John Adams

Retailers often try to counter Amazon's dominance by using the e-commerce giant's strengths against it, including its reliance on search engine optimization.

The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: LG Pay may get delayed; Canadian bank hackers reveal tactics; Brim's consumers face a long wait for launch; South Korean authorities sieze bitcoin.

Ingenico is negotiating a business combination with BS Payone that would boost its profile in parts of central Europe and allow it to counter multichannel moves by other major payment companies.

The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Breach at Canadian banks; Indonesian post office offers remittance; Ripple's cross-border tech picks up speed; Fifth Third collaborates on AI to improve merchant services.

Square's taking on hundreds of millions of added debt to battle PayPal, indicating that the simple business model of turning a smartphone into a point of sale terminal is largely a thing of the past.

The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web Today: IBM Watson expands payments in France; Bug bounty discovers weakness at T-Mobile; Chinese city turns to blockchain for municipal payments; U.K. student builds payment device for street performers.

European payment gateway SIA has agreed to acquire First Data's card processing in a group of countries in Eastern Europe.

The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Retailers don't like Mastercard and Visa's buy button; Google Pay adds prepaid options in Japan; Alibaba demos voice ordering for coffee; Australian company plans crypto point of sale; InAuth and ABN Amro push data sharing tech.

The rules that govern data are changing rapidly, creating confusion for the companies that use blockchain to support payments, as well as potential investment opportunities for third parties that can ensure compliance.

When Visa opened its tools to third-party developers two years ago, it was a strong pivot away from a longstanding of operating a closed, proprietary network. Its latest investments indicate this strategy is of growing importance on a global scale.