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: Ripple's blockchain push; U.K.'s PSD2 preparations; Interac's global expansion; and more.
November 27 -
Fitbit's expertise in monitoring exercise and health seems pretty far removed from the world of payments, but the company is running full-speed into the world of fintech.
November 27 -
The digitally driven retail environment has caused lots of adapt-or-die challenges for payment processors and merchant acquirers, including spotting fraud as it moves from one device and channel to another.
November 22 -
The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Net neutrality may end soon; Benjamin Lawsky joins Ripple's board; Digital currency enters Zimbabwe; Boku's IPO; 'Mai' scammer victimizes iPhone buyer.
November 22 -
Cryptocurrency could be a strong fit for online games, which often develop their own realistic economies despite being cut off from mainstream currencies.
November 21 -
The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: American Express is ending support for Jawbone's smartwatch payments; Cash is still strong; CBA tightens ATM controls to mitigate money laundering; Indian group works on smart contracts.
November 21 -
PayPal is following its investment in micro-investing app with a direct link, vastly expanding the app's addressable market.
November 20 -
The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Amazon, Walmart offer dueling home access products; PayPal supports 'tips' for streaming content; Signs of life for cryptocurrency in China; Will Europe crack down on ICOs?; Ripple pushes DLT for governments.
November 20 -
Visa is digging deep into the question of whether transit fare payments can influence habits in other settings.
November 20 -
The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Technology pros turn down jobs in the U.K. because of Brexit; Amazon Key has a security gap; Singapore extends its fintech influence; Gaming takes to cryptocurrency.
November 17 -
Facebook's introduction of mobile payments in the U.K. and France is accompanied by the complexity of having to adapt as Brexit unwinds the U.K. from the European Union.
November 17 -
Canada's payments modernization initiative is using a distributed ledger to expedite processing across a nationwide network, providing scale that could open the technology to wider use elsewhere if successful.
November 16 -
The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Amazon Go's sensors spot staff in costumes; A cryptocurrency for cryptocurrency office space; Bango expands in Africa; Kickstarter relaunches artist funding unit.
November 16 -
The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: People track others' spending habits on Venmo; Square Cash tests bitcoin support; Android Pay's world gets larger; N26 adds Apple Pay support; Placer adds a buy button.
November 15 -
Fintech startup Payrailz is positioning itself firmly in the "invisible" payments market that's taking shape in the e-commerce and mobile app business. Only in Payrailz's case, it's making a direct appeal to smaller banks that may have the greatest need to update their tech.
November 15 -
One of the risks of omnichannel shopping is showrooming, where consumers browse products in person at a store but purchase online from a rival at a better price. This problem has existed for years in the brick-and-mortar world, and the maturation of digital shopping has caused showrooming to spread to more retailers.
November 15 -
The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Mastercard opens its first innovation hub in Australia; Collaborative mobile payments advance in Poland; Steem plots a blockchain wallet; CU Wallet founder joins credit union tech consultant.
November 14 -
Viewpoint's Henry Ferguson has heard the arguments against digitization firsthand, when checking with advisers who take the temperature of people in the construction industry.
November 14 -
Citigroup is extending a technology program that's designed to cut excess out of international supply procurement.
November 13 -
The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Singles Day reaches another record; BurstIQ builds a cryptowallet; SIX restructures its payments business; Santander picks a vendor for U.K. check imaging.
November 13
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