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.
His work includes profiles of
John has been with American Banker and related products for 30 years, covering bank technology, advertising, mortgages and capital markets.
-
The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: PayPal and Skype payments expand; Tencent invests in Brazilian startup; Commonwealth Bank tests programmable money; GlobalPlatform develops flexible wearable technology.
October 10 -
At Tropical Smoothie, a new IT project will deploy new cloud-hosted point of sale terminals, handheld devices and kitchen display systems over the next few weeks across its 700-location footprint.
October 10 -
The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Apple Pay's geographic expansion; NCR terminal gets gas EMV certification; ICICI pushes smart city technology; California cracks down on predicable passwords.
October 9 -
The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Grab extends its merchant reach; DoJ accuses Russian hackers of using bitcoin to cover tracks; KKR and Tencent invest in payment technology in the Philippines; Mastercard extends digital pay in South Africa.
October 5 -
The technology arms race among payment fintechs is converging on the market for credit and loans, with Square rolling out an installment payment option for consumers that complements its merchant capital option for sellers.
October 4 -
The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Amazon invests in mobile pay tech in India; Danske bank tests contactless chip; Digital currency sponsors U.K. golf tournament; Coinbase tries to fix crypto fee instability.
October 4 -
An emerging VC model seeks to get in on new ideas early, before Series A or initial coin offering, offering coaching, money and other accelerants as close to the point of invention as possible.
October 4 -
The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Apple embeds in college IDs; Alipay automates marriage records; PSD2 fintech directory expands; Bitmain invests in Bitcoin Cash wallet.
October 3 -
The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Paytm battles spam; Albertson's extends low-touch pay project to gas; BBVA sets up fintech matchmaker; Bill Clinton warns on overregulating blockchain.
October 2 -
Two watch sellers are diving into a pilot that will test whether social media and blockchain can power alternatives to Amazon and eBay for e-commerce sales, shopping, payments, risk management and marketing.
October 1 -
The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Canada considers PSD2-style reforms; Google exec joins Swift; Biometric payments advance in Bahrain; Ingenico joins Visa's transit program.
October 1 -
The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Veem attracts big investors; Fintech vets join RS2 board; Ripple gets regulatory win in Japan; Mozilla complains about Venmo's privacy settings; Uber gets fined over data breach.
September 28 -
The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Hong Kong's getting a real-time transfer system; Zelle's bank network gets larger; Tesco faces a breach fine; Circle releases a stablecoin.
September 27 -
Stripe’s software development kit, application programming interfaces and other recently added features for merchants place it in almost all parts of the payment value chain beyond its e-commerce forte.
September 26 -
The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: AT&T and Samsung sub team on parking tech; PayPal markets smartphone financing; SBI tests crypto payments; Mastercard's African expansion.
September 26 -
The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Apple and Salesforce collaborate; Bread draws investment; U.K. payment project takes shape; Australia cracks down on ICOs.
September 25 -
London-based digital payment provider Revolut has applied for an e-money license in Luxembourg in case the Brexit impact creates legal complications.
September 24 -
The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Google counters Paytm's privacy claim; BART plans transit pay upgrade; Open banking lobby expands to North America; California bans crypto political donations.
September 24 -
Fintech developers are trying to monetize data without scaring away privacy-conscious consumers — and, increasingly, to make sure bigger financial companies don't overstep the same boundaries.
September 24 -
Square’s online payments APIs and Square Invoices are adding support for Google Pay, which the mobile point of sale company hopes will streamline checkout for online stores and websites.
September 21
Load More