John Adams is executive editor of payments for American Banker.
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By dumping Chase Pay's standalone point of sale app, JPMorgan Chase is handing a victory to the likes of Apple Pay — but it's also eliminating an app that was tangential to the issuer's long-term payments goals.
By John AdamsAugust 21 -
The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Visa fights Indian regs; MoviePass suffers a breach; M&A sparks payment deal record; Square hires a crypto experts; Acorns draws celebrity investors.
By John AdamsAugust 21 -
More U.S. states are legalizing sports gambling, providing a huge opportunity for payments companies that have been fattened by multibillion-dollar mergers.
By John AdamsAugust 21 -
The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: How China's central bank currency could harm Alipay and WeChat Pay; Miami transit turns contactless; PayPal gets deeper into retail; Metal Pay draws investment.
By John AdamsAugust 20 -
Barclays has jumped on a huge range of technology that brings payments closer to myriad activities, but as competition looms, the bank is working to better organize its projects.
By John AdamsAugust 20 -
Bank of America has joined the likes of Walmart and Mastercard in seeking patents for blockchain technology that could be used for a digital currency or mobile wallet.
By John AdamsAugust 19 -
Banks are under competitive and regulatory pressure to either compete or partner with fintechs that support services such as mobile payments, and credit unions are in the same boat — though with a very different challenge at the start.
By John AdamsAugust 19 -
The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: How well do voice assistants understand commands?; Hy-Vee suffers a breach; Shared workspace adds biometric payments; London deploys more contactless payment points for donations.
By John AdamsAugust 19 -
The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Contactless payments jump in New York subways; Coinbase switches banks; Dovu's green crypto; Ant's impact on the fintech investment market;
By John AdamsAugust 16 -
Gregor Dobbie is taking on the role of CEO of Vocalink as the company looks to expand its B2B payments business in the U.K.
By John AdamsAugust 15