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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Prepaid cards are never far from politics and controversy, though the industry's distance from government scrutiny will likely increase in January when Donald Trump assumes the presidency and a new Congress is sworn in.
November 17 -
In this environment, the
millennials who have largely chosen credit card alternatives such as P-to-P apps and social payment tools will have an easier time getting credit cards, potentially giving banks an added tool to compete with apps like Venmo.November 17 -
The information you need to start your day, including top headlines from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Walgreens expands beacons; AI enters travel payments; Fintech goes deeper into the back office; Brexit causes U.K. VC slump.
November 16 -
The information you need to start your day, including top headlines from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Apple Pay adds support for charities; blockchain transfers reach southeast Asia; PwC builds closed loop virtual currency; India's new currency has a new design.
November 15 -
The reports at first seem striking: India's abrupt recall of its larger cash notes has caused a dramatic uptake in mobile payments, likely spurred by staggering lines at bank branches and ATMs.
November 15 -
The information you need to start your day, including top headlines from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Paytm gets a boost from India's cash crisis; crooks could obtain payment details from adult dating site hack; Facebook adds analytics to bots; a web attack hits Russia's largest banks.
November 14 -
Vantiv has been building omnichannel capabilities for years, and this deal will give that a boost.
November 11 -
The information you need to start your day, including top headlines from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: A record Single's Day; Pinterest adds reviews to boost payments; India's ATM crisis; banks build an AML blockchain.
November 11 -
Trump's election raises a lot of issues for the financial services industry, particularly for companies that operate internationally or rely on emerging technology. Here are a few areas Trump's presidency is likely to disrupt.
November 10 -
The information you need to start your day, including top headlines from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: India's elimination of much of the country's cash causes confusion; new tech allows Touch ID for gloves; Alipay debuts in France; Denmark opens a tech center.
November 10 -
Machine learning can revolutionize online financial management tools by not only tracking payments, but creating a way to change payment habits in the future, says John Frankel, a founding partner of the New York-based ff Venture Capital.
November 10 -
To jawbone Mexico into paying for the wall, President-elect Trump has threatened to suspend remittances. Such a move would disrupt one of the busiest corridors of money in the world.
November 9 -
President-elect Donald Trump’s well-publicized plan to build a border wall and make Mexico pay for it could have significant ramifications for a major sector of the payments industry.
November 9 -
The information you need to start your day, including top headlines from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Apple plays Apple Pay hardball with big Australian banks and cuts a deal with smaller banks; a British startup combines small biz and personal finance in one app; Overstock bets on blockchain.
November 9 -
Donald Trump's stunning upset in the presidential race on Tuesday is likely to embolden his followers to push for changes to Internet law that could significantly alter how financial technology is conceived, built and delivered to market.
November 9 -
Donald Trump's stunning upset in the presidential race on Tuesday is likely to embolden his followers to push for changes to Internet law that could significantly alter how financial technology is conceived, built and delivered to market.
November 9 -
Donald Trump’s stunning upset in the presidential race on Tuesday is likely to embolden his followers to push for changes to Internet law that could significantly alter how financial technology is conceived, built and delivered to market.
November 9 -
The information you need to start your day, including top headlines from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Walmart's big plans for mobile wallets; Stripe's collaborators get a directory; the U.K. downsizes check processing; CaribShopper expands.
November 8 -
The information you need to start your day, including top headlines from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: a big breach at Tesco; McDonald's will add mobile ordering; Russia wants its payment network to link to UnionPay; no fintech bubble, at least for now.
November 7 -
The information you need to start your day, including top headlines from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Singapore's using toll and parking payments as part of a major digital overhaul; a new payment card security threat for Flash Player users; Google allows discount introductory subscription rates.
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