John Adams

Lightspeed buys Kounta; Best Western unit breached; New York BitLicense under review; and other information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the web.

Retail technology provider Standard Cognition is putting its quick-rising valuation to work to stockpile tools as the checkout-free market enters a more competitive phase.

Payments innovation is happening in small businesses like Rio Grande Mexican Restaurant, which has to manage a shift in how people shop, order, pay and communicate — all at the same time.

Facebook's original proposal for Libra was to develop a sweeping, global currency with the backing of the world's biggest companies. Now, with fewer companies on its side and a massive backlash by lawmakers, Facebook is loosening one of Libra's core values.

Bitcoin.com's deal; Cambodia turns to blockchain; Standard Chartered upgrades treasury management; and other information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the web.

PayPal’s latest move to jolt Venmo’s revenue is a co-branded credit card developed with Synchrony — something that challenger banks and fintechs may rush to compete against.

Mastercard eyes India's cash-only stores; GoPay partners with Boku; Machine learning advances for U.K. payment risk; and other information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the web.

Venmo’s P2P social payment app has become a major part of PayPal’s retail strategy, a play that’s getting a boost from a Synchrony co-branded credit card.

The U.K.-based fintech says that a recent crowdfunding campaign shows demand for its product, even though the amount it raised is well below funds obtained from VCs.

The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the web. Today: EU regulators examine Apple Pay; Exec in Taiwan likes Libra; Amazon Pay's voice in India; Bermuda launches blockchain ID.