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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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 business market opens in U.K.; Turkish API draws funding; Wex expands in Singapore; A 'themed' ATM in Japan.
April 4 -
Seamless is aggressively pushing the reach of its SEQR wallet through global partnerships designed to make the app available at millions of merchant locations, enable technology-agnostic transactions, and pry more retailers away from bank issued cards.
April 4 -
Amazon is lending its considerable brand and heft to a cash payment model that borrows a vital piece of real estate from Apple Pay.
April 3 -
There's been a lot of funding flowing into technology that targets the spending of Chinese travelers as they visit other countries. But this narrow use case isn't the only opportunity for investment and innovation.
April 3 -
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: Starbucks tests 'no cashiers' store; ANZ removes limits for voice payments; blockchain advances in Japan; Citi opens Hong Kong innovation hub.
April 3 -
Wearable payment devices are cutting edge, fast and diverse. But they are not a steady, predictable or popular consumer trend. Even so, investors see a rich opportunity to get involved in the market for wearables.
March 31 -
Artificial intelligence is steadily making its way through the payments and financial services world. The technology's usefulness for fraud detection is clear, but there are other areas where AI can have an impact.
March 31 -
Australia's government says the country's large banks cannot collectively bargain with Apple over terms of support for Apple Pay, ending a public battle between Apple and the banks that has lasted at least a year.
March 31 -
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 wins in Australia; CNP fraud spikes; The U.K. hires tech companies for check imaging; New British bills may not contain animal byproducts.
March 31 -
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: VocaLink signs HSBC; DDoS is 'easy and lucrative'; ANZ adopts contactless fundraising.
March 30 -
With scammers steadily improving their techniques, CO-OP Financial Services is starting to offer artificial intelligence to police transactions initiated by online, mobile and other connected devices.
March 30 -
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: Dunkin expands order ahead; Habortouch partners with TV personality; Kenya gets more digital; A look inside Disney's MagicBand.
March 29 -
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 Go has tech trouble; Square debuts in the U.K.; Travelex advances digital payments; KfW's $5.4 billion 'mistake.'
March 28 -
The business-to-business payments market is one of the laggards in transaction automation, and a reason often given is the lack of customization options. Businesses are using consumer-style technology for business purposes, and the fit isn't right.
March 28 -
Given the pressures of cart abandonment and showrooming brought about by digital marketplaces, traditional retailers are trying lots of ways to fight back with digital techniques of their own.
March 27 -
Lots of countries are making big changes to their payment ecosystems, with lots of public fallout. By contrast, Canada's efforts appear much more subdued.
March 27 -
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: Square's Caviar tries new marketing; Virtual currency AML; Singapore automates risk; Billion expands distributed ledger pay.
March 27 -
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: Samsung extends contactless reach; m-commerce hurts malls; Russian hacker faces jail; U.K. ATMs take part in Red Nose Day.
March 24 -
Rent is one of the few payment types where automation has made very little headway, still relying heavily on mailed checks that the landlord deposits in person at a bank. One strategy to change that is to borrow a concept from the gig economy, in which the payment rides along with other services.
March 24 -
Accenture has agreed to acquire First Annapolis Consulting in an effort to add payments expertise in several international markets.
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