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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The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: U.K. issues GDPR fines; Dutch authorities block using payment data for marketing; Uber gets a transit boost in Denver; FitPay expands its Flip app.
July 10 -
The U.S. card brands are already pushing Indian regulators to relax their data storage rules, and a new quirk in the country’s tax code creates a battle on an entirely different front.
July 9 -
The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: India plans new restrictions for external payment companies; British Airways gets a breach fine; 7-Eleven Japan halts mobile pay app after security issue; China may accelerate digital currency to counter Libra.
July 9 -
The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Amazon faces regulatory pressure in the U.K.; Manchester adds transit tech; Paytm opens hub in Montreal; PSD2 has poor compliance.
July 8 -
AI-focused venture fund Radical Ventures is the lead investor in a $31.5 million Series B round in Sensibill, which boosts it overall financing to $46.5 million. National Bank of Canada is also part of the investment round.
July 5 -
The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Uber Eats expands inside restaurants; Alipay adds beauty filters to selfie-pay; Japan's regulators pressure Libra; Legal battle brews over currency policy in Zimbabwe; BigCommerce and Klarna expand partnership.
July 5 -
The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: QR codes for education payments; Tencent and Paytm mull investment in streaming service; Dutch ministers call for cash removal; Retailers lobby against Amazon and Google; FIS adds job board tech.
July 3 -
The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Paytm says it's not charging "convenience fees"; Flux adds restaurant technology; Austin upgrades transit pay; Revolut rounds up for donations; A new blockchain collaboration in Singapore.
July 2 -
The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web: Facebook Calibra credit; JCPenney brings back Apple Pay; Grab gets funding; and more.
June 28 -
The millions of people displaced by war, famine and other hardships face distinct challenges and dangers when accessing and using money, and these pain points are being addressed by a blockchain-powered payment app that is part of Western Union's accelerator program.
June 28 -
The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Shell speeds up EMV; Apple Pay adds markets and Shopify integration; Technology companies chase B2B automation and biometric cards.
June 27 -
In the eyes of regulators, Facebook and bitcoin have a lot in common. Both challenge citizens' relationship to privacy, and both use technology in ways that current laws were unprepared for.
June 27 -
By creating a close tie between digital debit cards and the major third-party mobile wallets, Bank of America is doing something few banks are — and expecting a payoff in broader use of digital financial services and “top of wallet” spending.
June 26 -
The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Mastercard and N27 advance Nordic real-time payments; Amazon Prime Day gets longer; Swedbank adds watch payments; Minnesota legislators try to ban crypto political donations.
June 26 -
By creating a close tie between digital debit cards and the major third-party mobile wallets, Bank of America is doing something few banks are — and expecting a payoff in broader use of digital financial services and “top of wallet” spending.
June 26 -
The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: RBC adds business pay tracker; 7-Eleven upgrades deliveries; U.K. open banking fintech adds to its network; U.S. Bank pushes health care payment automation.
June 25 -
This year’s payments industry mergers have exposed numerous corporate, geographic, product and talent gaps, yet perhaps few payment types are more challenging and stuck in the past than health care.
June 24 -
The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Walmart's theft sensors; European regulators show some flexibility on authentication rules; Google and PayPal extend partnership; Desjardins suffers a breach.
June 24 -
Banks are rightly focused on PSD2 as an international gateway for fintechs to disrupt banking, though potential deregulation in Singapore can give digital payment companies another route to take share directly away from banks.
June 24 -
Libra has only been public for a few days, but it has been enough time for regulators around the world to savage the project and schedule hearings. Jorn Lambert, executive vice president of digital solutions for Mastercard, said the project's objectives are aligned with the regulators' concerns.
June 21
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