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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Visa’s recent green light from U.K. regulators to complete its Earthport acquisition was more than just the clearing of a regulatory hurdle — it was a revealing look at how important it has become for the card networks to diversify.
May 21 -
The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Google tests drone delivery; Spend launches a digital wallet; Minna attracts investors; Tokyo recruits fintechs.
May 20 -
The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Ola introduces a credit card; Google Pay makes a push in India; Authorities nab malware ring; YouTrip draw funding.
May 17 -
The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Ticketmaster improves security; Storr draws investors; Mastercard vets smart cities initiatives; Google Pay is fixing navigation for privacy settings.
May 16 -
A Brooklyn startup predicts a mix of blockchain and AI can give retailers a referral and conversion model like Amazon and eBay, but the merchants will have to cede some data control.
May 16 -
The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Walmart upgrades its online shopping; Paytm introduces a card and addresses internal fraud; Samsung extends crypto support; U.K. fintech investment stays strong.
May 15 -
The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Paytm Mall may have suffered internal scam; Apple adds NFC wrinkle; Belfast has its own coin; Uber adds PINs; Flexa adds retailers for crypto payments.
May 14 -
Apple’s aggressive posture when it makes moves in retail and payments has drawn a lot of pushback and controversy, but its setback in the Supreme Court could be the most dire threat yet to the growth of Apple Pay.
May 13 -
The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today Alipay, Adyen, Klarna collaborate; West Ham United adopts cashless pay; Digital advances in Germany, eBay tests a new concept store.
May 13 -
As fintechs race to reinvent transit payments, Uber's laying the groundwork in Denver to make sure it takes a leading position.
May 13 -
The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Swift seeks IT experts; Tencent and Ant get bank licenses in Hong Kong; Google updates security and payment acceptance; Dapps face more regulations.
May 10 -
A dynamic digital identity that can work across functions and channels has to start somewhere. To get into digital ID at the ground floor, more companies are pushing to address identity risk when onboarding new accounts.
May 10 -
The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: PayPal's high on phishing list; San Francisco outlaws no-cash stores; Facebook changes crypto ad policy; Ransomware hits Baltimore.
May 9 -
Nacha turned to an inside candidate to be its CEO when current chief Janet Estep retires at the end of 2019.
May 8 -
The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Visa's Earthport deal clears regulatory hurdle; Deutsche adds payment cloud; Campus crooks, Mastercard adds more biometrics; Co-op Financial Services reorganizes payments and financial technology.
May 8 -
The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Mastercard's investing another $1 billion in India; U.K. government adds the Pays for travel; NCR acquires restaurant technology; Warren Buffet sounds off on bitcoin.
May 7 -
The investment money’s flowing into fintech that’s flexible and broad enough to build a bridge between issuers and merchants. For PayU’s investment wing, that’s a $500 million blanket covering cross-border commerce, open tools and markets in dire need of a digital revolution.
May 7 -
There’s no clear winner yet in the “war on cash,” so investment is flowing into technology that’s designed to accommodate a wide set of payment options that can still take cash along for the ride.
May 6 -
The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Santander adds gig economy tech; U.K. calls out open banking laggards; AMC suffers a breach; A new threat for bitcoin fraud.
May 6 -
Mastercard hopes to tap into existing partnerships and clients from multiple business lines to combine services in a single menu for small to mid-sized businesses, a market where fintechs have made great strides over the past few years, enough to draw extra attention from established companies.
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