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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Despite lowering barriers and eliminating borders for commerce, the internet still makes it clunky comparison-shop for products across multiple sites. E-commerce startup Shoppable aims to solve this by creating a universal shopping cart.
September 15 -
Blockchain is already taking a bite out of the fees traditional financial institutions extract from cross-border transactions by providing a workaround that avoids third parties.
September 14 -
Welcome to the PaymentsSource Morning Briefing, delivered daily. The information you need to start your day, including top headlines from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Google's plans in India; A warning to ATM makers; A glossary for blockchain; Monzo's fee election.
September 14 -
Security professionals have long argued against the use of static identifiers like passwords and Social Security numbers, while consumers have long questioned why a handful of bureaus can claim to be the ultimate judges of their identities.
September 14 -
Welcome to the PaymentsSource Morning Briefing, delivered daily. The information you need to start your day, including top headlines from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Alipay's restaurant app debuts as standalone; Connected car payments advance; Belgian cooperative payments expand; Nets adds to P-to-P service.
September 13 -
While the EMV fraud liability shift for most companies passed nearly two years ago, there are still pockets of stores that haven't switched over — and they can be particularly prone to the kind of fraud chip cards are designed to thwart.
September 13 -
Welcome to the PaymentsSource Morning Briefing, delivered daily. The information you need to start your day, including top headlines from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Venmo offers a payment card; More fallout for Equifax; Santander invests in financial inclusion tech; Tether adds U.S. dollars to blockchain.
September 12 -
Welcome to the PaymentsSource Morning Briefing, delivered daily. The information you need to start your day, including top headlines from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Visa hires new European chief; Alipay partners with fashion brand; ANZ adopts voice pay; Italian payment startup draws investors.
September 11 -
First Data is one of many payments companies working to get its customers back up and running in the wake of the severe storms, but it's also a victim — its center in Sugar Land, Texas, suffered flooding, causing the Atlanta-based company to set up operations at a hotel in Houston for 400 staff.
September 11 -
Welcome to the PaymentsSource Morning Briefing, delivered daily. The information you need to start your day, including top headlines from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Equifax breach's scope; 'Personal information' store; Cubic expands payments for London transport; Fintechs have mixed Brexit outlook.
September 8 -
Petal is using machine learning in its new card program to make the most of the scant financial data available from young consumers.
September 8 -
Welcome to the PaymentsSource Morning Briefing, delivered daily. The information you need to start your day, including top headlines from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Alibaba may take advantage of NAFTA pressure; A new voice pay vulnerability; Facial recognition expands; EU may loosen bank tech rules.
September 7 -
As the next step of Nacha's faster payments initiative nears, technology and management adjustments may be required to handle increased overdraft risk.
September 7 -
Welcome to the PaymentsSource Morning Briefing, delivered daily. The information you need to start your day, including top headlines from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Alibaba's new mall; Cross-border pay expands in South Africa; New bitcoin wallet; Virtual currency volume spikes.
September 6 -
It's a common lament that businesses cling to checks and other forms of paper-based transactions while consumer payments rush into a digital future.
September 5 -
Welcome to the PaymentsSource Morning Briefing, delivered daily. The information you need to start your day, including top headlines from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: China KFC intros "smile" pay; Nacha shifts execs; Paconiq moves to Amsterdam; Fiserv closes Monitise deal.
September 5 -
In a market seemingly dominated by "Pays" from smartphone makers, a few companies are taking a much different approach to mobile payments. Here are some of the more extreme examples.
September 1 -
Welcome to the PaymentsSource Morning Briefing, delivered daily. The information you need to start your day, including top headlines from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Nets considers suitors; Cryptotokens for art; Bleep forms an ISO; A new blockchain accelerator.
September 1 -
Welcome to the PaymentsSource Morning Briefing, delivered daily. The information you need to start your day, including top headlines from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Alipay reaches out to merchants; Citi Bike adds Apple Pay; Grab adds P-to-P; Russia opens blockchain hub.
August 31 -
Welcome to the PaymentsSource Morning Briefing, delivered daily. The information you need to start your day, including top headlines from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Apple partners to grow payments in China; Digiliti turns down offer; Singapore to form QR standards; Visa seeks mobile adoption in UAE.
August 30
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