John Adams

Zuora's stunning IPO was a victory for the entire subscription payments space, though new competitors and talk of a market bubble stalk the market.

The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: QR codes expand for payments in the Philippines and checking in the UAE; Worldpay adds support for new integrated point of sale technology; Mastercard applies for a patent for a blockchain identity security system.

The disparities, last-minute additions and disputes in a contractor's payment are giving the business gateway Qualpay a chance to use an invoice fixer as a differentiator in a market filled with payment companies that are morphing into general software sellers.

Artificial intelligence may help rescue donations from paper's retreat, and give a fintech startup an icebreaker with small banks that haven't embraced automated payments.

The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Australian banks oppose open banking; Louisiana town plots its own currency; No more FOMO for bitcoin; Russia plans its own mobile payment system.

The cashierless Amazon Go concept is inspiring fear in traditional U.S. retailers, but the idea is already mainstream in China — with one chain opening 300 locations in just two years.

The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: China's version of Amazon Go grows quickly; The cops end a blockchain event in Beijing; Mastercard's hiring AI experts; Will tariffs make POS hardware more expensive?

Apple and Ripple may have a potential idea to remove friction from mobile payments, but the implementation could make for a rough ride.

The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Amex launches a branding campaign; Uber links to mass transit; Taiwan regulates crypto; Long Blockchain faces delisting; Is more data more important than faster payments?

Ant Financial, the Alibaba affiliate that operates Alipay, is planning an IPO that could be worth hundreds of billions of dollars — but the funds it could raise are secondary to the consumer population it already controls.