John Adams

The information you need to start your day, including top headlines from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Experts search for a cause for the Tesco breach; classical musicians play at an ATM; the European Commission wants to help banks repond to tech; Nordic countries shed cash.

Prepaid cards are never far from politics and controversy, though the industry's distance from government scrutiny will likely increase in January when Donald Trump assumes the presidency and a new Congress is sworn in.

In this environment, the millennials who have largely chosen credit card alternatives such as P-to-P apps and social payment tools will have an easier time getting credit cards, potentially giving banks an added tool to compete with apps like Venmo.

The information you need to start your day, including top headlines from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Walgreens expands beacons; AI enters travel payments; Fintech goes deeper into the back office; Brexit causes U.K. VC slump.

The information you need to start your day, including top headlines from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Apple Pay adds support for charities; blockchain transfers reach southeast Asia; PwC builds closed loop virtual currency; India's new currency has a new design.

The reports at first seem striking: India's abrupt recall of its larger cash notes has caused a dramatic uptake in mobile payments, likely spurred by staggering lines at bank branches and ATMs.

The information you need to start your day, including top headlines from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Paytm gets a boost from India's cash crisis; crooks could obtain payment details from adult dating site hack; Facebook adds analytics to bots; a web attack hits Russia's largest banks.

Vantiv has been building omnichannel capabilities for years, and this deal will give that a boost.

The information you need to start your day, including top headlines from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: A record Single's Day; Pinterest adds reviews to boost payments; India's ATM crisis; banks build an AML blockchain.

Trump's election raises a lot of issues for the financial services industry, particularly for companies that operate internationally or rely on emerging technology. Here are a few areas Trump's presidency is likely to disrupt.