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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Long one of mobile payments' success stories, Starbucks reports major gains in both mobile ordering and payments.
November 4 -
Payments technology is showing up in places that were unimaginable just a few years ago. That creates new opportunities for merchants and banks, but also new opportunities for fraudsters.
November 4 -
The information you need to start your day, including top headlines from PaymentsSource and around the Web. today: France and Switzerland try to lure fintech companies; a new kind of payment and budget app; Australia plans to expand citizens' data rights.
November 3 -
The information you need to start your day, including top headlines from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Square gets some good news; web appliances get set to take off; financial inclusion makes progress; Instagram's e-commerce strategy moves forward.
November 2 -
Omnichannel commerce demands multiple layers of technology, and each layer adds a risk of latency and friction at time when payment companies can least afford it.
November 2 -
The information you need to start your day, including top headlines from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: A bank-led faster pay venture in Japan expands; mobile gets more popular; bitcoin sale in Swiss rail stations; free lawyers for startups.
November 1 -
Open source development has joined blockchain technology in a bid to take a bite out of banks' long-standing control over the international payments market.
November 1 -
The information you need to start your day, including top headlines from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Alipay's shot to beat Apple and PayPal; new tech to stop an ATM scam; a SIM card for payments; India bank tries sound waves.
October 31 -
Companies that provide services for brick and mortar merchants face the challenge of adding lots of technology in a short amount of time. This is a tough task from an execution space but a big opportunity to gain returns for investors.
October 31 -
Mastercard's Masterpass digital wallet is gaining steam from a new enrollment feature that puts issuers in control, according to Mastercard CEO Ajay Banga.
October 28 -
The information you need to start your day, including top headlines from PaymentsSource and around the Web. In today's briefing: Paper becomes plastic; London cab payments rev up; India's e-commerce power; Android Pay gets personality.
October 28 -
As cars' onboard computers get smarter, payments are coming along for the ride—but always taking a back seat to other features.
October 28 -
The information you need to start your day, including top headlines from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: The 'pays' accelerate; Brexit hurts Misys' IPO; last week's web attack likely not state-sponsored; payment crime suspect due in court.
October 27 -
The information you need to start your day, including top headlines from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Apple Pay's major adoption; Walmart's big transfer expansion; vendors' mobile loyalty push; a breach in Denmark.
October 26 -
Visa and Mastercard are teaming up with wallet providers and technology companies to accelerate payments innovation.
October 25 -
The information you need to start your day, including top headlines from PaymentsSource and around the Web. today: PayPal and Facebook deepen their collaboration; virtual assistants take off; U.K. fades as a fintech power.
October 25 -
The bank-led clearXchange is changing its brand to reasonate more with consumers.
October 24 -
The bank-led clearXchange is changing its brand to reasonate more with consumers
October 24 -
The information you need to start your day, including top headlines from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Wells Fargo and CBA make a big move into blockchain, a security expert unveils the cause of Friday's major web outage; and research shows cash in decline.
October 24 -
Blockchain and the 'Internet of Things' are enabling a lot of new payments innovation. In Canada, they're part of a huge project that could radically change ID security for more than just payments.
October 24
