John Adams is executive editor of payments for American Banker.
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The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Sony pursues blockchain for copyright; Twitter sends odd notifications; Facebook Portal could collect data for advertising; Australian banks invest in receipt technology.
By Daniel WolfeOctober 17 -
The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web: India's payment regs, Westpac's wearables; New Zealand debunks bitcoin claim; and more.
By John AdamsOctober 15 -
Financial crisis-era rebel Simple is turning to payments innovation — along with its traditional combativeness on fees and rates — to stay relevant against the many fintechs lurking at the edges of the banking world.
By John AdamsOctober 15 -
The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Chinese payment companies suffer breach; Mumbai transit adds PayPal; Shopify opens a store; Scotland makes contactless art.
By John AdamsOctober 12 -
The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Google Pay finds a way to reach banks in Germany; Western Union goes after larger payments; U.K. bank lobby pushes fraud recovery tax; Mastercard gets another blockchain patent.
By John AdamsOctober 11 -
While the fintechs that offer merchant loans usually argue they’re lending to the ultra-small businesses that banks don't serve, competitive forces will bring the technology companies deeper into banks’ domain.
By John AdamsOctober 11 -
Square CFO Sarah Friar, who helped lead the company's many forays into financial services, is leaving Square to become CEO of Nextdoor, a social network for local neighborhoods.
By John AdamsOctober 10 -
The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: PayPal and Skype payments expand; Tencent invests in Brazilian startup; Commonwealth Bank tests programmable money; GlobalPlatform develops flexible wearable technology.
By John AdamsOctober 10 -
At Tropical Smoothie, a new IT project will deploy new cloud-hosted point of sale terminals, handheld devices and kitchen display systems over the next few weeks across its 700-location footprint.
By John AdamsOctober 10 -
The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Apple Pay's geographic expansion; NCR terminal gets gas EMV certification; ICICI pushes smart city technology; California cracks down on predicable passwords.
By John AdamsOctober 9