John Adams

The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Hong Kong embraces open banking; Mastercard gets a environmental nod; A bot to fight crime; Contactless donations helps the homeless.

India's regulatory approach shows it's serious about supporting myriad international payment technology plays, in contrast to China's doing the bare minimum to satisfy international pressure for openness.

The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: It's Fed chair Powell's turn to criticize bitcoin; Blast rounds up payments for consumer savings; Crytpomining malware spikes; Singapore bank launches e-commerce for baby care.

The acquirer OLB Group is positioning itself as a data steward for a future in which merchants will have predictive data to inform decisions on financing.

The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Square collaborates with Bank of Queensland; Wirecard pushes wearables; Former JPMorgan payments exec Morgan joins Barclays; Qiwi's blockchain subsidiary will award tokens as staff bonuses.

Both PayPal and Citigroup are taking a bigger role in the market for cross-border payments, a strategy that led both companies to participate in a $50 million round in PPRO Group, a U.K.-based cross border e-payment company.

The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Link pares down its ATM bank incentives; BitPay gets regulatory clearance in New York; Amex gets in the blockchain patent game; Crypto gets a buy button.

Amazon Prime Day is a marketing "holiday" that aims to expand Amazon Prime membership, a $119 subscription that's a major part of Amazon's marketing strategy at its core site and Whole Foods.

Citigroup is using tracking and transparency to push back against rivals that paint traditional bank-powered international payments as a costly, time-consuming relic.

The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Apple Pay pushes larger payments in ad campaign; Aeon tests palm biometric payments; Bank-led P2P grows in Russia; Mueller indictment details election hackers' bitcoin laundering.