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 information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Apple Pay jumps in Australia; Blockchain advances for health care payments; A new DLT group in Europe; Facebook suffers another security vulnerability.
April 4 -
Amazon’s incursion into brick and mortar has been aggressive, but not without its share of course corrections. The latest is a new round of price cuts at Whole Foods amid whispers of slow Prime traffic at the high-end grocer.
April 3 -
Large investment houses see an opportunity to improve financial conditions for contract workers, accelerate evolution away from cash to digital payments, expand the smartphone as a commerce device and streamline user experience.
April 3 -
The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Amazon cuts prices at Whole Foods; eBay alters its advertising strategy; Georgia Tech suffers a breach; Amazon extends contract with Delta Airlines.
April 3 -
FIS’s $43 billion agreement to acquire Worldpay and Fiserv’s $22 billion deal to buy First Data are largely closing the gaps between financial technology and merchant acquiring. But these mergers are only the first of many steps.
April 3 -
The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Coinbase and Ripple partner for payment feature; Fingopay will launch vein payments in Manchester; Fintechs ManoMano and Novo draw investors.
April 2 -
The gig economy presents many challenges in its reliance on a freelance workforce. Among those is the task of managing corporate spending for workers that don't use a corporate card or expense platform.
April 2 -
The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Google enhances invoice editing; Consumers may use Apple Pay more with a card; Facebook's hiring more blockchain talent; Researchers spot advanced keylogging.
April 1 -
Mastercard has spent years attempting to overhaul transit payments to allow riders to pay with a contactless credit or debit card. This time around, it expects Apple Pay to play a significant role.
April 1 -
The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Square and Apple Pay go to the ballpark; Government payment gateway draws funds; CoinAcquiring approaches merchants; Movie ticket subscriptions get even more crowded.
March 29 -
The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Worldpay goes deeper into Australia; Apple Pay expands in Europe; Infinity plans a movie ticketing service; Crypto exchanges have a KYC problem.
March 28 -
Digital payment innovators have shown an almost limitless propensity to home in on banks’ turf, and Citigroup is ready to strike back.
March 27 -
The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Square adds invoicing in the U.K.; Wayfair plans brick and mortar store; Tandem's developing PSD2-specific products; McDonald's acquires AI for drive through lanes.
March 27 -
Billions of dollars in investments are pouring into digital payments, but the hefty numbers obscure a regulatory and competitive squeeze that could shut banks out of the profits for good.
March 26 -
The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Domino's plans in-car order and pay; Arizona college adopts robot serving; Monzo leaves U.K. check image scheme; IBM's blockchain picks up more adoption.
March 26 -
The new Apple Card wasn't just one product of many announced at the Steve Jobs Theater on Monday — it was the glue that binds all of Apple's new services together.
March 25 -
As PayPal seeks to turn Venmo into a profit engine, the service has also taken steps to collect consumer debts, moves that are sure to spark controversy as some of the targeted users claim they have been fraud victims.
March 25 -
The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Apple plans card with Goldman Sachs; Russia pushes alternative payment network; Shopify dumps Mailchimp; Walmart plans gaming system; Banks miss a PSD2 deadline.
March 25 -
The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Google Pay hits the rails in India; Patreon changes its fees; EBA builds a registry for PSD2; Avnet supports cryptocurrency payments.
March 20 -
Dumping passwords in favor of interoperable, flexible identity is an evolution as bumpy as it is necessary. FIS and Worldpay’s combination stands to create tools that can smooth this road.
March 19
