John Adams

AiFi uses artificial intelligence, sensors and cameras to outfit stores with a checkout-free system that can deploy without regard to the differences in store sizes.

The Boston-based Circle has offered several services over the past few years and has shifted its strategy.

The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Apple Pay's set to grow in Europe; Apple Pay Cash plots international launch; MusicPlanet Live offers a payment gateway; A developers' contest for PSD2.

If they haven't already, card-issuing banks will soon receive a shock when the speed of PSD2's requirements becomes clear. Payments will have to happen faster, and the deadline to make that happen is fast approaching.

The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Visa opens a tech hub for transit; Europeans warm up to wearable payments; A new cryptowallet in Canada; Postal tax payments advance in Canada.

Ant Financial, which operates China's popular Alipay wallet, has a plan for the U.S. that goes beyond its abandoned purchase of MoneyGram.

The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Venezuela's virtual currency debuts; Crowdsourcing for Square readers in Boston; Tinder's security gap; Samsung Pay gains ground in Australia.

Even in 2018, when mobile commerce and mobile point of sale are commonplace, fintechs are able to find plenty of niches stuck in the past.

The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Bitcoin gets criticized in the U.K. and gains some support in South Korea; Flight Sim Labs apologizes for intentional malware; A new Swift-related hack in India.

The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: London's mayor lobbies for soft Brexit; Ingenico goes contactless to boost charities; Swiss regulator updates authentication rules; A new cryptohack attacks Ethereum.