John Adams

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.

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.

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.

Amazon's increasingly weird ideas for getting products to Prime customers — grocery delivery, in-home delivery and now in-car delivery — point to an unsettling conclusion: Amazon, for all its market dominance, is pushing the limits of who it can reach with traditional package delivery.

The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Travel agency changes crypto converters; Cross-border payments as a retail recovery play; Bottomline Technologies adds a new API; A bank's rough technology conversion causes data breach.

A few handshakes among a small group of Silicon Valley techies are presenting the best chance yet to wipe out passwords in favor of modern identity protection.

The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: All four major card brands are on board with a single online "button"; EU tightens prepaid and cryptocurrency regs; PayByPhone appoints a new CEO; Ireland preps to be a Brexit landing spot.

The $219 million deal will expand RealPage's geographic and digital footprint in a market that still relies on paper-based payments.

The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Square ups delivery game; Allianz turns to blockchain for cross-border transfers; EMV advances globally; Checkout.com expands to Saudi Arabia.

As the cannabis industry has inched toward legitimacy, it hasn't abandoned its roots. And that includes the infamous pot smokers' "holiday," April 20.

It's too soon to tell whether a new button would replace Visa Checkout and Masterpass as brands. It's also unclear why consumers would choose another new payment option over the many options available today — such as PayPal.