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: Australian banks suffer payment shutdown; U.K. banks pool resources to combat money laundering; European regulators slow to licnese crypto firms; Mark Cuban takes a swipe at Libra.
By John AdamsJuly 15 -
The fintech rush into point of sale financing is partly a play on younger consumers’ migration away from traditional credit cards. This, in turn, has prompted a counterplay from Citizens Bank.
By John AdamsJuly 12 -
The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Lobby group pushes PSD2 delay; Debit expands for car rentals; Dolphins embrace crypto; Hong Kong transit adds Apple Pay.
By John AdamsJuly 12 -
As Congress and the SEC were taking steps to regulate alternative currencies, they required a deep knowledge of the cryptocurrency market and technologies. For those who put off their crypto education, Facebook's Libra is a wake-up call.
By John AdamsJuly 12 -
The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Domino's tests no-cash stores; Fold adds crypto pay; Revolut adds office in Germany; Fintechs get licenses to anticipate Brexit.
By John AdamsJuly 11 -
The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: U.K. issues GDPR fines; Dutch authorities block using payment data for marketing; Uber gets a transit boost in Denver; FitPay expands its Flip app.
By John AdamsJuly 10 -
The U.S. card brands are already pushing Indian regulators to relax their data storage rules, and a new quirk in the country’s tax code creates a battle on an entirely different front.
By John AdamsJuly 9 -
The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: India plans new restrictions for external payment companies; British Airways gets a breach fine; 7-Eleven Japan halts mobile pay app after security issue; China may accelerate digital currency to counter Libra.
By John AdamsJuly 9 -
The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Amazon faces regulatory pressure in the U.K.; Manchester adds transit tech; Paytm opens hub in Montreal; PSD2 has poor compliance.
By John AdamsJuly 8 -
AI-focused venture fund Radical Ventures is the lead investor in a $31.5 million Series B round in Sensibill, which boosts it overall financing to $46.5 million. National Bank of Canada is also part of the investment round.
By John AdamsJuly 5 -
The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Uber Eats expands inside restaurants; Alipay adds beauty filters to selfie-pay; Japan's regulators pressure Libra; Legal battle brews over currency policy in Zimbabwe; BigCommerce and Klarna expand partnership.
By John AdamsJuly 5 -
The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: QR codes for education payments; Tencent and Paytm mull investment in streaming service; Dutch ministers call for cash removal; Retailers lobby against Amazon and Google; FIS adds job board tech.
By John AdamsJuly 3 -
The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Paytm says it's not charging "convenience fees"; Flux adds restaurant technology; Austin upgrades transit pay; Revolut rounds up for donations; A new blockchain collaboration in Singapore.
By John AdamsJuly 2 -
The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web: Facebook Calibra credit; JCPenney brings back Apple Pay; Grab gets funding; and more.
By John AdamsJune 28 -
The millions of people displaced by war, famine and other hardships face distinct challenges and dangers when accessing and using money, and these pain points are being addressed by a blockchain-powered payment app that is part of Western Union's accelerator program.
By John AdamsJune 28 -
The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Shell speeds up EMV; Apple Pay adds markets and Shopify integration; Technology companies chase B2B automation and biometric cards.
By John AdamsJune 27 -
In the eyes of regulators, Facebook and bitcoin have a lot in common. Both challenge citizens' relationship to privacy, and both use technology in ways that current laws were unprepared for.
By John AdamsJune 27 -
By creating a close tie between digital debit cards and the major third-party mobile wallets, Bank of America is doing something few banks are — and expecting a payoff in broader use of digital financial services and “top of wallet” spending.
By John AdamsJune 26 -
The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Mastercard and N27 advance Nordic real-time payments; Amazon Prime Day gets longer; Swedbank adds watch payments; Minnesota legislators try to ban crypto political donations.
By John AdamsJune 26 -
By creating a close tie between digital debit cards and the major third-party mobile wallets, Bank of America is doing something few banks are — and expecting a payoff in broader use of digital financial services and “top of wallet” spending.
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