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.
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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 information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: London's mayor lobbies for soft Brexit; Ingenico goes contactless to boost charities; Swiss regulator updates authentication rules; A new cryptohack attacks Ethereum.
By John AdamsFebruary 20 -
The rudimentary email pre-orders at Grossman's stores were helpful, but limiting in that it still focused on a one-on-one interaction with the customer. Grossman has since implemented technology that allows multiple customers to submit a single order.
By John AdamsFebruary 20 -
The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: FedEx suffers a major data breach; BBVA makes a move into gig economy financial services; CBA bans credit card bitcoin purchases; EU officer defends cash; Coinbase suffers a tech glitch.
By John AdamsFebruary 16 -
As much as payment companies love to talk about opening up their platforms, there's definite room for improvement.
By John AdamsFebruary 16 -
The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Bitcoin power drain; Cryptoart makes a sale; U.K. wants to take fintech sandbox international; Toll tech extends to gas stations and car washes.
By John AdamsFebruary 15 -
Pacing is one of the largely unchallenged themes of fintech—new ideas come up every few months that require an almost constant state of new tech deployment. But it doesn't really work that way, says Steve Sarracino, CEO and founder of Activant Capital.
By John AdamsFebruary 14 -
The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Bank-supported real-time payments take shape in Australia; Fintech investment soars in the U.S.; New bitcoin ATMs; Dbrain pays AI developers in cryptocurrency.
By John AdamsFebruary 14 -
The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Yapstone raises funds; Governments suggest they won't protect cryptocurrency fraud victims; Hack in Italy; Ripple's network gets larger; Hong Kong banks dig QR codes.
By John AdamsFebruary 13 -
Amazon recently made headlines by teaming up with JPMorgan Chase and Berkshire Hathaway in a collaboration that might use e-commerce tools to wring inefficiencies out of the companies' health care coverage. It's an idea that's already underway in Sweden.
By John AdamsFebruary 13 -
The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Automation emerges for school payments; European banks back guide for open banking; Razer halts gaming bonus program; NCR intros new ATMs in India.
By John AdamsFebruary 12 -
Electric cars have long faced an uphill battle, though TrueCommerce and AeroVironment are trying to remove one barrier by making it easier to shop and pay for fast in-home chargers.
By John AdamsFebruary 12 -
The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: WhatsApp expands in India; New skimming attack; Tap for Change enters the fundraising space; Hotels wear a bullseye for malware.
By John AdamsFebruary 9 -
Cross-border transactions are getting smaller in size and more frequent, rendering the correspondent banking model increasingly obsolete as new use cases pile up.
By John AdamsFebruary 8 -
The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: U.K. fintech investment sets record; Ripple expands in China; Venezuela pushes oil cryptocurrency; Google gets pressured on bitcoin ads.
By John AdamsFebruary 8 -
There are still regions where contactless and EMV cards are slow to roll out, and Mastercard is working to bring these markets up to speed so that they are ready for future innovations.
By John AdamsFebruary 8 -
The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Visa-funded study says cities can save by dumping cash; Jackpot attackers face charges; Patreon goes behind the scenes; A new phishing attack emerges.
By John AdamsFebruary 7 -
The banks behind the Zelle network had more in mind than P-to-P payments between consumers, and BNY Mellon is beginning the network's evolution by targeting the business payments market.
By John AdamsFebruary 7 -
When asked to discuss the corporate gender gap, Linda Perry paused, just long enough to be noticeable in 30-minute phone conversation. She took that moment to ponder how pervasive predatory behavior remains inside the workplace — and how to address it as both an issue of culture and as a business challenge.
By John AdamsFebruary 6 -
The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: A cryptotown in Puerto Rico?; Nigel Green launches cryptowallet; Singapore Airlines debuts new loyalty program; Interac reorganizes.
By John AdamsFebruary 6 -
The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Lloyds bars credit cards for bitcoin; Santander builds new DLT payments hub; UPS applies for bitcoin locker patent; Mnuchin calls for international cryptocurrency regs; EU blockchain group forms.
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