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: PayPal bans Gab message board after Pittsburgh shootings; Sweden's prepping for a cashless society; Server market adds Alipay; ABN Amro adds fees for manual payments; Paytm Bank appoints CEO.
October 29 -
The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web:. Today: WeChat Pay expands at airports; Mastercard pushes solar initiative in Uganda; Germany has a su ccessful blockchain pilot; British Airways breach gets larger.
October 26 -
A group of large banks is using its considerable size and influence to build standards for trade finance, including agreements on payments processes, documentation and risk—giving the consortium its own ecosystem to counter the myriad forces in technology and e-commerce that threaten to upend traditional practices.
October 26 -
The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Big financial brands suffer web spoofs; Circle and Coinbase collaborate; NAB, Microsoft build facial-recognition ATM; Clover launches in Canada.
October 25 -
NCR has turned to the acquisition market to shore up its defenses against fintech challengers, a further signal that longtime retail industry staples such as payment hardware and ISOs are going by the wayside as dedicated business models.
October 25 -
The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Amazon Go picks a spot in Wesfield Place; HTC reveals its blockchain phone; IBM sets up open banking service; Citi invests in Ondot.
October 24 -
Fintechs usually focus on niches rather than trying to be a one-stop shop for every type of merchant. But for Nvoicepay, bigger clients mean bigger opportunities.
October 24 -
The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Diebold Nixdorf adds partners; Paytm exec gets blackmailed; Swift and Microsoft's cloud advances; Klarna picks up merchant support.
October 23 -
Cryptocurrency companies hope P2P transfers will prove habit-forming enough to convince consumers to try out a new currency.
October 23 -
The gap in attitudes and outlook on gender inclusion is wide enough that women and men in financial services often have entirely different takes on gender in the workforce, with men much more likely to have an outsized positive view on progress in gender inclusion.
October 22 -
With VC favorites such as Square and Stripe nipping at its heels, ATM and terminal manufacturer NCR plans to shell out $184 million for JetPay to add remote software to its acquiring menu.
October 22 -
The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Amazon Go's not the first cashierless store in San Francisco; A new score; JPMorgan's opening a fintech campus; Volvo revs up subscriptions; Western Unoin and banks battle human trafficking.
October 22 -
American Express turned its loss of its Costco card business in 2016 into a pivot to a more technology-heavy strategy, a plan that is paying off with major deals with large partners and solid earnings.
October 19 -
The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Pakistan reaches out to fintechs to help with payment project; Wearable tech gets more flexible; Digital pay becomes a major market; Bill and Melinda Gates invest in blockchain as a financial inclusion tool.
October 19 -
India’s government has been aggressively (and, at times, dramatically) pro-digital commerce — but not necessarily when it involves foreign companies.
October 19 -
PayPal reports it’s adding users to Venmo’s new initiatives quickly, pushing the company’s wish to monetize Venmo to what its CEO calls a “tipping point."
October 18 -
The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: BBVA pushes open banking in the U.S.; Curve plans support for mobile wallets; Civil's first news IPO falls short; Apptizer adds new restaurant technology.
October 18 -
Stripe’s expanding global profile has come with a growing security risk operation, which will now be overseen by former Google security expert Niels Provos.
October 17 -
The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Sony pursues blockchain for copyright; Twitter sends odd notifications; Facebook Portal could collect data for advertising; Australian banks invest in receipt technology.
October 17 -
The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web: India's payment regs, Westpac's wearables; New Zealand debunks bitcoin claim; and more.
October 15
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