John Adams is executive editor of payments for American Banker.
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The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: JPMorgan files a patent app for transfer tech; Syncapay's looking for fintech investments; Ticketmaster's deploying new biometrics; Richard Branson warns about scams; Cryptocoin tax payments fall out of Arizona bill.
By John AdamsMay 7 -
The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Instagram adds payments; Alipay introduces money market funds for spare change; Ireland plans a fintech census; Reddit will resume bitcoin payments; California gets more cyrptocurrency ATMs.
By John AdamsMay 4 -
Visa and Mastercard's "single button" for online payments seems like it would most directly threaten PayPal, but the card networks' campaign puts just as much pressure on Amazon's omnichannel push.
By John AdamsMay 3 -
The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: CBA cops to old breach; Ulster Bank's day off hurts mobile pay; Token benefits from PSD2; Ripple deepens its relationship with Standard Chartered.
By John AdamsMay 3 -
Amazon is trying to acquire Indian e-commerce giant Flipkart, in part to gain control over that country's e-commerce market and in part to make sure Walmart doesn't get hold of the company.
By John AdamsMay 2 -
Mastercard's CEO sang the praises of a single "button" for online purchases, a stance that puts heat on online payment leader PayPal without the whiff of a direct attack.
By John AdamsMay 2 -
The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: U.K. cryptocurrency firms ask for more regs; Circle boosts its security; Philadelphia adds transit payments tech; Lots of Americans use cards just for the loyalty points.
By John AdamsMay 2 -
Like plucking thorns off a flower one by one, Nvoicepay has incrementally built an automated B2B payments chain, this week turning directly to the guts of corporate technology to wring out lingering old-school processing techniques.
By John AdamsMay 1 -
American Express has issued a series of deadlines for merchant acquirers in markets outside of the U.S. in an attempt to jolt the global migration.
By John AdamsMay 1 -
The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Mastercard pursues another blockchain patent; PSD2's huge global impact; Ride sharing app Pathao launches a digital wallet; A Swift exec joins the U.K.'s Mansion House Consulting.
By John AdamsMay 1