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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Maybe it's coincidence, or maybe it's progress — in recent weeks, a number of large payment networks have suffered brief but widespread outages, particularly in Europe.
July 23 -
The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: More payment problems in Europe; Snapchat shuts down P2P app; Europe and U.S. ease fintech rules; Airline payments technology advance in Saudi Arabia; India delays cryptoban trail.
July 23 -
The recent tariff escalations could cause financial pain for specific shopping corridors, particularly in price-conscious locales.
July 23 -
Merchant acquirers have moved mountains to embrace software and e-commerce over the old model of selling point of sale hardware, but there are signs that transformation is not enough to please investors.
July 20 -
The commercial that shows a landlord using Apple Pay Cash and iMessage to pry rent out of a tenant is meant to elicit a chuckle, but it also shows how P2P providers must aggressively communicate the capabilities of their apps.
July 20 -
The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Hong Kong embraces open banking; Mastercard gets a environmental nod; A bot to fight crime; Contactless donations helps the homeless.
July 20 -
India's regulatory approach shows it's serious about supporting myriad international payment technology plays, in contrast to China's doing the bare minimum to satisfy international pressure for openness.
July 19 -
The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: It's Fed chair Powell's turn to criticize bitcoin; Blast rounds up payments for consumer savings; Crytpomining malware spikes; Singapore bank launches e-commerce for baby care.
July 19 -
The acquirer OLB Group is positioning itself as a data steward for a future in which merchants will have predictive data to inform decisions on financing.
July 18 -
The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Square collaborates with Bank of Queensland; Wirecard pushes wearables; Former JPMorgan payments exec Morgan joins Barclays; Qiwi's blockchain subsidiary will award tokens as staff bonuses.
July 18 -
Both PayPal and Citigroup are taking a bigger role in the market for cross-border payments, a strategy that led both companies to participate in a $50 million round in PPRO Group, a U.K.-based cross border e-payment company.
July 17 -
The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Link pares down its ATM bank incentives; BitPay gets regulatory clearance in New York; Amex gets in the blockchain patent game; Crypto gets a buy button.
July 17 -
Amazon Prime Day is a marketing "holiday" that aims to expand Amazon Prime membership, a $119 subscription that's a major part of Amazon's marketing strategy at its core site and Whole Foods.
July 16 -
Citigroup is using tracking and transparency to push back against rivals that paint traditional bank-powered international payments as a costly, time-consuming relic.
July 16 -
The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Apple Pay pushes larger payments in ad campaign; Aeon tests palm biometric payments; Bank-led P2P grows in Russia; Mueller indictment details election hackers' bitcoin laundering.
July 16 -
The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Nike opens high-tech store; Milan airport deploys contactless payments; Japanese e-payment startup Paidy attracts investors; ICOs perform poorly.
July 13 -
As the trade war ramps up, some cross-border payment companies are steering into the storm by selling lower-cost automated processing as a way to offset expensive supply chains.
July 13 -
About a month after Visa's European outage, Mastercard encountered a similar glitch for a brief period of time on Thursday.
July 12 -
The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web: Stripe grabs WordPress share from PayPal; Alipay's travel pay network gets larger; Opera browser supports cryptocurrency; Contactless payments get a test in Norway.
July 12 -
Since Amazon Go's announcement, there has been a rush to duplicate the company's cashierless store concept without the same level of tech investment. The latest competitors are focused on the cameras that identify items as consumers take them off of the shelves.
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