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 new 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 Canadian media payment after Syrian story; WeChat and Starbucks extend their partnership; Pepper the Robot arrives in Oakland; Russians arrest more suspects in hacking scheme.
February 13 -
The scenario where someone uses a check's "float" to purchase something before they have the funds is still more common than many people think, according to the founders of Float, a startup that sends emergency "credit" to a consumer's debit card.
February 10 -
As chat technology advances, making a purchase could be as easy as typing "Buy, Robot." Several banks and fintech companies are developing ways to advance chatbots for commerce and customer service.
February 10 -
Welcome to the new PaymentsSource Morning Briefing, delivered daily. The information you need to start your day, including top headlines from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Big breach at Arby's; Samsung Pay in Thailand; Montreal needs a tech hub; Warren Buffett makes an investment in wearable technology.
February 10 -
Welcome to the new PaymentsSource Morning Briefing, delivered daily. The information you need to start your day, including top headlines from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Developer uses Dash for ACLU donations; Android pushes payments for smartwatches; a source for India's ATM glitch; a new voice app in Europe.
February 9 -
Welcome to the new PaymentsSource Morning Briefing, delivered daily. The information you need to start your day, including top headlines from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Square Register rebrands; Amazon Go's skeleton staff; French startups combine payroll and health care; NCR introduces Silver in the U.K.
February 8 -
The taxicab industry is facing disruption on two sides: Competition from ride-sharing apps like Uber and Lyft; and in-cab payment technology designed to bust cash payments. Verifone has been focused on the latter disruption.
February 8 -
Most talk around bots is decidedly consumer-focused, enabling ways for people to schedule an Uber or order lunch. But PayPal, in working with the business chat client Slack, is setting a much different tone.
February 7 -
Welcome to the new PaymentsSource Morning Briefing, delivered daily. The information you need to start your day, including top headlines from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Brexit hits U.K. VC; Caixa adopts bots; Polish government unwittingly part of hack; Finland's Enterpay raises funds for expansion.
February 7 -
Swedish payment company Klarna has entered a deal to buy BillPay, a German consumer financing company, bolstering Klarna's merchant reach in central Europe
February 6 -
Welcome to the new PaymentsSource Morning Briefing, delivered daily. The information you need to start your day, including top headlines from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Apple and Australian banks still fighting; New Zealand pushes fintech; Domino's expands bot function; ATMs still a vital channel.
February 6 -
Welcome to the new PaymentsSource Morning Briefing, delivered daily. The information you need to start your day, including top headlines from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Target halts innovation projects; Virgin Money pushes digital donations at London Marathon; U.K. government works on data sharing rules; Worldpay lures Santander's Peter Jackson.
February 3 -
The wave of technology that's turned card swipes into dips, phones into wallets and micro merchants into global sellers will proliferate, says Andrew Rueff of Waud, a Chicago-based private equity firm.
February 3 -
India's sudden shake-up of its currency system last fall was an early holiday for digital payment companies, and Visa was no exception.
February 2 -
Samsung is trying a number of plays to extend the reach of Samsung Pay, and plans to launch a Samsung Pay Mini app for online payments on all Android phones.
February 2 -
Welcome to the new PaymentsSource Morning Briefing, delivered daily. The information you need to start your day, including top headlines from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Sofi moves closer to payments; Fed staffer's bitcoin mining causes trouble; Liverpool's virtual currency; sunglass payments.
February 2 -
Welcome to the new PaymentsSource Morning Briefing, delivered daily. The information you need to start your day, including top headlines from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Coin's shutting down; Swyp moves toward launch; OTI makes headway in Japan; biometric payments at the club in London.
February 1 -
Taxi hailing and payment technology has been an important part of Verifone's mobile payment strategy, and this new move will fold Way2ride into Curb.
January 31 -
President Donald Trump's plans to deregulate the financial services industry still lack detail, though Mastercard is betting on a more favorable legal environment in the future.
January 31 -
Welcome to the new PaymentsSource Morning Briefing, delivered daily. The information you need to start your day, including top headlines from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Square incents Apple Pay; BNY gets aggressie with blockchain; online grocers set for a spike; Ingenico makes an acquisition in India.
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