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: Amazon Go's not the first cashierless store in San Francisco; A new score; JPMorgan's opening a fintech campus; Volvo revs up subscriptions; Western Unoin and banks battle human trafficking.
By John AdamsOctober 22 -
American Express turned its loss of its Costco card business in 2016 into a pivot to a more technology-heavy strategy, a plan that is paying off with major deals with large partners and solid earnings.
By John AdamsOctober 19 -
The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Pakistan reaches out to fintechs to help with payment project; Wearable tech gets more flexible; Digital pay becomes a major market; Bill and Melinda Gates invest in blockchain as a financial inclusion tool.
By John AdamsOctober 19 -
India’s government has been aggressively (and, at times, dramatically) pro-digital commerce — but not necessarily when it involves foreign companies.
By John AdamsOctober 19 -
PayPal reports it’s adding users to Venmo’s new initiatives quickly, pushing the company’s wish to monetize Venmo to what its CEO calls a “tipping point."
By John AdamsOctober 18 -
The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: BBVA pushes open banking in the U.S.; Curve plans support for mobile wallets; Civil's first news IPO falls short; Apptizer adds new restaurant technology.
By John AdamsOctober 18 -
Stripe’s expanding global profile has come with a growing security risk operation, which will now be overseen by former Google security expert Niels Provos.
By John AdamsOctober 17 -
The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Sony pursues blockchain for copyright; Twitter sends odd notifications; Facebook Portal could collect data for advertising; Australian banks invest in receipt technology.
By Daniel WolfeOctober 17 -
The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web: India's payment regs, Westpac's wearables; New Zealand debunks bitcoin claim; and more.
By John AdamsOctober 15 -
Financial crisis-era rebel Simple is turning to payments innovation — along with its traditional combativeness on fees and rates — to stay relevant against the many fintechs lurking at the edges of the banking world.
By John AdamsOctober 15