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: Technology pros turn down jobs in the U.K. because of Brexit; Amazon Key has a security gap; Singapore extends its fintech influence; Gaming takes to cryptocurrency.
November 17 -
Facebook's introduction of mobile payments in the U.K. and France is accompanied by the complexity of having to adapt as Brexit unwinds the U.K. from the European Union.
November 17 -
Canada's payments modernization initiative is using a distributed ledger to expedite processing across a nationwide network, providing scale that could open the technology to wider use elsewhere if successful.
November 16 -
The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Amazon Go's sensors spot staff in costumes; A cryptocurrency for cryptocurrency office space; Bango expands in Africa; Kickstarter relaunches artist funding unit.
November 16 -
The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: People track others' spending habits on Venmo; Square Cash tests bitcoin support; Android Pay's world gets larger; N26 adds Apple Pay support; Placer adds a buy button.
November 15 -
Fintech startup Payrailz is positioning itself firmly in the "invisible" payments market that's taking shape in the e-commerce and mobile app business. Only in Payrailz's case, it's making a direct appeal to smaller banks that may have the greatest need to update their tech.
November 15 -
One of the risks of omnichannel shopping is showrooming, where consumers browse products in person at a store but purchase online from a rival at a better price. This problem has existed for years in the brick-and-mortar world, and the maturation of digital shopping has caused showrooming to spread to more retailers.
November 15 -
The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Mastercard opens its first innovation hub in Australia; Collaborative mobile payments advance in Poland; Steem plots a blockchain wallet; CU Wallet founder joins credit union tech consultant.
November 14 -
Viewpoint's Henry Ferguson has heard the arguments against digitization firsthand, when checking with advisers who take the temperature of people in the construction industry.
November 14 -
Citigroup is extending a technology program that's designed to cut excess out of international supply procurement.
November 13 -
The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Singles Day reaches another record; BurstIQ builds a cryptowallet; SIX restructures its payments business; Santander picks a vendor for U.K. check imaging.
November 13 -
The spread of Alexa, Siri, Google Assistant and Samsung's Bixby is changing the way consumers interact with technology. Behind the scenes, artificial intelligence is doing more than ever to handle and protect payments.
November 10 -
The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Visa and Samsung Pay collaboration debuts; PayPal's pool; U.K. football embraces contactless payments; Chinese travelers get more payment options; Carrier billing gets a beachhead in Egypt.
November 10 -
The influx of mobile point of sale systems created an odd situation for retailers that now had to turn their screens around or hand over their smartphones to consumers. More manufacturers are addressing this awkwardness by giving shoppers their own screen — but innovation comes at a price.
November 10 -
The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Ontario deregulates fintech to battle Silicon Valley; NCR opens a hub in India; Environmentally-friendly cryptocoins; Thoma Bravo acquires health club payments processor.
November 9 -
TransferWise, one of the fintechs that have challenged old-school banking models for international transactions, is entering a new phase that adds geographies and different markets for its account alternative.
November 9 -
The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Visa pushes wearables at the Olympics; U.K. regulators may make it easier for payment crime victims to recovery funds from banks; Stripe invests in Monzo; Coin Hive hits UFC.
November 8 -
Green Dot's financial performance has improved substantially over the past year, enough for the prepaid card issuer to raise its outlook for the rest of the year.
November 7 -
The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Amazon Cash extends availability to 7-Eleven; Bjork embraces cryptocurrency; CVS launches same-day delivery; Swift to power faster payments in Hong Kong.
November 7 -
The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Western Union's earnings get a jolt from technology; Paytm adds chat tech; N26 plans U.K. launch; Equifax board clears inside stock sales after its data breach.
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