John Adams is executive editor of payments for American Banker. John interviews top executives in the payments, cryptocurrency and fintech industries, hosts podcasts, moderates conference panels and curates the new Payments Intelligence portal.
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John has been with American Banker and related products for 30 years, covering bank technology, advertising, mortgages and capital markets.
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The cloud, open development and onboarding tools should get a boost from PSD2, with mandates that banks make it easier to share payment data with fintechs in Europe.
December 18 -
More retailers are accepting mobile wallets, but few agree on what that entails. Many stores are coming up with their own wallets by building on past successes or burying payments deep under the surface of their mobile channel.
December 15 -
The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: FCC ends net neutrality; Gemalto turns down takeover offer; Australian central banker's bearish on bitcoin; Miami condo sale will only take bitcoin.
December 15 -
Interac's e-transfer system has jumped in usage, and has become a gateway for myriad other services including a collaboration with MoneyGram.
December 15 -
The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web: Patreon cancels new fee policy; Coinbase's board adds David Marcus; Mobile pay does the laundry; Japanese company allows bitcoin salaries; Banks team for sustainable supply chains.
December 14 -
The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: UnionPay builds a bank network for mobile; Lavazza jumps into AI; Breach data winds up in a huge repository; Mastercard's innovation center for younger users.
December 13 -
Banks and fintechs are competing heavily to modernize cross-border payments, and Citi is using its upgraded treasury unit to add speed to its own international cross-border digital payments capabilities in more than 60 countries.
December 12 -
The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Samsung Pay pushes mobile transit pay in Hong Hong: Russian hack ring steals $10 million; VC flows to bitcoin investment exchanges; Australia's post office adds bill pay technology.
December 12 -
The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Australia adds cryptocurrency to AML rules; Aeon bank deploys no-hands ATMs; Nanopay bolsters B-to-B tech; GrabPay gets e-money license in Malaysia.
December 11 -
The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Alan Greenspan weighs in on bitcoin; Saxo's wild bitcoin prediction; Patreon changes its fees; U.K. researchers find another password vulnerability; Credit union blockchain group hires former Mastercard exec.
December 8 -
The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Travelers from China get more payments tech; Brave adds new content payments; Revolut adds support for more cyrptocurrencies; EMV matures.
December 7 -
Rapid changes in the cryptocurrency's valuation make it hard to properly price content purchases according to Steam.
December 6 -
The collaboration gives Worldpay another e-commerce tool to battle Amazon's encroachment into traditional retail.
December 6 -
The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Fitbit adds to its payments technology; Bitcoin buys art; GM adds shopping function; Real-time payments boosts IT spending; Payoneer draws investment form China.
December 6 -
The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: FTcash offers cashless loans and payments in India; Apple Pay Cash starts to deploy; A cryptocurrency for solar; Payza adds altcoin purchases; SEC's ICO unit goes to work.
December 5 -
The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Apple's automatic update adds Apple Pay Cash; Twitter embeds tipping in its Periscope service; Canada pushes centralized digital currency; Wendy's offers mobile delivery; Malta builds national blockchain.
December 4 -
Android Wear introduced a new version of its technology earlier this year.
December 1 -
The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: ECB pushes instant payments; Mastercard's new innovation class; Payment company launches pot magazine; Atlanta gets more ATMs.
December 1 -
Installment payments for e-commerce purchases are starting to take hold in North America as an alternative to standard credit cards, and PayBright is seeking a niche in Canada.
December 1 -
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.
November 30
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