John Adams

The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Bitcoin mining stresses electrical grids; State taxes for cryptocurrency; Facebook payments expand in Africa; A pop song in Japan for cryptocurrency.

Despite the growing legality of marijuana sales, banks have largely written off the industry as being too high-risk. Recent remarks by Attorney General Jeff Sessions would seem to reinforce that position.

The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Amazon opens Dash's tech; Hyundai makes a move into car tech; Faster payments advance in the U.S. and Lithuania.

One of the options for brick and mortar to strike back at e-commerce is real-time in-store analysis, where nascent technology gives consumers the a personalized experience without stopping to pay or engage with staff.

The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Warren Buffett is bearish on bitcoin; Payroll tech draws funds; Turkey pushes contactless; "Clapping" for cryptocurrency.

Petal has received a $13 million funding round from Valar Ventures, a New York-based venture capital fund that specializes in financial technology, to use artificial intelligence to fill holes in legacy risk vetting.

The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: LevelUp's new order ahead app; Mastercard embraces car tech; Garmin adds payments to running band; New rules for ICOs; Singapore company offers 'buy now pay later'; Blockchain Tea cancels stock sale.

A reverse auction service for restaurants is trying to ease the industry's costs through a decentralized payments system.

The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Toyota demos driverless delivery; Venezuela plans oil cryptocurrency; Bango teams with Netflix in Mexico; Vermont may tax cryptocurrency.

The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Visa suspends WaveCrest cryptocurrency payments; Fintech investment in the U.K. jumps; U.K. regulator adds tech expert; Facebook considers blockchain; VC investment in cryptopayments.