John Adams is executive editor of payments for American Banker.
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Ant Financial, which operates China's popular Alipay wallet, has a plan for the U.S. that goes beyond its abandoned purchase of MoneyGram.
By John AdamsFebruary 23 -
The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Venezuela's virtual currency debuts; Crowdsourcing for Square readers in Boston; Tinder's security gap; Samsung Pay gains ground in Australia.
By John AdamsFebruary 22 -
Even in 2018, when mobile commerce and mobile point of sale are commonplace, fintechs are able to find plenty of niches stuck in the past.
By John AdamsFebruary 22 -
The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Bitcoin gets criticized in the U.K. and gains some support in South Korea; Flight Sim Labs apologizes for intentional malware; A new Swift-related hack in India.
By John AdamsFebruary 21 -
The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: London's mayor lobbies for soft Brexit; Ingenico goes contactless to boost charities; Swiss regulator updates authentication rules; A new cryptohack attacks Ethereum.
By John AdamsFebruary 20 -
The rudimentary email pre-orders at Grossman's stores were helpful, but limiting in that it still focused on a one-on-one interaction with the customer. Grossman has since implemented technology that allows multiple customers to submit a single order.
By John AdamsFebruary 20 -
The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: FedEx suffers a major data breach; BBVA makes a move into gig economy financial services; CBA bans credit card bitcoin purchases; EU officer defends cash; Coinbase suffers a tech glitch.
By John AdamsFebruary 16 -
As much as payment companies love to talk about opening up their platforms, there's definite room for improvement.
By John AdamsFebruary 16 -
The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Bitcoin power drain; Cryptoart makes a sale; U.K. wants to take fintech sandbox international; Toll tech extends to gas stations and car washes.
By John AdamsFebruary 15 -
Pacing is one of the largely unchallenged themes of fintech—new ideas come up every few months that require an almost constant state of new tech deployment. But it doesn't really work that way, says Steve Sarracino, CEO and founder of Activant Capital.
By John AdamsFebruary 14