John Adams is executive editor of payments for American Banker.
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Now that bitcoin's market spike has made the alternative currency a household name, it's linked to wild market swings, bubble-level valuations and onerous fees, with the most obvious fixes likely furthering bitcoin's problems rather than solving them.
By John AdamsJanuary 24 -
The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: ANZ's mobile pay spikes; ABN Amro leaves Dutch wallet group; DDoS attacks on the rise; How well-known is bitcoin?
By John AdamsJanuary 24 -
Much like small businesses, small banks can't take on huge IT projects and rely more on targeted deployments to build a user base for future technology.
By John AdamsJanuary 24 -
Bitcoin has lost touch with its original mission of being an alternative decentralized currency, and Stripe has decided that it is no longer worth supporting for payments.
By John AdamsJanuary 23 -
The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Researcher finds a potential vulnerability at Uber; Visa bolsters executive ranks; Grab adds tech for bike sharing; The impact of PSD2.
By John AdamsJanuary 23 -
The all-in-one card market is littered with the carcasses of unsuccessful ventures, but Curve's Shachar Bialick insists his initiative has a model and a headstart that will help it fight the market's considerable headwinds.
By John AdamsJanuary 23 -
The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Amazon Go opens in Seattle; CBA adds voice payments; Instant payments advance in France; SEC targets cryptocurrency manipulation; Why is a consumer group attacking lower ATM fees?
By John AdamsJanuary 22 -
The mix of airlines, hotels and other companies that make up the travel industry have lost an innovative edge, in part because a once-cutting edge system of combined booking and payments has not aged well.
By John AdamsJanuary 22 -
The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web: Australia plugs into Alexa; Europe regulates processing; contactless payments in sports; and more.
By John AdamsJanuary 19 -
While Starbucks is making a tentative move into cash refusal at one location, it's unlikely any retailer would widely refuse cash payments in the near term.
By John AdamsJanuary 18