John Adams is executive editor of payments for American Banker. John interviews top executives in the payments, cryptocurrency and fintech industries, hosts podcasts, moderates conference panels and curates the new Payments Intelligence portal.
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John has been with American Banker and related products for 30 years, covering bank technology, advertising, mortgages and capital markets.
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Facebook's Libra cryptocurrency project has lost its first major ally. PayPal — where the head of Facebook's Libra project once served as president — has cut its ties. As a founding member, PayPal was expected to drive the payment-specific part of the cryptocurrency initiative.
October 4 -
The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the web. Today: Barclaycard's supply chain; Libra partners hedge on participation; Lyft tries to hold onto drivers; Curve adds former Samsung exec; Fiserv adds school donation support to Clover.
October 4 -
Transit systems want to use contactless and open payment systems to address ridership declines, an innovative strategy that nonetheless is riddled with pain points due to how transit has traditionally modernized.
October 4 -
The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the web. Today: Udaan's big haul; Jack Henry promotes executives; Venezuela embraces crypto; Link funds new ATMs.
October 3 -
Facebook is not the only global megabrand tied to the Libra cryptocurrency project, and with a steady drip of rumors about the partners bailing, pressure on Facebook is rising while partners weigh missing out on the initiative’s addressable market.
October 2 -
The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the web. Today: Amazon's supermarket takes shape; Payment companies push India on fraud prevention; NAB boosts digital receipts; Google Pay adds restaurant technology.
October 2 -
Oak HC/FT is the lead investor in a $100 million round in Rapyd, a company that’s designed to serve a complex international supply chain.
October 1 -
The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the web. Today: Instagram extends shopping technology; Amazon Go considers movie theaters; J-Coin adds retailers; France releases e-invoice rule; Drive through worker snaps debit card pics.
October 1 -
More states are adopting mobile driver’s licenses, sparking hope of creating a shareable consumer-driven digital ID to power e-commerce and data sharing among banks, fintechs and merchants.
October 1 -
The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the web. Today: Payments innovation takes off at stadiums; MoneyGram expands in Egypt; Klarna plans a pop-up store; Facebook's Libra makes a pitch to the U.N.
September 30 -
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.
September 30 -
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.
September 27 -
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.
September 27 -
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.
September 26 -
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.
September 25 -
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.
September 25 -
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.
September 24 -
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.
September 24 -
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.
September 23 -
Edit LicenseWolverton has been accumulating responsibility and influence at Synovus in recent years and is the highest ranking woman at the company.
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