John Adams is executive editor of payments for American Banker.
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While mass transit has long been seen as a potential catalyst for changing payment habits, it's apps such as Uber, Grab and Lyft that are making the biggest difference in how people pay for transportation.
By John AdamsAugust 3 -
The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: A big week for the OEM wallets; Barclays adds service for small businesses; Russian card hacker goes to jail; Nexo adds credit for cryptopayments.
By John AdamsAugust 3 -
The Trump administration's isolationist policies are slowing the flow of foreign students to American universities, and thus may hurt companies that rely on cross-border tuition processing to American corridors.
By John AdamsAugust 3 -
Pinduoduo's controversial IPO was seemingly a world removed from western merchant acquirers, but it's yet another example of how social payments can upend conventional relationships between merchants, shopping and payment processing.
By John AdamsAugust 2 -
The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Allied Wallet's CEO reportedly makes big political donations and skirts bank regs; Indian central bank pressures Paytm on AML; Grab's prepping another $1 billion raise; Google Pay adds another market; FSA tightens rules for FX marketing.
By John AdamsAugust 2 -
The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: CVS and 7-Eleven add Apple Pay; U.S. plans to deregulate fintech; A phishing attack uses PayPal's brand; Binance buys a crypto wallet; the NFL players union adopt blockchain for player-driven content.
By John AdamsAugust 1 -
The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web:. Today: Jamie Dimon discusses health care initiative; Apple Pay's contactless dominance has its limits; Gaming blockchain rewwards; Square's brand pops up in phishing scheme.
By John AdamsJuly 31 -
As smaller screens and internet-of-things devices become more prominent, credit providers will have to find a way to accept personal information without the convenience of a terminal and keyboard.
By John AdamsJuly 30 -
The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Chinese E-commerce challenger Pinduoduo scores a huge IPO; Moviepass runs out of money; Japanese printing company launches a payments project; SafeWallet offers cryptogifts.
By John AdamsJuly 30 -
Airborne drone delivery is becoming e-commerce's version of self-driving cars: A promising but troubled technology that's nonetheless creating opportunities to change the way people make payments.
By John AdamsJuly 30