John Adams

The recent tariff escalations could cause financial pain for specific shopping corridors, particularly in price-conscious locales.

Merchant acquirers have moved mountains to embrace software and e-commerce over the old model of selling point of sale hardware, but there are signs that transformation is not enough to please investors.

The commercial that shows a landlord using Apple Pay Cash and iMessage to pry rent out of a tenant is meant to elicit a chuckle, but it also shows how P2P providers must aggressively communicate the capabilities of their apps.

The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Hong Kong embraces open banking; Mastercard gets a environmental nod; A bot to fight crime; Contactless donations helps the homeless.

India's regulatory approach shows it's serious about supporting myriad international payment technology plays, in contrast to China's doing the bare minimum to satisfy international pressure for openness.

The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: It's Fed chair Powell's turn to criticize bitcoin; Blast rounds up payments for consumer savings; Crytpomining malware spikes; Singapore bank launches e-commerce for baby care.

The acquirer OLB Group is positioning itself as a data steward for a future in which merchants will have predictive data to inform decisions on financing.

The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Square collaborates with Bank of Queensland; Wirecard pushes wearables; Former JPMorgan payments exec Morgan joins Barclays; Qiwi's blockchain subsidiary will award tokens as staff bonuses.

Both PayPal and Citigroup are taking a bigger role in the market for cross-border payments, a strategy that led both companies to participate in a $50 million round in PPRO Group, a U.K.-based cross border e-payment company.

The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Link pares down its ATM bank incentives; BitPay gets regulatory clearance in New York; Amex gets in the blockchain patent game; Crypto gets a buy button.