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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Welcome to the PaymentsSource Morning Briefing, delivered daily. The information you need to start your day, including top headlines from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Robert Carr's new venture; Mastercard beats estimates; Blockchain advances for check security; UAE Exchange adopts wearables; Pepper's redesign.
May 2 -
The shift in payments at hospitality businesses such as restaurants is hard enough, but it's made even more challenging by the pace and breadth of the changes.
May 2 -
Facebook is reportedly rolling out a feature that allows users to scan QR codes to earn incentives to shop at nearby stores.
May 1 -
Welcome to the PaymentsSource Morning Briefing, delivered daily. The information you need to start your day, including top headlines from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Home Depot's unprotected site; Tencent invests in Australian startup; Monzo opens collaboration room: Trump Administration targets net neutrality.
May 1 -
Virtual cards are starting to gain ground, and WEX sees a big opportunity in hotel chains' need to beef up security.
May 1 -
Sweeping new data-sharing rules require a substantial IT revamp at large financial institutions.
April 28 -
The B-to-B payments market is ripe for digital innovation. Here are some of the most recent moves to bring B-to-B payments up to speed.
April 28 -
Welcome to the PaymentsSource Morning Briefing, delivered daily. The information you need to start your day, including top headlines from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: MPOS poised for growth; JPMorgan Chase leaves R3; Bitcoin ATMs expand; ATMIA lashes out at cash reduction efforts.
April 28 -
Welcome to the PaymentsSource Morning Briefing, delivered daily. The information you need to start your day, including top headlines from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Shoppers like Amazon Go's concept; Tech firms battle for Canadian 'faster pay' contract; A breach at Chipotle; BoJ governor considers opening to fintechs.
April 27 -
Europe's Payment Services Directive, or PSD2, has almost everything a technology vendor would want. It affects an entire continent, and it involves both sweeping new data requirements and a substantial IT revamp for large financial institutions.
April 27 -
Welcome to the PaymentsSource Morning Briefing, delivered daily. The information you need to start your day, including top headlines from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: A setback for Samsung; Poor Senate security; Swift's blockchain draws banks; Nacha sets up certification for third parties.
April 26 -
There has been a lot of activity lately around modernizing cross-border transfers through the use of blockchain and and cloud-hosted technology, but despite the potential savings in cost and time, none of these methods has caused a meaningful decline in the use of cash.
April 26 -
Vantiv has agreed to acquire Paymetric, an Atlanta-based company that automates business payments processing.
April 25 -
Dwolla and Plaid are collaborating to add protection to Automated Clearing House payments.
April 25 -
Welcome to the PaymentsSource Morning Briefing, delivered daily. The information you need to start your day, including top headlines from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: BBVA closes Openpay deal; Ant acquires bike sharing company; National Bank of Canada invests in Myanmar; Japanese ledger builds payments in Cambodia.
April 25 -
Payments and financial services technology are still stuck in yesteryear, chained to paper and dangerously prone to fraud, according to Matt Streisfeld, a principal at Oak HC/FT.
April 25 -
Amazon is using its substantial scale to rapidly diversify beyond its e-commerce core, with its latest move being a self-service subscription hub.
April 24 -
Welcome to the PaymentsSource Morning Briefing, delivered daily. The information you need to start your day, including top headlines from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Venmo wins young consumers; Noise authentication; Coinbase intros messaging payments; Web payments grow in the U.K.
April 24 -
Chatbots have been percolating for a while as the next big channel for commerce and P-to-P payments, and the technology hit a fever pitch last week with a slew of high-profile merchant announcements that suggest the technology has reached a turning point.
April 24 -
Loyalty programs are getting more sophisticated, but they still typically boil down to a game of collecting and redeeming points.
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