John Adams is executive editor of payments for American Banker.
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The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Samsung files for a social payment platform; Bitcoin jumps up and down; Hackers get smarter; E-commerce comes to the mall; U.K. fintech lobbiest gets help.
By John AdamsNovember 30 -
Venmo achieved its status by designing its interface like that of a social network. PayPal's version of that comes from Facebook.
By John AdamsNovember 30 -
The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: U.K. banks may not be economically ready for PSD2; Arbnb adds trip splitting; U2's campaign with Amazon is less 'forceful' than its Apple past; House of Lords endorses DLT.
By John AdamsNovember 29 -
As any stressed-out parent knows, kids can be quite bad at communicating what they need for school. Bursari has added a software development kit to improve its ability to accept and process one-time and recurring payments to schools through a variety of means.
By John AdamsNovember 29 -
One of the world's largest bitcoin exchanges, bitFlyer, has landed in the U.S. with a focus on institutional investors — a move that suggests bitcoin's days as a payments instrument are still a long way off.
By John AdamsNovember 28 -
The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Senators grill Uber over breach; PSD2 sets date to end screen scraping; Signs of cash's fade in Europe; Spear phishers get nabbed.
By John AdamsNovember 28 -
The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web: Ripple's blockchain push; U.K.'s PSD2 preparations; Interac's global expansion; and more.
By John AdamsNovember 27 -
Fitbit's expertise in monitoring exercise and health seems pretty far removed from the world of payments, but the company is running full-speed into the world of fintech.
By John AdamsNovember 27 -
The digitally driven retail environment has caused lots of adapt-or-die challenges for payment processors and merchant acquirers, including spotting fraud as it moves from one device and channel to another.
By John AdamsNovember 22 -
The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Net neutrality may end soon; Benjamin Lawsky joins Ripple's board; Digital currency enters Zimbabwe; Boku's IPO; 'Mai' scammer victimizes iPhone buyer.
By John AdamsNovember 22