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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Payments are getting more complex as business gets more global, adding channels and expanding ways to sell. Part of the strategy at the matchmaker crowdSPRING is to find a match of its own: AliExpress, Alibaba's online marketplace. It’s also considering a foray into virtual currency.
August 21 -
The simple act of moving money can have a big impact on any political movement, so banks and payment networks are often caught up in issues of national importance. Here are some recent instances where payments and politics came head-to-head.
August 18 -
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: Alibaba's revenue grows; Simple changes focus; Lunar's new travel cards; Blockchain adds ether.
August 18 -
Billtrust has long relied on its sales force to approach businesses directly with accounts receivable technology, and it's turning to banks to automate more steps in the process of handling payments.
August 17 -
The commercial potential of internet-connected devices appears bound only by imagination and comfort. For security companies, there's a similar broad horizon as watches, refrigerators and other everyday items become tools for payments.
August 17 -
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: Payments innovation advances in Singapore for young and old; Youth payment company Spriggy raises funds; Australia's post office teams with Mastercard for financial inclusion.
August 17 -
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 halts payments to white supremacists; Broadway shows combat scalping; PSD2 leads to more collaboration; Digiliti's woes.
August 16 -
The latest class of the Commerce.Innovated accelerator program run by Silicon Valley Bank and First Data demonstrates a focus on changing industries in addition to streamlining how people pay.
August 15 -
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: Apple Pay hits a snag in China; PSD2 births a startup; TerraPay expands in Africa; R3 adds a Middle Eastern bank.
August 15 -
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: Alibaba's fast growth; U.K. fintechs shuffle leadership; BNP Paribas expands invoice technology; RBS issues new bills.
August 14 -
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: Microsoft releases blockchain framework; U.K. uses animal fats in new bills; U.K. consumers use bills less; Singapore warns on digital currency risk.
August 11 -
Security companies are using technology to stop more complex fraud based on a smaller amount of data, and investors are taking notice.
August 11 -
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: Softbank's investment in Flipkart; Russian e-commerce venture gets funds; Payment vets invest in Railsbank; Fidelity collaborates with Coinbase.
August 10 -
The ransomware threat is likely to get a lot worse before it gets better — if it ever does. And small merchants and ATMs may be the most at risk.
August 10 -
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: BofA's China move; Digital ID advances in Australia; Password 'rules' creator apologies; ATM marketing expands in China.
August 9 -
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: Chase reportedly cuts branch debit issuance; Venmo adds QR codes; Monzo apologizes for outages; CBA hit with AML claim.
August 8 -
The development and adoption of technology too often move at different rates in the payments industry, creating a need to manage usage that is out of sync with expectations.
August 8 -
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: Amazon's limits; Fiserv offers more for Monitise; Capital One's budget app's closing; Shopify pushes voice tech.
August 7 -
Even the most honest customers can look risky if they frequently travel. Their movements can throw off traditional vetting techniques that authenticate transactions by looking at location as a risk factor.
August 7 -
As the digital age reduces the wear on physical cards, how is it that some consumers are requesting new cards more frequently?
August 4
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