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: AT&T and Samsung sub team on parking tech; PayPal markets smartphone financing; SBI tests crypto payments; Mastercard's African expansion.
September 26 -
The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Apple and Salesforce collaborate; Bread draws investment; U.K. payment project takes shape; Australia cracks down on ICOs.
September 25 -
London-based digital payment provider Revolut has applied for an e-money license in Luxembourg in case the Brexit impact creates legal complications.
September 24 -
The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Google counters Paytm's privacy claim; BART plans transit pay upgrade; Open banking lobby expands to North America; California bans crypto political donations.
September 24 -
Fintech developers are trying to monetize data without scaring away privacy-conscious consumers — and, increasingly, to make sure bigger financial companies don't overstep the same boundaries.
September 24 -
Square’s online payments APIs and Square Invoices are adding support for Google Pay, which the mobile point of sale company hopes will streamline checkout for online stores and websites.
September 21 -
The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: U.K. regulators examine PayPal's iZettle deal; Equifax gets fined in the U.K.; Paytm complains about Google Pay and data; Amazon announces lots of new Echo technology.
September 21 -
Flipkart, an Indian e-commerce company which Walmart bought in August, has launched a cardless credit program for consumers and is expected to apply for an NBFC licence, or a classification as non-bank that provides credit and other financial services in India.
September 21 -
The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Cashierless stores are set to grow quickly; Westpac adds Siri payments; Hacks at Newegg and government servers; MPs push for U.K. ICO regs; ANZ debuts cardless ATMs.
September 20 -
The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Mastercard close to video game sponsorship; WorldRemit adds WhatsApp; Gemalto tests blockchain ID; CanPay expands in Florida.
September 19 -
Subscription payments are supposed to happen in the background with little or no effort. But what happens when another “automatic” and constantly changing product is tossed on top of the subscription?
September 19 -
By using a network of vendors with existing payment and financial terms, TD Bank hopes to expedite the paper processing for supply chain transactions and treasury management.
September 18 -
The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Amazon Go expands to Chicago; A $6.2 billion swipe-fee settlmenet; Six takes mobile to the sea; Contactless grows quickly in Europe; Singapore unveils master QR code.
September 18 -
Uber’s corporate existence has jumped from one PR crisis to another, but the company has always been lauded for how seamlessly it handles payments. Until now.
September 17 -
The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Uber suffers a glitch; Mobile pay companies lean into India's gas crunch; Ripple expands; M-Pesa adds air payments; Metal P2P debuts.
September 17 -
Executives from four companies—Worldnet co-founder John Clarke, Payrailz CEO Fran Duggan, CardFree CEO Jon Squire, and Sionic Mobile CEO Ron Herman— view Uber and Amazon as drivers of the shift to an "unattended" retail experience that removes human interaction from the process of making a payment.
September 17 -
The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Ant denies spying on Equifax; Mt. Gox investors may get refunds; U.K. needs corporate help with payment project; European regulators approve harsh penalties for payment crime.
September 14 -
The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: EU cracks down on laundering; ATMs decline in the U.K.; Georgia's fintech academy; Softbank builds mobile pay tech.
September 13 -
A new venture capital firm hopes will differentiate it from other fintech investors by taking a more hands-on approach.
September 13 -
BofA Merrill Lynch will extend Apple Pay, Google Pay and Samsung Pay support for business cardholders, covering corporate, commercial and purchasing cards in the U.S.
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