John Adams

States are changing how they regulate bitcoin, but convincing merchants and consumers to jump-start a dreary cryptocurrency payments market is another matter.

The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: EU fee relief; Girl Scouts add Clover; Facebook posts for blockchain talent; Marriott offers hack info.

The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Amazon gains bank support in India; Facial recognition for ATMs in Spain; ATMs are declining in the U.K.; UATP and Conferma Pay offer virtual pay for flights.

Ant Financial, the Chinese payments company that operates Alipay, has a scale that’s almost unimaginable to a U.S. audience. But the giant's ability to build a true empire has already run into regulatory trouble in the U.S.—and it’s affecting Ant's strategy worldwide.

The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Ant agrees to WorldFirst deal; Kroger ups its mobile technology; Sony adds watch upgrade; Starling Bank raises funds for new accounts; DLT moves foward in Italy.

Stripe’s large and quickly expanding valuation enable it to forge connections among many sources of innovation, placing even more pressure on traditional technology providers and financial institutions.

The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Walmart loses a delivery partner; Bill.com opens a new office; Jack Dorsey talks up bitcoin; Swiggy's big expansion.

The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Softbank's bullish on driverless vehicles; Pakistan courts PayPal; Monzo adds business services; Japanese consortium cuts paper from transactions.

It’s unusual for a seemingly healthy company’s website to implore its U.S. customers to seek out a competitor with less than a month's notice, but cross-border payment processor WorldFirst has done just that.

The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Amazon debuts video shopping; Phishing campaign hits credit unions; New cash in the U.K.; Companies line up for post-Brexit licenses.