John Adams is executive editor of payments for American Banker.
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The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Commerz pilots M2M; Postmates deploys robots; Libra encourages new technology; State Farm suffers a breach; Rhode Island issues crypto regulations.
By John AdamsAugust 9 -
Apple's massive user base, fully digital enrollment system, merchant reach and partnership with Goldman Sachs threaten retail banks on multiple fronts.
By John AdamsAugust 9 -
The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: FCA recommends authentication delay; Visa CEO on gun payments; Fraud dips in Australia; Bitcoin tax bill advances; Stripe expands in Latin America.
By John AdamsAugust 8 -
There are subtle differences in Walmart's virtual currency project compared to Facebook's Libra, but these may be enough to avoid the regulatory firing squad that Facebook has endured.
By John AdamsAugust 8 -
The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Critics pounce on Libra's privacy; Paytm diversifies; Mastercard combats fraudulent fashion; Singapore plans new digital payment regulations.
By John AdamsAugust 7 -
Mastercard has spent more than $4 billion on investments so far in 2019 to thread a needle between several must-haves in the digital payments market.
By John AdamsAugust 6 -
The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Mastercard looks for crypto experts; Monzo's security gap; Payveris's CUSO picks up investment; Ohio State goes digital for sports tickets.
By John AdamsAugust 6 -
The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: R3's expanding in London; Wirecard makes a contactless play in Italy; Poshmark's breach; Nexo offers a credit card for crypto; South Korea opens testing for blockchain.
By John AdamsAugust 5 -
Investors are making bets on checkout-free retail, a category that is just as challenging as it is innovative. But it's payment technology's race to the moon, a chance to seize a favorable position in the struggle to save retail.
By John AdamsAugust 5 -
Walmart has filed a patent application for a digital currency that, like Facebook's Libra, would be a stablecoin backed by traditional currencies. And it envisions a very specific use case where its coin could stand in for cash — or even for a bank account.
By John AdamsAugust 2