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: Walmart's testing new retail tech; The no-cashier market's getting more crowded; U.K. businesses win ATM tax case; Contactless spreads for trivia contests.
November 12 -
The ploys vary widely—digital tracking, fee incentives and "coopetition"—but banks are turning up the volume on innovation to pry businesses away from checks and keep them from signing up with rival tech startups.
November 12 -
American Express' progress with local officials in China regarding card payments provides a potential early advantage against rivals like Mastercard and Visa. But building a market in China has never been easy for a global card brand.
November 9 -
The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: New ATM attacks from North Korea; Cryptocurrency emerges for financial inclusion; Hong Kong upgrades federated ID; U.K. fintech expands donation technology.
November 9 -
The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Starbucks expands in China and Japan; Crytpo-friendly governors set to take office; Australian wearable EMV debuts in U.S..; PayPal adds credit for small businesses in Germany.
November 8 -
The payments and financial services industry has enjoyed an unprecedented wave of invention, but the fruits of that labor are threatened by an ideologically driven political climate that complicates the evolution of global interoperable mobile-driven commerce.
November 7 -
The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web:. Today: Election results portend less deregulation and consumer focus; Facebook faces GDPR investigation in Ireland; Cryptocurrency giveaway; Orange County adds mobile transit pay, Emirates NBD pilots open banking.
November 7 -
A wide range of Republican priorities that affect the payment, retail and fintech industries could stall or entirely flame out if Democrats make substantial gains in Tuesday’s midterm elections.
November 6 -
Companies that rely on contract work also depend on diversifying revenue streams, a cycle that will repeatedly place fresh stress on an already complicated payroll system.
November 6 -
The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Facebook takes space in Macy's; SEC gets more clear on ICOs; Art market adds PayPal; Sberbank works on ATM tech.
November 6 -
American Express' VC wing is taking efforts to solidify its position in two sectors that are quickly maturing: APIs for small businesses and digital travel concierge services.
November 6 -
The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: GM teams with Yelp; Anna Money's debit card makes cat sounds; SEC gets aggressive with ICOs; Softbank's listing should come soon.
November 5 -
The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Uber Eats starts a corporate service; Mastercard's battle with India's regulators; Braintree adds Google Pay; Coinsource gets ATM nod in New York; There's a new ATM hack threat.
November 2 -
As mega data collaborations among multinational companies threaten to dominate payment technology, developers are digging even deeper into decentralized models as a workaround to sell both greater data analysis and more security.
November 1 -
The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web:. Today: Visa inks tech deal with Hudson Yards; U.K. railway adds MPOS; ABN Amro upgrades payments tech; India gets ready to crack down on crypto.
November 1 -
The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Visa and Mastercard comply with India's data regs; FCA plans cryptocurrency crackdown; :Adyen expands in Canada; Google Pay adds more markets.
October 31 -
Amazon Go’s getting a lot of the attention among cashierless store projects, but it's far from alone. However, any attempts to dethrone Amazon are just as likely to help it succeed.
October 31 -
Mastercard and Visa’s single online payment experience, which has angered some merchants and could shake up the e-commerce market from PayPal to Amazon, is progressing toward a 2019 launch.
October 30 -
The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web:. Today: Hitachi takes a stake in the State Bank of India; Alibaba makes a move into luxury retail; PayPal invests in emerging markets; David Sacks invests in B2B cannabis company.
October 30 -
ABN Amro plans to levy fees for some clients that don’t use digital payment processes, an aggressive tactic that’s had mixed results for the companies, retailers, and governments that choose to make intentionally harder to use manual payment processes.
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