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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Pinduoduo's controversial IPO was seemingly a world removed from western merchant acquirers, but it's yet another example of how social payments can upend conventional relationships between merchants, shopping and payment processing.
August 2 -
The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Allied Wallet's CEO reportedly makes big political donations and skirts bank regs; Indian central bank pressures Paytm on AML; Grab's prepping another $1 billion raise; Google Pay adds another market; FSA tightens rules for FX marketing.
August 2 -
The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: CVS and 7-Eleven add Apple Pay; U.S. plans to deregulate fintech; A phishing attack uses PayPal's brand; Binance buys a crypto wallet; the NFL players union adopt blockchain for player-driven content.
August 1 -
The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web:. Today: Jamie Dimon discusses health care initiative; Apple Pay's contactless dominance has its limits; Gaming blockchain rewwards; Square's brand pops up in phishing scheme.
July 31 -
As smaller screens and internet-of-things devices become more prominent, credit providers will have to find a way to accept personal information without the convenience of a terminal and keyboard.
July 30 -
The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Chinese E-commerce challenger Pinduoduo scores a huge IPO; Moviepass runs out of money; Japanese printing company launches a payments project; SafeWallet offers cryptogifts.
July 30 -
Airborne drone delivery is becoming e-commerce's version of self-driving cars: A promising but troubled technology that's nonetheless creating opportunities to change the way people make payments.
July 30 -
The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Contactless scores at the World Cup; Square's Caviar offers health insurance for drivers; Mastercard's CEO slams cryptocurrency; A new mobile app threat emerges.
July 27 -
The money flowing into alternative merchant acquiring is feeding an arms race, with each new deal adding pressure to become an automated one-stop shop for small businesses.
July 27 -
Mastercard's strong performance is dampened by threats from trade disputes and Brexit, both of which could cause the company pain in the future.
July 26 -
The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Square helps merchants fight chargebacks; Paytm's in the middle of political disputes; Air Canada tries to buy back Aeroplan; Coinbase intros crypto gift cards.
July 26 -
The outage that halted a portion of Visa payments in Europe was almost two months ago, but the card brand is still explaining what happened and attempting to isolate the incident.
July 25 -
The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Worldpay debuts its drone; Alipay's international merchant network gets larger; Singapore health system suffers a breach; U.K. regulators worry about payment monopoly.
July 25 -
With just two partnerships, eBay is cutting off a big opportunity for community banks.
July 24 -
The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Commerzbank gets help for faster payments; China gets even tougher on cryptocurrency; Game of laundering; Lil' Flip does marketing for Fit Pay.
July 24 -
Maybe it's coincidence, or maybe it's progress — in recent weeks, a number of large payment networks have suffered brief but widespread outages, particularly in Europe.
July 23 -
The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: More payment problems in Europe; Snapchat shuts down P2P app; Europe and U.S. ease fintech rules; Airline payments technology advance in Saudi Arabia; India delays cryptoban trail.
July 23 -
The recent tariff escalations could cause financial pain for specific shopping corridors, particularly in price-conscious locales.
July 23 -
Merchant acquirers have moved mountains to embrace software and e-commerce over the old model of selling point of sale hardware, but there are signs that transformation is not enough to please investors.
July 20 -
The commercial that shows a landlord using Apple Pay Cash and iMessage to pry rent out of a tenant is meant to elicit a chuckle, but it also shows how P2P providers must aggressively communicate the capabilities of their apps.
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