John Adams

After researchers exposed how hackable mobile point of sale systems are, vendors quickly shored up their defenses — while also blaming some vulnerabilities on payment methods they characterize as outdated.

The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Americans keep more funds in PayPal accounts than their wallets; Coins decline in the U.K.; ZenCash changes its name; Coinbase adds payment support.

Since his 2016 campaign, Donald Trump has loomed over the international payments system with a series of threats that are proving increasingly empty.

The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Walmart still doesn't support Apple Pay; Paytm builds a cloud in India; Football clubs support bitcoin; First Data pushes into real estate payments; China cracks down on cryptocurrency news.

The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Payment outage hits Australia; No cashier store opens in San Francisco; Should contactless limits get higher?: Alipay takes paper out of tax refunds.

The subscription payments market is increasingly popular, but acquirers won't get by on only handling the payments.

The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: A new wallet emerges in China; Monzo draws more investment; Ripple expands its exchange network; Ant Financial expands into health care payments.

The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Google Pay adds more banks; Diebold Nixdorf scores a win in patent fight; Ant dominates Asian fintech investment; California may allow cryptocurrency political donations.

Legacy card issuers are facing a huge problem that threatens their relevance. Most of them are trying to launch a spaceship with a steam engine, and many of the solutions to that quandary are expensive, risky — and temporary.

Credit unions are working to turn a distributed ledger-based identity project into a platform for payments and financial services.