John Adams is executive editor of payments for American Banker. John interviews top executives in the payments, cryptocurrency and fintech industries, hosts podcasts, moderates conference panels and curates the new Payments Intelligence portal.
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John has been with American Banker and related products for 30 years, covering bank technology, advertising, mortgages and capital markets.
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Vantiv has been building omnichannel capabilities for years, and this deal will give that a boost.
By John AdamsNovember 11 -
The information you need to start your day, including top headlines from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: A record Single's Day; Pinterest adds reviews to boost payments; India's ATM crisis; banks build an AML blockchain.
By John AdamsNovember 11 -
Trump's election raises a lot of issues for the financial services industry, particularly for companies that operate internationally or rely on emerging technology. Here are a few areas Trump's presidency is likely to disrupt.
By Daniel WolfeNovember 10 -
The information you need to start your day, including top headlines from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: India's elimination of much of the country's cash causes confusion; new tech allows Touch ID for gloves; Alipay debuts in France; Denmark opens a tech center.
By John AdamsNovember 10 -
Machine learning can revolutionize online financial management tools by not only tracking payments, but creating a way to change payment habits in the future, says John Frankel, a founding partner of the New York-based ff Venture Capital.
By John AdamsNovember 10 -
To jawbone Mexico into paying for the wall, President-elect Trump has threatened to suspend remittances. Such a move would disrupt one of the busiest corridors of money in the world.
By John AdamsNovember 9 -
President-elect Donald Trump’s well-publicized plan to build a border wall and make Mexico pay for it could have significant ramifications for a major sector of the payments industry.
By John AdamsNovember 9 -
The information you need to start your day, including top headlines from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Apple plays Apple Pay hardball with big Australian banks and cuts a deal with smaller banks; a British startup combines small biz and personal finance in one app; Overstock bets on blockchain.
By John AdamsNovember 9 -
Donald Trump's stunning upset in the presidential race on Tuesday is likely to embolden his followers to push for changes to Internet law that could significantly alter how financial technology is conceived, built and delivered to market.
By John AdamsNovember 9 -
Donald Trump's stunning upset in the presidential race on Tuesday is likely to embolden his followers to push for changes to Internet law that could significantly alter how financial technology is conceived, built and delivered to market.
By John AdamsNovember 9 -
Donald Trump’s stunning upset in the presidential race on Tuesday is likely to embolden his followers to push for changes to Internet law that could significantly alter how financial technology is conceived, built and delivered to market.
By John AdamsNovember 9 -
The information you need to start your day, including top headlines from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Walmart's big plans for mobile wallets; Stripe's collaborators get a directory; the U.K. downsizes check processing; CaribShopper expands.
By John AdamsNovember 8 -
The information you need to start your day, including top headlines from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: a big breach at Tesco; McDonald's will add mobile ordering; Russia wants its payment network to link to UnionPay; no fintech bubble, at least for now.
By John AdamsNovember 7 -
The information you need to start your day, including top headlines from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Singapore's using toll and parking payments as part of a major digital overhaul; a new payment card security threat for Flash Player users; Google allows discount introductory subscription rates.
By John AdamsNovember 4 -
Long one of mobile payments' success stories, Starbucks reports major gains in both mobile ordering and payments.
By John AdamsNovember 4 -
Payments technology is showing up in places that were unimaginable just a few years ago. That creates new opportunities for merchants and banks, but also new opportunities for fraudsters.
By John AdamsNovember 4 -
The information you need to start your day, including top headlines from PaymentsSource and around the Web. today: France and Switzerland try to lure fintech companies; a new kind of payment and budget app; Australia plans to expand citizens' data rights.
By John AdamsNovember 3 -
The information you need to start your day, including top headlines from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Square gets some good news; web appliances get set to take off; financial inclusion makes progress; Instagram's e-commerce strategy moves forward.
By John AdamsNovember 2 -
Omnichannel commerce demands multiple layers of technology, and each layer adds a risk of latency and friction at time when payment companies can least afford it.
By John AdamsNovember 2 -
The information you need to start your day, including top headlines from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: A bank-led faster pay venture in Japan expands; mobile gets more popular; bitcoin sale in Swiss rail stations; free lawyers for startups.
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