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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Six Clovers, a digital payments company founded by two former PayPal developers, designed its Rapid platform to enable fast cross-border transactions using cryptocurrencies backed by government-issued money.
June 15 -
More than 97% of venture backing goes go white-owned startups. Firms like Mendoza Ventures, Chingona Ventures and MaC Venture Capital are stepping in to support underserved entrepreneurs.
June 14 -
The bank is shortening the time for deposit availability in the hope of serving use cases like gig economy workers and disaster relief.
June 10 -
The company's payment processing platform supports the likes of Uber and Square in their ambitions to create all-in-one offerings that bundle financial and other services.
June 9 -
The card brand has added a dedicated lane to its startup program to address the venture funding gap for race and gender. Overall, less than 3% of VC funding goes to startups with Black or Latinx founders.
June 9 -
The e-commerce giant is looking for someone whose skills pertain to distributed ledgers and digital currency.
June 8 -
The move furthers the retail giant's strategy to become a one-stop shop for payments and financial services.
June 8 -
The bank and card brand will combine digital connections for supply chain finance and corporate disbursements.
June 7 -
The U.K.'s central bank says stablecoins should follow the same rules as traditional bank deposits.
June 7 -
From China to the Bahamas, central banks are rushing to create digital currencies that could be used for everything from attending the Olympics to helping the unbanked. Here are some notable initiatives.
June 3 -
Nearly 90% of central banks are considering or deploying digital currencies to speed transactions and reach underserved communities. But the larger the economy, the more difficult these projects are to implement.
June 3 -
Users of the Goldman Sachs-issued card found themselves unable to make payments or view account details.
June 2 -
The initiative would standardize and expand security, but marketing restrictions weigh against the business case for adoption.
June 2 -
When people stopped using Wag's core business during the pandemic, the company added multiple technologies to allow it to sell pet food, offer digital training and provide other services. Those same upgrades will stay in place as former clients come back.
June 1 -
Development and regulatory costs would be so high that the largest firms would need significantly more scale to justify the investment, according to new research from the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond.
May 28 -
Ahead of its U.S. launch, the London-based payments card aggregator has raised $14 million from 12,000 individual investors that it hopes to convert to customers.
May 28 -
The technology giant is looking for a negotiator with experience in buy now/pay later, faster payments and cryptocurrency.
May 27 -
The Australian bank's stakes in technology firms Little Birdie and Amber add price shopping for point of sale credit and bill pay.
May 27 -
The bank anticipates strong demand from businesses that want to settle invoices faster. It also wants to get ahead of competition from fintechs offering similar services.
May 27 -
The companies are working to thwart abuse on the Honey platform, a deal-finding system that PayPal acquired in 2019.
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