John Adams is executive editor of payments for American Banker.
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When Wikimedia tries to collect payments in Latin America, it's a mixing two unusual activities. It's a San Francisco-based organization that doesn't have a large presence in the region, and even on its home turf Wikimedia generally doesn't collect frequent payments from consumers.
By John AdamsJune 20 -
PNC is approaching corporate clients with new non-plastic card options including Apple Pay, Android Pay and Samsung Pay.
By John AdamsJune 19 -
Automated messaging platform SnatchBot will allow payments inside chatbots by linking to merchant PayPal accounts, making it easier to pair transactions with digital conversations.
By John AdamsJune 19 -
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: Klarna gets a banking license; Microsoft's keyboard tech; Girl Scouts add web security badge; Contactless expands in the U.K.
By Daniel WolfeJune 19 -
Grocery shopping may not seem conducive to e-commerce due to the category's massive cart sizes and perishable goods, but many companies are trying to put a digital spin on the process. Here are a few of the latest innovations.
By Daniel WolfeJune 9 -
As the gig economy expands, at least some consolidation is inevitable. As a result, companies that already have complex webs of payments, billing cycles and workflows will need a way to merge their systems with those of their acquisition targets.
By John AdamsJune 6 -
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: Siri's growing influence; banks boost remittances; debit for kids; and a startup camp in India.
By John AdamsJune 5 -
Sometimes it just doesn't pay to go it alone. Lyf Pay is one such case of working to create something greater than the sum of its parts.
By John AdamsJune 5 -
Merchant acquirers are racing to sell "integrated payments," or a one-stop shop for transaction processing and myriad other services that stores can tie to the point of sale. But small to medium sized businesses are not often the targets for these efforts.
By John AdamsJune 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: App Store milestone; Stripe adds tech; OneLogin breach may be felt far and wide; Mastercard opens up Mexico City transit payments.
By John AdamsJune 2