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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As checkout-free stores dramatically reduce — or even eliminate — the need for point-of-sale devices, terminal makers are turning their focus to multichannel services that can keep younger, digital-savvy customers coming into stores.
July 29 -
The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Salesforce and Alibaba team up; VC funds for Standard Cognition; WeChat adds airborne payments; Cannabis bank gets off the ground; Elavon hires a top exec for Europe.
July 26 -
The mobile point of sale market has grown far beyond its roots as an off-the-shelf dongle for smartphones. The category is now driving major acquisitions, collaborations and international deployments.
July 26 -
The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: eBay's warehouse and shipping play; Alaska Airlines adds Google Pay for boarding passes; Newegg adds to crypto network; Swiss regulators haven't heard from Libra.
July 25 -
Giant Eagle’s supermarkets go back a century, literally, making the Pittsburgh chain one of the best tests yet for how the supermarket experience can adapt to mobile technology and the de-emphasizing of traditional checkout.
July 25 -
The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: PayPal complies with India's data storage rules; Uber tests new subscription service; Union Bank of the Philippines tests blockchain payments; Bitcoin Hyper launches.
July 24 -
Libra and Facebook’s huge impact on the conversation around blockchain and cryptocurrency is giving fuel to other blockchain companies that portray their models as alternatives to Facebook’s controversial plans.
July 24 -
Visa’s decision on how or if it will participate in Facebook’s cryptocurrency project will be based on how the social network handles the mountain of criticism and requirements that global regulators and lawmakers are heaping upon it.
July 23 -
The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Visa invests in India fintech; Bank technology for merchants; Crypto crime jumps in South Korea; Circle gets a crypt license in Bermuda.
July 23 -
The timing of the settlement serves as a warning to other companies of the risks they face in an increasingly data-focused economy.
July 22 -
The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Amazon Go preps a larger store; Western Union and MoneyGram add to their networks; Bots emerge for PSD2 compliance.
July 22 -
The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Toys "R" Us plots its recovery; Libra searches jump in China; App bank gets license in Australia; Biometric contactless cards advance.
July 19 -
Blockchain and cryptocurrency innovations threaten to upend mainstream remittance providers, but there are still market gaps that may be best served by a large bank footprint.
July 19 -
The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: France set for crypto regulations; Giant Eagle plans no-checkout stores; PSD2 has gaps; Square's hiring more crypto engineers.
July 18 -
Transit systems are attracting contactless payment technology, but there are other options on the horizon that could make boarding easier than tapping a card or smartphone — provided riders are comfortable with an experience like something out of Minority Report.
July 18 -
Card issuers are accustomed to a world in which consumers choose which card to use at the moment they make a purchase. But in the Amazon Go model that more retailers want to emulate, that choice is made long before the shopper enters the store.
July 17 -
The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: U.K. fintech investment plows ahead; Patreon draws more funds; Tether erases crypto; Is AI too hard to understand?
July 17 -
Fintech startups have been a natural fit for the gig economy, leading Visa and Mastercard to seek them out as partners to maintain relevance.
July 16 -
The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Samsung works on digital ID; Royal Mint supports crypto; Kenya bars sports betting payments; South Korean company patents blockchain payments technology.
July 16 -
A new payment company is attacking the hurdles professional women face when returning to the workforce after time away, a distinct problem borne out of the broader gender gap in financial services.
July 16
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