John Adams

Teen debit app raises funds; Amex invests in virtual agent; and other information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the web.

Visa is becoming more reliant on the businesses that it could have easily considered rivals just a few years ago.

Responding to the fast pace of payments technology and its impact on privacy and data security, Mastercard plans to recruit a range of companies, educational institutions and agencies to produce a set of best practices.

Transit tech advances in Australia; Hostile nations attack U.K. payments; Klarna teams with Wayfair; and other information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the web.

Lightspeed buys Kounta; Best Western unit breached; New York BitLicense under review; and other information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the web.

Retail technology provider Standard Cognition is putting its quick-rising valuation to work to stockpile tools as the checkout-free market enters a more competitive phase.

Payments innovation is happening in small businesses like Rio Grande Mexican Restaurant, which has to manage a shift in how people shop, order, pay and communicate — all at the same time.

Facebook's original proposal for Libra was to develop a sweeping, global currency with the backing of the world's biggest companies. Now, with fewer companies on its side and a massive backlash by lawmakers, Facebook is loosening one of Libra's core values.

Bitcoin.com's deal; Cambodia turns to blockchain; Standard Chartered upgrades treasury management; and other information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the web.

PayPal’s latest move to jolt Venmo’s revenue is a co-branded credit card developed with Synchrony — something that challenger banks and fintechs may rush to compete against.