John Adams

A Delaware company's plotting to use blockchain to blow the lid off of supply chain inefficiencies and be the main catalyst behind Asia's burgeoning open markets and electronic payments initiative.

Given the scant use of cryptocurrencies for payments relative to their use for investment, some companies are rooting for the kind of government oversight and monetary policy that used to be considered an assault on the alternative currency movement.

PayPal is dusting off the idea of conducting commerce augmented reality glasses, a concept that fell flat five years ago. But a half decade is an epoch in technology time, enough to reevaluate the competitive necessity of AR payments.

The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. PayPal pushes for an AR glasses patent; Mastercard tests contactless in Poland; Ripple adds more partners; Payments technology continues to accelerate in Singapore.

The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Citi, BBVA boost Apple Pay's reach; Mastercard extends financial inclusion deal; Biometrics advances for foreign exchange; Lattesso brews blockchain marketing.

Lacy Morris would seem to be in a tough spot as the main techie for a smaller coffee chain that's deploying mobile technology years after Starbucks dominated the market. But Starbucks has made missteps, he contends, leaving room for rivals to learn from those mistakes.

Square's deal to buy Weebly, a San Francisco-based web design company, is a major weapon in its growing arsenal.

Visa CEO Alfred Kelly is less publicly adversarial toward market rival PayPal than his predecessor Charlie Scharf, even as Visa's push for a "single button" for online payments seems to undermine PayPal's business model.

The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: BigCommerce gets a big investment; Mobile payments get a virtual currency; Monzo's expansion from payments accelerates; Facial authentication gets more sophisticated; A key that opens all of the hotel rooms.

The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Amazon suffers a hack; The Fed issues new faster payments-related guidance; Paperless B2B payments advance in Indonesia; Contactless transit pay matures in London.