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 scourge of account takeover isn't lost on Citizens Union Bank, which is involving its business customers — or rather, their biometric traits — in improving the security of their accounts.
December 21 -
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: Consumers use digital to save money more than time; NYC parking goes mobile; charitable gift cards expand in San Francisco; E-bills win at bootcamp.
December 20 -
As long as there has been mobile commerce, there have been calls for different stakeholders to share competitive turf in the name of universal acceptance.
December 20 -
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: Samsung Pay in India; U.K. bar adopts contactless pay; Sydney transit adopts open payments; Rakuten invests in Uber rival.
December 19 -
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: Citi invests in blockchain; 'fast EMV' draws Brookstone; Postmates offers a virtual gift card; the U.K. publishes a guide to payments.
December 16 -
Bluetooth beacons, which communicate with consumers' apps as they enter and leave stores, have been bouncing around the retail industry for a few years looking for the right combination of foot traffic, product and customer experience.
December 16 -
Issuers of prepaid cards often say their products are a good tool for budgeting, but it's rarer to hear merchants market their own branded prepaid cards this way. Walmart is retooling its prepaid strategy to focus on saving in an effort to improve the financial habits of its customers.
December 15 -
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: Yahoo 'believes' card info not hacked; U.K. startup wants 'drone debit'; Ashley Madison settles; Australia loosens fintech rules.
December 15 -
By making tokenization available on each other's digital wallets, Visa and Mastercard are addressing the security concerns of merchants who are happy to accept both brands but nervous about how their wallets can be misused.
December 15 -
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: Uber expands "transit pay"; Google embeds bills in smartwatches; Sumitomo tests "face payments"; Microsoft drives Asian blockchain group.
December 14 -
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: KFC's U.K. loyalty program hacked; Standard Bank acquires mobile pay company; mobile pay at a dance contest; Mastercard says 20% of Europeans are unbanked.
December 13 -
One of the big ideas payment technology execs push is the backgrounding of the transaction — often called the "Uberization" because of how well the ride-sharing app Uber accomplishes this feat.
December 13 -
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: Tesco's issues with account numbers; India incents e-payments; clearing house seeks faster-pay partners; Chrome strengthens retail security warnings.
December 12 -
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 expands Caviar; the U.K. cracks down on crowdfunding; Canada's payments overhaul advances; IBM exec pushes artificial intelligence.
December 9 -
Mobile app photo IDs have had mixed success, but Credntia's betting an overall spike in mobile technology will lead to robust use of its app.
December 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: Visa's opens tech in Africa; Pebble phases out; Brazilian card draws funds in a tough market; EU can't meet standards timeline.
December 8 -
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 Pay adds retailers; IBM accelerates blockchain development; U.K. expands payment tech competition; N26 mobile consortium gets larger.
December 7 -
J.G. Wentworth's quirky
Broadway-style ads have made it familiar as a structured settlement purchase company, and as it attempts to grab share in the prepaid market it's looking to lottery agencies to make sure its strategy is no gamble.December 7 -
In short order, Mastercard, Visa and now Amex have made rapid strikes designed to not only bolster identity protection for online commerce, but to make that protection nearly invisible to the consumer.
December 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: Android Pay's "virtual" prizes; Blockchain group looks for investment; a new tech center in Paris; Russian bank hit by a "SWIFT-style" attack.
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