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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As mobile commerce matures, consumers are getting more accustomed to the process of populating a shopping cart from a smartphone's screen. It's a process that could translate well to brick-and-mortar stores.
January 18 -
The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Curve launches its all-in-one card; States push Congress to relax weed regulations; OnePlus gets attacked; Ethereum finds another user; China takes another swipe at cryptocurrency.
January 17 -
Most U.S. merchants faced a 2015 deadline for EMV compliance, but gas stations have until 2020. Those extra years bring with them an assortment of new technology that can fundamentally change the ways motorists fuel up.
January 17 -
The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Bitcoin mining stresses electrical grids; State taxes for cryptocurrency; Facebook payments expand in Africa; A pop song in Japan for cryptocurrency.
January 16 -
Despite the growing legality of marijuana sales, banks have largely written off the industry as being too high-risk. Recent remarks by Attorney General Jeff Sessions would seem to reinforce that position.
January 16 -
The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Amazon opens Dash's tech; Hyundai makes a move into car tech; Faster payments advance in the U.S. and Lithuania.
January 12 -
One of the options for brick and mortar to strike back at e-commerce is real-time in-store analysis, where nascent technology gives consumers the a personalized experience without stopping to pay or engage with staff.
January 11 -
The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Warren Buffett is bearish on bitcoin; Payroll tech draws funds; Turkey pushes contactless; "Clapping" for cryptocurrency.
January 11 -
Petal has received a $13 million funding round from Valar Ventures, a New York-based venture capital fund that specializes in financial technology, to use artificial intelligence to fill holes in legacy risk vetting.
January 10 -
The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: LevelUp's new order ahead app; Mastercard embraces car tech; Garmin adds payments to running band; New rules for ICOs; Singapore company offers 'buy now pay later'; Blockchain Tea cancels stock sale.
January 10 -
A reverse auction service for restaurants is trying to ease the industry's costs through a decentralized payments system.
January 9 -
The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Toyota demos driverless delivery; Venezuela plans oil cryptocurrency; Bango teams with Netflix in Mexico; Vermont may tax cryptocurrency.
January 9 -
The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Visa suspends WaveCrest cryptocurrency payments; Fintech investment in the U.K. jumps; U.K. regulator adds tech expert; Facebook considers blockchain; VC investment in cryptopayments.
January 8 -
There's a clear interest in the airline industry in improving onboard payments, but innovations still lag the terrestrial retail sectors that have pushed advancements in mobile ordering, loyalty and in-app payments.
January 8 -
The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: More bitcoin restrictions in China; Dash lures retailers; LG's new robots; Tech vet joins blockchain challenger bank.
January 5 -
The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: New Year's e-commerce spikes; European official calls for bitcoin tax; India company sets up fintech test; A new Bitcoin Bowl.
January 4 -
The payments industry is getting pulled in two directions, as technology and e-commerce promise a borderless future for transactions while political forces apply the brakes.
January 3 -
The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Brett King joins Nebeus' board; Virtual currency exec quits after breach; Alipay's environmental play; Putin thinks cryptocurrency can get around sanctions; another company gets a blockchain boost.
January 3 -
Fevo partners with ticketing websites such as Ticketmaster, Tickets.com and Axs.com, using its software to power a "go with friends" button to the ticketing sites.
January 3 -
After a year of trying to appease U.S. regulators, Ant Financial and MoneyGram have terminated their merger agreement, challenging the Chinese company's strategy for global expansion.
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