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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The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: U.K. regulators examine PayPal's iZettle deal; Equifax gets fined in the U.K.; Paytm complains about Google Pay and data; Amazon announces lots of new Echo technology.
By John AdamsSeptember 21 -
Flipkart, an Indian e-commerce company which Walmart bought in August, has launched a cardless credit program for consumers and is expected to apply for an NBFC licence, or a classification as non-bank that provides credit and other financial services in India.
By John AdamsSeptember 21 -
The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Cashierless stores are set to grow quickly; Westpac adds Siri payments; Hacks at Newegg and government servers; MPs push for U.K. ICO regs; ANZ debuts cardless ATMs.
By John AdamsSeptember 20 -
The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Mastercard close to video game sponsorship; WorldRemit adds WhatsApp; Gemalto tests blockchain ID; CanPay expands in Florida.
By John AdamsSeptember 19 -
Subscription payments are supposed to happen in the background with little or no effort. But what happens when another “automatic” and constantly changing product is tossed on top of the subscription?
By John AdamsSeptember 19 -
By using a network of vendors with existing payment and financial terms, TD Bank hopes to expedite the paper processing for supply chain transactions and treasury management.
By John AdamsSeptember 18 -
The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Amazon Go expands to Chicago; A $6.2 billion swipe-fee settlmenet; Six takes mobile to the sea; Contactless grows quickly in Europe; Singapore unveils master QR code.
By John AdamsSeptember 18 -
Uber’s corporate existence has jumped from one PR crisis to another, but the company has always been lauded for how seamlessly it handles payments. Until now.
By John AdamsSeptember 17 -
The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Uber suffers a glitch; Mobile pay companies lean into India's gas crunch; Ripple expands; M-Pesa adds air payments; Metal P2P debuts.
By John AdamsSeptember 17 -
Executives from four companies—Worldnet co-founder John Clarke, Payrailz CEO Fran Duggan, CardFree CEO Jon Squire, and Sionic Mobile CEO Ron Herman— view Uber and Amazon as drivers of the shift to an "unattended" retail experience that removes human interaction from the process of making a payment.
By John AdamsSeptember 17 -
The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Ant denies spying on Equifax; Mt. Gox investors may get refunds; U.K. needs corporate help with payment project; European regulators approve harsh penalties for payment crime.
By John AdamsSeptember 14 -
The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: EU cracks down on laundering; ATMs decline in the U.K.; Georgia's fintech academy; Softbank builds mobile pay tech.
By John AdamsSeptember 13 -
A new venture capital firm hopes will differentiate it from other fintech investors by taking a more hands-on approach.
By John AdamsSeptember 13 -
BofA Merrill Lynch will extend Apple Pay, Google Pay and Samsung Pay support for business cardholders, covering corporate, commercial and purchasing cards in the U.S.
By John AdamsSeptember 12 -
The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: eBay pursues hands-free tech; Sacramento Kings text tickets; NFC reaches 7-Eleven; Hong Kong's 'bay area' gets UnionPay mobile; Ripple and R3 settle legal fight.
By Daniel WolfeSeptember 12 -
The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web: Alibaba's next chairman; Visa-backed blockchain; Ripple's new lawyer; and more.
By John AdamsSeptember 11 -
Blockchains and other distributed ledgers are being applied to almost all businesses as a concept, but have had a tough time in ecosystems built on siloed data and complex technology.
By John AdamsSeptember 11 -
Product diversification has boosted Revolut's valuation, and will make or break the company as it battles myriad competitors and a challenging geographic expansion.
By John AdamsSeptember 10 -
Ring's smart doorbell was its billion-dollar ticket to Amazon's empire, which bought the company as part of its move into consumers' homes and communities.
By John AdamsSeptember 10 -
The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Amazon Go opens in New York; Paul Galant joins Softbank subsidiary; Visa adds disaster recovery feature; Russian hacking suspect extradited to New York; Vizeo TV may have to disclose spying on viewers.
By Daniel WolfeSeptember 10




















