John Adams

The technology arms race among payment fintechs is converging on the market for credit and loans, with Square rolling out an installment payment option for consumers that complements its merchant capital option for sellers.

The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Amazon invests in mobile pay tech in India; Danske bank tests contactless chip; Digital currency sponsors U.K. golf tournament; Coinbase tries to fix crypto fee instability.

An emerging VC model seeks to get in on new ideas early, before Series A or initial coin offering, offering coaching, money and other accelerants as close to the point of invention as possible.

The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Apple embeds in college IDs; Alipay automates marriage records; PSD2 fintech directory expands; Bitmain invests in Bitcoin Cash wallet.

The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Paytm battles spam; Albertson's extends low-touch pay project to gas; BBVA sets up fintech matchmaker; Bill Clinton warns on overregulating blockchain.

Two watch sellers are diving into a pilot that will test whether social media and blockchain can power alternatives to Amazon and eBay for e-commerce sales, shopping, payments, risk management and marketing.

The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Canada considers PSD2-style reforms; Google exec joins Swift; Biometric payments advance in Bahrain; Ingenico joins Visa's transit program.

The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Veem attracts big investors; Fintech vets join RS2 board; Ripple gets regulatory win in Japan; Mozilla complains about Venmo's privacy settings; Uber gets fined over data breach.

The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Hong Kong's getting a real-time transfer system; Zelle's bank network gets larger; Tesco faces a breach fine; Circle releases a stablecoin.

Stripe’s software development kit, application programming interfaces and other recently added features for merchants place it in almost all parts of the payment value chain beyond its e-commerce forte.