John Adams is executive editor of payments for American Banker.
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JPMorgan Chase and Amazon have demonstrated substantial power to digitize their industries, even influencing the strategy of others. But automating and streamlining health care will be a particularly tough task.
By John AdamsJanuary 30 -
The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Amazon, Buffett and JPMorgan Chase team on health care; VoiceLabs launches new retail tech; Lenovo fixes a security gap; Card fraud's wide impact; Young people struggle with passwords; UnionPay adds to its mobile reach.
By John AdamsJanuary 30 -
Dishonestly taking advantage of false membership in a group to score a discount sounds like something most people wouldn't dare do, but it's enough of a threat to retailers that investors see future returns in technologies that guard against it.
By John AdamsJanuary 30 -
The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: "Jackpot" attackers hit ATMs; Link opens competition for ATMs in U.K.; Brisbane Airport supports bitcoin; Banks comply with new Swift rules; Robert Shiller warns on bitcoin bubble.
By John AdamsJanuary 29 -
Digital assistants are increasingly commonplace, and the trend is pressuring merchants and issuers to figure out how to keep up with consumers' interest in conversational computing.
By John AdamsJanuary 29 -
PayPal has been working to expand Venmo's audience beyond millennials for more than a year, a strategy that it hopes to further with instant transfers.
By John AdamsJanuary 26 -
The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Ken Chenault joins Airbnb's board; Payoneer goes green; 50 Cent's a bitcoin millionaire; India draws more fintech attention.
By John AdamsJanuary 26 -
Apple is not going to sit idly as Facebook transforms its Messenger app into a platform for P-to-P payments and commerce.
By John AdamsJanuary 25 -
The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Arsenal signs deal with blockchain company; Connected car tech advances; Cryptocurrency M&A; First Data recruits in Ireland.
By John AdamsJanuary 25 -
E-commerce merchants are juggling several challenges at once, creating potential business-threatening gaps Worldpay and Vantiv say can be bridged by their merger.
By John AdamsJanuary 25