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 spread of Alexa, Siri, Google Assistant and Samsung's Bixby is changing the way consumers interact with technology. Behind the scenes, artificial intelligence is doing more than ever to handle and protect payments.
November 10 -
The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Visa and Samsung Pay collaboration debuts; PayPal's pool; U.K. football embraces contactless payments; Chinese travelers get more payment options; Carrier billing gets a beachhead in Egypt.
November 10 -
The influx of mobile point of sale systems created an odd situation for retailers that now had to turn their screens around or hand over their smartphones to consumers. More manufacturers are addressing this awkwardness by giving shoppers their own screen — but innovation comes at a price.
November 10 -
The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Ontario deregulates fintech to battle Silicon Valley; NCR opens a hub in India; Environmentally-friendly cryptocoins; Thoma Bravo acquires health club payments processor.
November 9 -
TransferWise, one of the fintechs that have challenged old-school banking models for international transactions, is entering a new phase that adds geographies and different markets for its account alternative.
November 9 -
The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Visa pushes wearables at the Olympics; U.K. regulators may make it easier for payment crime victims to recovery funds from banks; Stripe invests in Monzo; Coin Hive hits UFC.
November 8 -
Green Dot's financial performance has improved substantially over the past year, enough for the prepaid card issuer to raise its outlook for the rest of the year.
November 7 -
The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Amazon Cash extends availability to 7-Eleven; Bjork embraces cryptocurrency; CVS launches same-day delivery; Swift to power faster payments in Hong Kong.
November 7 -
The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Western Union's earnings get a jolt from technology; Paytm adds chat tech; N26 plans U.K. launch; Equifax board clears inside stock sales after its data breach.
November 6 -
The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: PayPal plans domestic payment service in India; Mobile shopping on pace for more records; U.K. banks take different paths to battle payments fraud.
November 3 -
The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: TransferWise raises funds; Robert Carr's new processor expands; Another fine for late breach disclosure; Amazon gobbles up cryptocurrency domains; Link's move may cut free ATMs in the U.K.
November 2 -
New York plans to dramatically digitize its subway system, phasing out its iconic MetroCard to install contactless tap-and-go technology, bringing a dose of the 21st century to a system that dates to 1904 but often feels even older than that.
November 2 -
The Canadian payment system is evolving into something almost completely different, an evolution that's birthing new ideas to handle authentication.
November 2 -
The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: New York and Vermont penalize Hilton over breaches; Microsoft pushes fintech in Japan; Dilbert's Scott Adams plans an IPO; Singapore approves a virtual currency card; GameStop ties rewards to subscription payments.
November 1 -
Blockchain is a bigger opportunity for business transactions than consumer transactions, according to Mastercard president and CEO Ajay Banga, who is poring over the technology to build use cases for corporate users.
October 31 -
The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Sony applies for a blockchain ID patent; U.K. check imaging moves closer; Samsung turns old devices into bitcoin mining machines; Australia doesn't plan to regulate bitcoin.
October 31 -
The bank-powered P-to-P app Zelle officially launched in June with a mostly consistent brand across all of its bank partners, but it still struggles with awareness over PayPal's Venmo, which doesn't share its advantage of living inside banks' mobile apps.
October 31 -
Square has integrated several pieces of hardware and software to sell a point of sale system that goes beyond its single-screen design, incorporating many of the company's moves to attract a wider range of merchants.
October 30 -
The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: UBS may keep more jobs in the U.K. post-Brexit; Westpac will work with designers on wearables; Ant's not planning an IPO right now; Kansas banks bitcoin for political fundraising.
October 30 -
The European regulation will make data sharing more complex, creating an opportunity for stakeholders to collaborate to build new tools.
October 30
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