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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Circle, Stripe and Coindesk all make moves to add scale for digital asset transactions.
July 3 -
The court didn't rule on the merits of any regulation, but made it much easier to challenge rules governing banking.
July 1 -
The technology company faces fines over potential anti-competition practices; Takis Georgakopoulos is on his way to Fiserv.
June 26 -
The two financial institutions are testing a combination of machine learning and blockchain to catch errors and block fraud on international transactions.
June 25 -
U.K. banks are testing machines that can accept deposits from multiple machines.
June 21 -
Publicly traded companies are showing signs of improvement, but it may take some time until venture capital funding for fintechs recovers.
June 20 -
A London judge has issued an order that could lead the bank to sell the Greek fintech, while two large French financial institutions plan to build a processor.
June 19 -
The organization says 'request for pay' has gotten early traction with billing and account-to account transfers. Now it's targeting consumer-to-government and digital wallet disbursements.
June 17 -
Longtime payments chief Takis Georgakopoulos is leaving the bank. New co-heads Umar Farooq and Max Neurkirchen are inheriting a powerhouse, but they face lots of challenges.
June 13 -
An iOS 18 update will enable a Tap to Pay-like system for peer-to-peer payments. Meanwhile, will BNPL rules be different in Australia than in the U.S.?
June 12 -
PayPal has brought on expert pitchmen from Uber and Plaid to build an advertising platform for merchants. Its rivals are on a similar path.
June 11 -
Digital assets have never caught on for mainstream payments, but the card network isn't giving up hope. Its latest effort aims to reduce complexity by learning from the successes of digital wallets.
June 10 -
By making it easier to enroll and access financial services such as buy now/pay later lending, the search giant hopes to enhance connections with users.
June 6 -
Mastercard launches palm checkout in Uruguay, the U.K. commits to a gradual rollout of King Charles banknotes starting this week, and more.
June 5 -
The technology is adept at working with partial account numbers and other shreds of data to alert banks of ongoing and potential crime, the network contends.
June 3 -
Payment firm BVNK is betting that PYUSD's potential to connect to PayPal's network of millions of consumers and businesses will make it more than another investment currency.
May 30 -
The Swedish financial institution argues over potential regulations that treat buy now/pay later lending like credit cards in the U.S.; Discover seeks the next hot market for real-time payments; and more.
May 29 -
Rather than compete against the rising tide of account-to-account transactions, the two card networks are looking for ways to make themselves essential to this growing market.
May 28 -
Santander joins Iberpay as the first supporters of the European Payment Council's instant account-to-account network, Australian lawmakers approved bills to create a federated digital identity system, and more.
May 22 -
These three payment firms are working to grow revenue by pivoting to new markets and technologies, all while waiting for a turnaround in the industry.
May 21
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