John Adams

Now that the big, multi-billion dollar payment deals of the past year have closed, the companies must figure out how their new scale can address tasks such as software migrations or data sharing compliance in specific markets.

The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the web. Today: Uber's new loyalty; Ant and Monsanto team on blockchain; McKinsey opens demonstration store in the Mall of America; U.K. improves breach fight.

Checkout-free tech has only just left the gate, but has tons of promise as a way to shed lines and collect data — just the mix that sports facilities are looking for.

The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the web. Today: Mastercard and Rabobank make payments push for emerging markets farmers; PayPal makes inroads with streaming content in India; Amazon builds smart glasses; Daimler adds more blockchain payments.

The direct threats to the Trump presidency and Boris Johnson's tenure as prime minister of the U.K. create an extra layer of uncertainty for fintechs.

The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the web. Today: North Korea-linked hackers go after ATMs; Lyft goes deeper into transit; myPOS opens a store in Paris; Austin IoT crypto payments startup adds to its network.

The major technology companies that have chipped away at incumbent payment businesses face much larger competition from this year’s big processing mergers, but they’ve also bulked up through fundraising and product development.

The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the web. Today: Will IBM work with Facebook on cryptocurrency?; Mastercard's new ad campaign; China pushes back on digital currency reports; Glint becomes insolvent.

The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the web. Today: British Airways tries new payment standard; New checkout-free store in South Korea; Starbucks and Alibaba add more mobile technology in China; A new digital piggy bank enhances its product line.

Wolverton has been accumulating responsibility and influence at Synovus in recent years and is the highest ranking woman at the company.

The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the web. Today: Google Pay adds more services in India; Banco Santander expands digital subsidiary; A tablet that measures shoppers' moods; A new security threat for cryptocurrency.

As incumbent merchant acquirers have gotten larger through massive M&A deals, Stripe has been bulking up as well, including a fresh investment to fuel a cross-border merchant technology stack.

The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the web. Today: Starbucks extends IoT play in Japan; ECB board member calls for collaboration to counter Libra; Contactless transit pay reaches Rome; North debuts web pay for techie glasses.

Online and cloud-hosted B2B services are on the rise, breaking apart traditional payroll and exposing pain points for technology developers to address.

The big payment processor/bank technology mergers that were announced early this year are officially closing, setting the stage for complicated conversions and a fierce battle for customer share.

The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Alipay's part of a mobile app bus; Postmates and the Yankees collaborate on mobile payments; Banks are wary of data sharing; Grab and Heineken partner.

Giants like Facebook, JPMorgan Chase and Walmart are all pushing blockchain for myriad use cases, and now Wells Fargo has joined the fray with its own spin on the distributed ledger technology.

The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Facebook pushes back against Libra critics; HTC adds Bitcoin Cash to blockchain phone; Big banks invest in youth debit card; Ecuador suffers a huge breach.

The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: More political pushback for Libra; Mastercard expands use of blockchain for supply chains; Meniga powers incentive marketing for climate causes; Swipe debuts its cryptocurrency wallet.

The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Australia pushes open banking; Western Union makes a deal in Canada; Patreon sells product curation company Kit; Uber and Lyft lobby against California "gig economy" bill.