John Adams

Welcome to the new PaymentsSource Morning Briefing, delivered daily. The information you need to start your day, including top headlines from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Airbnb may buy a payments company; Parliament may move on Brexit this week; new tech for vet payments; rewards program debuts for corporate travel,

The fleet card provider WEX isn't sure how blockchain can help its business, but it's confident enough in the technology's promise to move forward.

UnionPay's collaboration with United Airlines and Planet Payment is the latest salvo in a race among Chinese companies to cater to overseas travelers.

Welcome to the new PaymentsSource Morning Briefing, delivered daily. The information you need to start your day, including top headlines from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Net neutrality foe to head FCC; Deutsche exchange builds peer-to-peer tech; Amazon Locker's in BBVA branches; new churn alerts for ISOs

A pair of technology entrepreneurs hopes the flexibility provided by mobile technology and open development tools can finally kill off the stale authentication method.

Welcome to the new PaymentsSource Morning Briefing, delivered daily. The information you need to start your day, including top headlines from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: SEC investigates Yahoo; EU warns on blockchain security; Societe Generale looks for startups; Amazon may bring virtual reality to shopping.

The parent of Alipay is also investigating uses for biometrics and artificial intelligence.

Welcome to the new PaymentsSource Morning Briefing, delivered daily. The information you need to start your day, including top headlines from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: A lobby for open data; e-commerce expands in Brazil; Wix makes an e-commerce buy; Shopify expands space for developers.

Technology toolkits such as application programming interfaces (APIs) have enabled small businesses to use simple programming to extend online payments to consumers, and the same technology can be applied to marketplace transactions.

Loyalty programs can be a mixed blessing. When they work as advertised, they can lock in consumers and build relationships; when they fail, they vex shoppers and sour relationships.