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: Amazon Go has tech trouble; Square debuts in the U.K.; Travelex advances digital payments; KfW's $5.4 billion 'mistake.'
March 28 -
The business-to-business payments market is one of the laggards in transaction automation, and a reason often given is the lack of customization options. Businesses are using consumer-style technology for business purposes, and the fit isn't right.
March 28 -
Given the pressures of cart abandonment and showrooming brought about by digital marketplaces, traditional retailers are trying lots of ways to fight back with digital techniques of their own.
March 27 -
Lots of countries are making big changes to their payment ecosystems, with lots of public fallout. By contrast, Canada's efforts appear much more subdued.
March 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: Square's Caviar tries new marketing; Virtual currency AML; Singapore automates risk; Billion expands distributed ledger pay.
March 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: Samsung extends contactless reach; m-commerce hurts malls; Russian hacker faces jail; U.K. ATMs take part in Red Nose Day.
March 24 -
Rent is one of the few payment types where automation has made very little headway, still relying heavily on mailed checks that the landlord deposits in person at a bank. One strategy to change that is to borrow a concept from the gig economy, in which the payment rides along with other services.
March 24 -
Accenture has agreed to acquire First Annapolis Consulting in an effort to add payments expertise in several international markets.
March 23 -
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: Wells' cardless ATMs go national: Collison brothers make Forbes billionaires list; U.K. pushes check imaging; EMV sales slide.
March 23 -
Within the payments industry, Braintree was a well-known technology provider even before it became a unit of PayPal in 2013. But as the company expands, it finds that its reach has its limits.
March 22 -
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: LG Pay to launch in June; New York hits record for breaches; U.K.'s Three has a mobile number mishap; Amazon Prime expands voice ordering.
March 22 -
Royal Bank of Canada has long been enthusiastic about payment technology that most other banks usually see as long-term projects.
March 22 -
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: Square adopts voice tech; Yes Bank adds a bot in India; HCE diversifies bus payments; Linked2pay diversifies its ISO pitch.
March 21 -
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: IBM's cloud blockchain moves forward; Saks' web page exposes customer info; a startup for music payments; India's consumers optimistic.
March 20 -
Biometric authentication has been around for a while, but companies are still finding new uses for it in payments and commerce. Here are some of the latest developments.
March 17 -
In an increasingly digital world, retailers are working to bring transactions closer to the shopper and further away from traditional hardware.
March 16 -
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: Bank emoji; China's big blockchain; smart jacket; an ISO crawler and more.
March 13 -
Mobile money apps have proven to be a major force in building financial services in emerging economies, but under the hood they can be starkly different.
March 13 -
Ever since Apple opened its Siri voice assistant to outside developers late last year, payment companies have been experimenting with the potential of voice-controlled payments. Here's a look at what some of the early adopters have already accomplished.
March 10 -
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: Singapore embraces distributed ledgers; Uber gets new invoicing; Brexit threatens cross-border payments; Chicago startup tests palm payments.
March 10
