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: Paytm's push at the point of sale; French ride hailing app SnapCar streamlines payroll; NatWest tests cardless pay; Payments Canada adds risk management exec.
June 13 -
MyBucks plans to give away entry-level smartphones, loaded with the company's financial technology, to encourage mobile payments, mobile banking and broader access to digital services in Africa, where financial innovation often moves quickly.
June 13 -
The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Apple won't allow cryptocurrency mining; Researchers say P2P's precision could turn some people off; Swedish central bank wants input on faster payments; London's mayor touts the city's AI prowess.
June 12 -
The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Recruitment site hack exposes Australian banks; Amex makes a sustainability play; An e-wallet debuts in Angola; Italy gets bearish on blockchain.
June 11 -
Payroll needs can be tricky — especially on the open seas, where cruise staffers often have to go through several expensive steps to cash out their paychecks.
June 8 -
The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web: Mastercard gets a blockchain patent; A cryptocurrency for pot may sponsor Dennis Rodman's trop to the Singapore summit; The networks and XRP team on a wallet toolkit; ABN Amro gamifies technology hiring.
June 8 -
While the 'buy button' is designed to benefit merchants, issuers and the card networks alike, merchants may not be willing to risk any tradeoff in their access to customer data.
June 7 -
The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Amazon picks spots in Chicago for Go; Italy deploys interbank blockchain; Indian bank gets hit with AML fine; Another startup emerges from the U.K.'s fintech standbox.
June 7 -
Visa's management faces an unwelcome choice: It can share more information about internal shortcomings or mistakes that caused payments to shut off temporarily, or get summoned to Parliament for a politically-infused public questioning.
June 6 -
The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Grab's development center; Patreon acquires Kit.com to add options for creators; Visa's outage gets political; Belgiium's federated ID picks up steam.
June 6 -
One thing is clear: This outage, however brief, undermines the card networks' ability to market themselves as the fundamental platforms for a new era of payments technology.
June 5 -
The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Citi embraces open banking for U.K. business; Ripple invests in blockchain studies; Paysafe's iPayment acquisition closes; Singapore and India will share fintech innovation.
June 5 -
Merchants, banks, fintechs and card networks may crave digital payments' treasure trove of data over cash's simple anonymity, but any weakness in a centralized ecosystem threatens the entire network, as Visa learned late last week.
June 4 -
The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Visa's back up in Europe; Apple Pay pushes order ahead at a music festival; Jeep plans in-car payments tech; ABN Amro customers warm to werables; Mastercard wins a blockchain patent.
June 4 -
As more small to medium-sized businesses look to international e-commerce markets to boost sales, differences in tax laws can cause complications for sellers—and an opportunity for payment gateway companies offering workarounds.
June 4 -
Supermarkets and other retailers reported rejected transactions after a network glitch, causing some to quickly deploy cash-only checkouts.
June 1 -
The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: PayPal makes another investment; Open Payments Cloud picks up support; Crypto firm hires Square's former compliance officer; Mastercard hires a cybercrime expert.
June 1 -
Retailers often try to counter Amazon's dominance by using the e-commerce giant's strengths against it, including its reliance on search engine optimization.
June 1 -
The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: LG Pay may get delayed; Canadian bank hackers reveal tactics; Brim's consumers face a long wait for launch; South Korean authorities sieze bitcoin.
May 31 -
Ingenico is negotiating a business combination with BS Payone that would boost its profile in parts of central Europe and allow it to counter multichannel moves by other major payment companies.
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