John Adams

Both executives have changed the cryptocurrency narrative with supportive statements, but attracting merchants to a payments market will require work.

The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Google brings wearable payments to more countries; Selfie pay reaches Kuwait; Bitmain invests in Circle; Use cases emerge for government virtual currency.

Wells Fargo is doing everything in its power to make its app the go-to choice for any interaction that involves money.

The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Banks push Zelle-style app in France; Hackers hit Mexican banks with payment fraud scheme; African payment app draws investors; Singapore hotels support WeChat.

Four years after leading a charge to make PayPal more nimble by severing it from eBay, investor Carl Icahn is reportedly dissolving his investments in the payment company.

The Supreme Court has sided with states in a dispute over sports gambling, a double victory for payment processors, which can use largely existing tools to serve an entirely new market.

The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Amazon preps new Go stores; Chili's suffers a breach; Softbank mulls its next investment in India; Crypto for tax payments gains steam in Florida.

Freelance payment companies are taking advantage of the Trump administration's immigration policies, which are starting to drive more work to freelancers in the U.S. and overseas.

Fair Square Financial has received a $100 million equity investment from the Orogen Group to fund a credit card designed for underserved U.S. consumer segments.

The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Walmart's mixed response in India; Paytm makes a transit pay deal; Cryptocurrency dash expands in Asia; Bitfury adds DoJ vet.