as many as 5,000 locations to the technology.
January 15 -
There are many contenders working towards developing a universal digital ID system. CULedger will test its offering later this week with a rollout scheduled for the second half of 2019.
January 15 -
The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: U.K. forms new financial crime unit; Salesforce adds AI; UnionPay opens to developers; Fiserv lures sports pay network.
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