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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A Lloyds Bank study finds that the number of crytpo scams rose by 23% year-over-year in October. Separately, the Commonwealth Bank of Australia is using artificial intelligence to detect abusive language in transaction messaging.
By John AdamsNovember 15 -
With employees regularly fleeing to bomb shelters — and some being called away to military service — these technologists must still serve a global clientele while confronting fear and destruction at home.
By John AdamsNovember 15 -
The bank is adding fintech-style buy now/pay later lending to other recent payment upgrades at its merchant acquiring unit.
By John AdamsNovember 13 -
The technology, which has its roots in cryptocurrency, could make corporate transactions more flexible.
By John AdamsNovember 10 -
Roy and Bertrand Sosa have retaken control of Netspend to combine it with their other firm, Rev Worldwide, to build the companies into an international financial services provider.
By John AdamsNovember 9 -
The Swedish buy now/pay later lender posted the firm's first quarterly profit in about four years, but an ongoing labor dispute raised questions about the company's future operations.
By John AdamsNovember 8 -
NatWest is updating its chatbot, Cora, to make engagement more conversational, and Amex is working with the Canadian fintech Nuvei to promote bank-transfer payments to U.K. merchants.
By John AdamsNovember 8 -
NCR Atleos and Diebold Nixdorf are signing deals that grant access to other industries and regions where there's demand for self-serve cash access — with additions such as artificial intelligence and better security.
By John AdamsNovember 6 -
Companies such as Visa and Mastercard, as well as banks and retailers, are stepping up their investments in artificial intelligence to reach small businesses and spot new uses.
By John AdamsNovember 3 -
Alex Chriss, the new chief executive, says the firm aims to reverse its stock slump by assessing its business to favor its best-performing products.
By John AdamsNovember 2 -
The U.K.'s Financial Conduct Authority released data that shows buy now/pay later lending on the rise, Ripple is working with Uphold to improve crypto liquidity and more.
By John AdamsNovember 1 -
The tech billionaire wants the former Twitter's users to manage all of their finances on the site — the sooner, the better.
By John AdamsOctober 31 -
By purchasing the merchant acquirer Atlantic-Pacific Processing Systems, the fintech Stax has rounded out its offerings in a way that echoes the structure of larger payment companies.
By John AdamsOctober 30 -
JP Morgan Chase and Carver Federal Savings are applying fast-acting security tools more broadly — regardless of how fast the transaction is.
By John AdamsOctober 27 -
As the government weighs changes to interchange, Michael Miebach voiced his displeasure during the company's earnings call.
By John AdamsOctober 26 -
A selloff of the French company's shares sparked similar issues at other publicly traded payments firms in Europe. The question is whether the underlying issues — inflation and fears of recession — are severe enough to drag down American companies as well.
By John AdamsOctober 25 -
Commonwealth Bank of Australia is examining how it can use generative artificial intelligence to simulate customers testing products, and U.S. Bancorp's Elavon unit receives a financial services license from the Bank of England.
By John AdamsOctober 25 -
The card network integrated its data-sharing technology into products from Zip, FIS and JPMorgan Chase as potential regulations loom on the horizon.
By John AdamsOctober 24 -
Brazil's PIX network has sparked a venture-capital boom in an otherwise down economy, including interest from U.S. investors.
By John AdamsOctober 23 -
Steve Squeri says the outcry over the airline's changes to its loyalty program has not hurt spending on co-branded Amex cards.
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