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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The card network is working with the Bank of Montreal and the fintech Extend to enable businesses to approve and track in-store payments via employees' own digital wallets.
By John AdamsAugust 30 -
Ireland's central bank holds loan data for too long, Bank of America enables two-way corporate disbursements in Canada, and more.
By John AdamsAugust 30 -
The bank's retail clients can enable iPhones to accept payments without extra hardware, raising the stakes for any company that competes with the bank for merchant clients.
By John AdamsAugust 28 -
Investment in machine learning is outpacing consumer interest on the ground. Here's what companies like FIS and Marqeta are doing while waiting for demand to catch up.
By John AdamsAugust 24 -
The longtime payments executive plans to maintain the company's alternative pricing as a way to address the growing criticisms of interchange.
By John AdamsAugust 21 -
The company, which became independent in July, will rely on the cloud to reach new markets.
By John AdamsAugust 18 -
Bank of Ireland ATM glitch spurs mistaken withdrawals, Stablecoin issuers get rules in Singapore, ANZ is looking for money mules, and more.
By John AdamsAugust 16 -
President and COO Dave Glaser discusses his company's strategy as demand builds for services that could stress older systems.
By John AdamsAugust 15 -
The fintech is relying on Alex Chriss' experience in melding technology with marketing to ignite growth with small-business and consumer users.
By John AdamsAugust 14 -
The product, which is both popular and controversial in consumer financial services, is attracting interest from merchants that don't want to pay high interest for a traditional loan.
By John AdamsAugust 11 -
As part of its resurrection plan, the terminal maker will pursue financial inclusion and growth markets for ATMs as it prepares for its relisting on the New York Stock Exchange.
By John AdamsAugust 9 -
In global news this week, Microsoft is working with the London Stock Exchange Group on artificial intelligence, Apple's mobile wallet debuts in Vietnam and more.
By John AdamsAugust 9 -
Bank of New York Mellon, U.S. Bank and others are looking at how the Federal Reserve's instant settlement network could safely speed up routing, payroll and billing.
By John AdamsAugust 9 -
The payment company's sizable audience and existing technology differentiate it in a market that is otherwise dominated by startups.
By John AdamsAugust 7 -
Deployments picked up speed during the pandemic, and have continued into this year as commuter networks try to win back riders.
By John AdamsAugust 7 -
The fintech is expanding a service that calculates sales taxes worldwide as more small businesses go international to seek new customers.
By John AdamsAugust 4 -
The payment company's CEO views Afterpay, a buy now/pay later lender it bought two years ago, as a way to drive usage of Cash App and broaden consumer experiences.
By John AdamsAugust 3 -
This week in global news: Ripple is working with the Pacific island nation of Palau on a stablecoin test, Klarna is dropping the Kosma brand from its open banking service, and more.
By John AdamsAugust 2 -
Flywire, Visa and Mastercard all entered partnerships that anticipate a post-pandemic recovery. But politics are still keeping them from getting deeper into the market.
By John AdamsAugust 1 -
Payment companies hope the government-backed rail could spur both domestic and international growth for instant settlement.
By John AdamsJuly 31




















