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 bank-led clearXchange is changing its brand to reasonate more with consumers.
By John AdamsOctober 24 -
The bank-led clearXchange is changing its brand to reasonate more with consumers
By John AdamsOctober 24 -
The information you need to start your day, including top headlines from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Wells Fargo and CBA make a big move into blockchain, a security expert unveils the cause of Friday's major web outage; and research shows cash in decline.
By John AdamsOctober 24 -
Blockchain and the 'Internet of Things' are enabling a lot of new payments innovation. In Canada, they're part of a huge project that could radically change ID security for more than just payments.
By John AdamsOctober 24 -
The flow of money between countries is changing, and if banks and merchants get caught unaware, a reliable revenue stream will get shut off like a spigot.
By John AdamsOctober 24 -
The information you need to start your day, including top headlines from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Uber's new debit card; France discovers mobile pay collaboration; Mitsubishi uses virtual currency as a reward.
By John AdamsOctober 21 -
The information you need to start your day, including top headlines from PaymentsSource and around the Web. In today's briefing: India's big ATM breach; a new use for Apple Pay; a breach suit for Wells; an arrest in LinkedIn's breach
By John AdamsOctober 20 -
A group of Canada's largest banks has invested $27 million in SecureKey Technologies as the Toronto-based security company preps a new digital identity service for 2017.
By John AdamsOctober 19 -
The information you need to start your day, including top headlines from PaymentsSource and around the Web. In today's briefing:
PayPal's network deals; Facebook's eBay collab; Tommorow's SiriBy John AdamsOctober 19 -
The EMV and mobile wallet movements have split the retail industry, leaving payment companies in the delicate position of having to support clients with very different technological profiles.
By John AdamsOctober 19 -
SparkLabs and Global Ventures have invested $3.4 million in Pay By Group, which makes a white-label e-commerce tool for splitting costs.
By John AdamsOctober 18 -
The information you need to start your day, including top headlines from PaymentsSource and around the Web. In today's briefing: Charles Scharf's tenure; Apple Pay's goals; giving up gift cards.
By John AdamsOctober 18 -
Many startups have taken shots at traditional banking, but few have succeeded. However, there is plenty of promise in this model, according to investor Tim Young.
By John AdamsOctober 18 -
Australia's banks have submitted a formal statement to the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission
slamming Apple.By John AdamsOctober 17 -
The information you need to start your day, including top headlines from PaymentsSource and around the Web. In today's briefing: Australia's banks and Apple Pay; Thiel doubles down; Brexit weighs on Misys.
By John AdamsOctober 17 -
Tablet-based point of sale terminals may look sleek and modern, but under the hood they must wrestle with many of the same challenges that older hardware faces.
By John AdamsOctober 16 -
The pressure to shave friction from cross-border payments will spur even the biggest merchants to seek help from third parties, if dLocal's market plan is correct.
By John AdamsOctober 14 -
When eBay and PayPal purchased Braintree for $800 million in 2013, it was seen as an immediate fix for PayPal's troubled relationship with the developer community. Today, that transaction is showing a long-term benefit as well.
By John AdamsOctober 9 -
Fill a room with 100 financial services CEOs. It's likely that only one of them is a woman, even in 2016.
By John AdamsOctober 6 -
Technology Crossover Ventures sees a mashup of several hot financial technology trends in international payments gateway Payoneer, sparking its participation in a new $180 million round of capital.
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