John Adams is executive editor of payments for American Banker.
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Square has worked hard in the past several years to offer more than just mobile card acceptance, but not all of its efforts have paid off.
By John AdamsAugust 2 -
The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Digital payments advance in sports; Amazon Dash set to expire; Albania cracks down on tax pay cheats; Facial recognition ATMs expand in Spain; A stablecoin for legal weed.
By John AdamsAugust 2 -
It’s not yet time to retire the notion that businesses favor checks for supply chains, but deployments in multiple markets signals a turning point in modernizing B2B payments.
By John AdamsAugust 1 -
The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Google Pay adds security for UPI in India; Fold offers crypto rewards for mobile pay; U.K. convenience chain deploys checkout-free tech; Singapore bank installs QR code ATMs.
By John AdamsAugust 1 -
Two of the three multibillion-dollar payment mergers announced in 2019 closed this week, and these global giants must now fend off the invigorated fintechs eager to nab unhappy merchant and bank clients.
By John AdamsJuly 31 -
The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Visa's small business play in India; Mobile point of sale tech for legal weed; Circle's CEO pushes financial reform; Revolut adds a top exec.
By John AdamsJuly 31 -
Facebook must have expected some backlash when unveiling its plans for Libra. But it may have underestimated just how much.
By John AdamsJuly 30 -
Brexit seems more likely than ever, as the U.K.'s new prime minister, Boris Johnson, has committed to meeting the October 31 deadline for a deal to leave the EU. But despite the lingering uncertainty over how that will happen, Mastercard is not abandoning its bullish stance on Europe.
By John AdamsJuly 30 -
The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: BofA ends First Data joint venture; Capital One and Sephora suffer breaches; Grab uses infusion to expand in Indonesia; Ripple wants to be seen as different than Libra; A ransomware emergency in Louisiana; Amazon expands into food delivery in India.
By John AdamsJuly 30 -
The fallout from this spring’s slate of multibillion-dollar payment company acquisitions began swiftly, as Bank of America on Monday announced plans to end its joint venture with First Data just hours after Fiserv’s acquisition of First Data closed.
By John AdamsJuly 29