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: 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 -
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