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: FTcash offers cashless loans and payments in India; Apple Pay Cash starts to deploy; A cryptocurrency for solar; Payza adds altcoin purchases; SEC's ICO unit goes to work.
December 5 -
The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Apple's automatic update adds Apple Pay Cash; Twitter embeds tipping in its Periscope service; Canada pushes centralized digital currency; Wendy's offers mobile delivery; Malta builds national blockchain.
December 4 -
Android Wear introduced a new version of its technology earlier this year.
December 1 -
The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: ECB pushes instant payments; Mastercard's new innovation class; Payment company launches pot magazine; Atlanta gets more ATMs.
December 1 -
Installment payments for e-commerce purchases are starting to take hold in North America as an alternative to standard credit cards, and PayBright is seeking a niche in Canada.
December 1 -
The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Samsung files for a social payment platform; Bitcoin jumps up and down; Hackers get smarter; E-commerce comes to the mall; U.K. fintech lobbiest gets help.
November 30 -
Venmo achieved its status by designing its interface like that of a social network. PayPal's version of that comes from Facebook.
November 30 -
The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: U.K. banks may not be economically ready for PSD2; Arbnb adds trip splitting; U2's campaign with Amazon is less 'forceful' than its Apple past; House of Lords endorses DLT.
November 29 -
As any stressed-out parent knows, kids can be quite bad at communicating what they need for school. Bursari has added a software development kit to improve its ability to accept and process one-time and recurring payments to schools through a variety of means.
November 29 -
One of the world's largest bitcoin exchanges, bitFlyer, has landed in the U.S. with a focus on institutional investors — a move that suggests bitcoin's days as a payments instrument are still a long way off.
November 28 -
The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Senators grill Uber over breach; PSD2 sets date to end screen scraping; Signs of cash's fade in Europe; Spear phishers get nabbed.
November 28 -
The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web: Ripple's blockchain push; U.K.'s PSD2 preparations; Interac's global expansion; and more.
November 27 -
Fitbit's expertise in monitoring exercise and health seems pretty far removed from the world of payments, but the company is running full-speed into the world of fintech.
November 27 -
The digitally driven retail environment has caused lots of adapt-or-die challenges for payment processors and merchant acquirers, including spotting fraud as it moves from one device and channel to another.
November 22 -
The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Net neutrality may end soon; Benjamin Lawsky joins Ripple's board; Digital currency enters Zimbabwe; Boku's IPO; 'Mai' scammer victimizes iPhone buyer.
November 22 -
Cryptocurrency could be a strong fit for online games, which often develop their own realistic economies despite being cut off from mainstream currencies.
November 21 -
The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: American Express is ending support for Jawbone's smartwatch payments; Cash is still strong; CBA tightens ATM controls to mitigate money laundering; Indian group works on smart contracts.
November 21 -
PayPal is following its investment in micro-investing app with a direct link, vastly expanding the app's addressable market.
November 20 -
The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Amazon, Walmart offer dueling home access products; PayPal supports 'tips' for streaming content; Signs of life for cryptocurrency in China; Will Europe crack down on ICOs?; Ripple pushes DLT for governments.
November 20 -
Visa is digging deep into the question of whether transit fare payments can influence habits in other settings.
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