John Adams

The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: eBay pursues hands-free tech; Sacramento Kings text tickets; NFC reaches 7-Eleven; Hong Kong's 'bay area' gets UnionPay mobile; Ripple and R3 settle legal fight.

The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web: Alibaba's next chairman; Visa-backed blockchain; Ripple's new lawyer; and more.

Blockchains and other distributed ledgers are being applied to almost all businesses as a concept, but have had a tough time in ecosystems built on siloed data and complex technology.

Product diversification has boosted Revolut's valuation, and will make or break the company as it battles myriad competitors and a challenging geographic expansion.

Ring's smart doorbell was its billion-dollar ticket to Amazon's empire, which bought the company as part of its move into consumers' homes and communities.

The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Amazon Go opens in New York; Paul Galant joins Softbank subsidiary; Visa adds disaster recovery feature; Russian hacking suspect extradited to New York; Vizeo TV may have to disclose spying on viewers.

Initial coin offerings have become controversial enough for the SEC to weigh in. And even though the commission has not announced a clear stance, technology investors are noticing a difference in its actions.

Ripple's role in streamlining international transactions and the popularity of its XRP tokens has boosted the company's value, but has also drawn critics who claim Ripple is illegally gaming the market.

Technology developers have little choice but to see big data deals like Mastercard’s reported collaboration with Google as an opportunity for deep, actionable analysis, setting aside the chilling effect of privacy concerns and a consumer buy in.

The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Paytm launches investment app; Reserve Bank of Australia suffers an outage; Virtual Cryopto Technologies launches a bitcoin ATM converter; Ipagoo joins Chaps; Adyen tests 3D Secure.