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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Initial coin offerings have become controversial enough for the SEC to weigh in. And even though the commission has not announced a clear stance, technology investors are noticing a difference in its actions.
September 6 -
Ripple's role in streamlining international transactions and the popularity of its XRP tokens has boosted the company's value, but has also drawn critics who claim Ripple is illegally gaming the market.
September 6 -
Technology developers have little choice but to see big data deals like Mastercard’s reported collaboration with Google as an opportunity for deep, actionable analysis, setting aside the chilling effect of privacy concerns and a consumer buy in.
September 6 -
The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Paytm launches investment app; Reserve Bank of Australia suffers an outage; Virtual Cryopto Technologies launches a bitcoin ATM converter; Ipagoo joins Chaps; Adyen tests 3D Secure.
September 4 -
The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Paytm extends tech for grocery stores; U.K. businesses lag in supply chain automation; Wonga collapses; India plans more cash reduction.
August 31 -
David Mangum will be leaving his post as president and chief operating officer of Global Payments, an announcement that came on the same day it inked deals to retain other top execs, including CEO Jeff Sloan.
August 30 -
The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: PayPal expands in Brazil; Skagen boosts wearables; Terra gets funding for stable coin; EMV approaches full maturity in the U.S.
August 30 -
The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Buffett investor takes a seat on Paytm's board; Xoom's network gets larger; Glint preps for U.S. launch; Alipay checks on rice authenticity; Modo and Etihad partner on loyalty.
August 29 -
Despite legal cannabis category's regulatory complexity — or perhaps motivated by it — a new breed of merchant acquirers is slicing through the thick government red tape to process cannabis payments, one state at a time.
August 28 -
The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Amazon Go opens another store; Singapore digital pay project gets larger; Kenyan bank spins off fintech unit; People petition PayPal to do more to halt hate groups.
August 28 -
Jim DeBello will leave his post as CEO of digital capture and mobile identity company Mitek, one of a handful of high-level personnel moves at the company.
August 27 -
The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Alipay cracks down in cryptocurrency; Visa invests in digital payments; Mobile wallets are growing quickly; A consortium pushes a universal blockchain.
August 27 -
The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Cheddar's Scratch Kitchen suffers a breach; Swift's faster pay makes progress; Apple pushes charitable giving to boost mobile pay; Ripple seeks more e-money licenses.
August 24 -
It’s been a rough year of politically charged headlines and financial woes for Facebook, pressuring the social network to do more with its Messenger app's huge and largely unmonetized user base.
August 24 -
After researchers exposed how hackable mobile point of sale systems are, vendors quickly shored up their defenses — while also blaming some vulnerabilities on payment methods they characterize as outdated.
August 24 -
The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Americans keep more funds in PayPal accounts than their wallets; Coins decline in the U.K.; ZenCash changes its name; Coinbase adds payment support.
August 23 -
Since his 2016 campaign, Donald Trump has loomed over the international payments system with a series of threats that are proving increasingly empty.
August 22 -
The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Walmart still doesn't support Apple Pay; Paytm builds a cloud in India; Football clubs support bitcoin; First Data pushes into real estate payments; China cracks down on cryptocurrency news.
August 22 -
The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Payment outage hits Australia; No cashier store opens in San Francisco; Should contactless limits get higher?: Alipay takes paper out of tax refunds.
August 21 -
The subscription payments market is increasingly popular, but acquirers won't get by on only handling the payments.
August 21
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