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.
His work includes profiles of
John has been with American Banker and related products for 30 years, covering bank technology, advertising, mortgages and capital markets.
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A trip to the doctor's office requires a lot of forms, oftentimes collecting the same information for different purposes. This redundancy is a clear example of where technology can offer a better experience.
October 6 -
The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Square extends contactless to Canada; Siri pay expands in Singapore; Moscow transit adds wearable payments; Web crooks like treasury departments; Smart contract consortium tackles trade.
October 5 -
The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Equifax grilled before Congress; More fallout from IRS and Yahoo breaches; Walmart ups delivery game; Another bull for bitcoin; New standards for tokenization.
October 4 -
Bank of Ireland's quest to offer a faster path for cross-border payments has fed the sort of collaboration that's becoming more common as issuers seek to advance their technology.
October 4 -
What makes Shake Shack's cashless store so potentially powerful — even if it's only one location in Manhattan — is what the burger chain can do when every customer is known to it.
October 3 -
The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Shake Shack opens a cashless location; Revolut CEO apologizes for glitch; Consumers may not trust PSD2's data sharing; Oakland As test NFC stadium entry.
October 3 -
Two years after the EMV liability shift date, many merchants still aren't EMV compliant. By some counts, about half of U.S. merchants are still swiping cards despite the risk.
October 2 -
Welcome to the PaymentsSource Morning Briefing, delivered daily. The information you need to start your day, including top headlines from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Equifax breach may have had inside help; Capital One's card game; HSBC gets forex fine; South Korea bans ICOs.
October 2 -
The company, founded by musician Jack Conte about five years ago, allows fans to give creators a steady paycheck to create new content, and it's a clear hit among certain communities. But by severing the clear link between product and payment, it has also created some unprecedented issues.
September 29 -
Welcome to the PaymentsSource Morning Briefing, delivered daily. The information you need to start your day, including top headlines from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Timex adds bPay; SAP expands blockchain; Fidelity pushes bitcoin; Overstock looks to benefit from ICOs.
September 29 -
Welcome to the PaymentsSource Morning Briefing, delivered daily. The information you need to start your day, including top headlines from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: PayPal's acquisition targets; A mall for supply chain logistics; Vendors line up after Equifax breach; Worldpay preps for IoT.
September 28 -
Banks are using pending data-sharing rules in Europe to rethink how proprietary their systems should be, but they likely have little choice in the matter.
September 28 -
Welcome to the PaymentsSource Morning Briefing, delivered daily. The information you need to start your day, including top headlines from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Sonic suffers a data breach; Cryptocurrency miners slow Showtime; ABN Amro supports a 'stream store'; Japan plans a government virtual currency.
September 27 -
International sourcing is stressing businesses that are already too reliant on paper-based payment methods, argues Hyperwallet's Tomas Likar.
September 27 -
Welcome to the PaymentsSource Morning Briefing, delivered daily. The information you need to start your day, including top headlines from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Swarovski supports Masterpass payments; Fitbit debuts payments app; Pinterest collaborates with Target for photo shopping; Aussie banks drop ATM fees.
September 26 -
Welcome to the PaymentsSource Morning Briefing, delivered daily. The information you need to start your day, including top headlines from PaymentsSource and around the Web: Marks & Spencer goes digital; a crash course in blockchain programming; ATM M&A in the U.K.; and more.
September 25 -
Welcome to the PaymentsSource Morning Briefing, delivered daily. The information you need to start your day, including top headlines from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Viking Cruise signs a card deal; Alipay expands in the Nordic region; A new ATM network for cryptocoins; Fime has a new CEO.
September 22 -
Welcome to the PaymentsSource Morning Briefing, delivered daily. The information you need to start your day, including top headlines from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Target taps Bluetooth marketing; Swiss exchange may sell payments unit; Bluefin adds college ticketing; Brunel U. in London adopts finger pay.
September 21 -
Welcome to the PaymentsSource Morning Briefing, delivered daily. The information you need to start your day, including top headlines from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: AXA uses smart contracts for flight delay payments; FCA issues PSD2 guidance; ING adds comparisons for transfer apps; iZettle draws investment.
September 20 -
Welcome to the PaymentsSource Morning Briefing, delivered daily. The information you need to start your day, including top headlines from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Equifax's 'other' breach; China cracks down on bitcoin; Apple Pay has a hard time in Australia; Web group pushes for easier payments.
September 19
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