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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Hershey Entertainment and Resorts' payment systems were infiltrated earlier this year, potentially exposing cardholder data, the entertainment and resort company disclosed July 10.
By John AdamsJuly 13 -
Hershey Entertainment and Resorts' payment systems were infiltrated earlier this year, potentially exposing cardholder data, the entertainment and resort company disclosed July 10.
By John AdamsJuly 10 -
Hershey Entertainment and Resorts' payment systems were infiltrated earlier this year, potentially exposing cardholder data, the entertainment and resort company disclosed July 10.
By John AdamsJuly 10 -
Zapp is racking up bank and merchant participants for its mobile payment venture in the U.K., filling the gap left by the telco-led Weve initiative and providing scale as Apple Pay launches.
By John AdamsJuly 10 -
The new Amex Express Checkout service bears a passing resemblance to rival products like Visa Checkout, MasterPass and PayPal. But that similarity is only skin deep.
By John AdamsJuly 9 -
The new Amex Express Checkout service bears a passing resemblance to rival products like Visa Checkout, MasterPass and PayPal. But that similarity is only skin deep.
By John AdamsJuly 9 -
Vantiv has bulked up its merchant services capabilities through a series of acquisitions, a strategy that's making it more attractive to financial institutions.
By John AdamsJuly 8 -
Many e-commerce companies are pressured to enable sales in multiple nations without the benefit of a local presence.
By John AdamsJuly 8 -
New merchant technology is rapidly hitting the Australian payments market, putting acquirers on the spot to address the changes or risk losing relationships.
By John AdamsJuly 7 -
Western Union, which last week suspended activities in Greece amid the country's debt crisis, has restarted some of its services.
By John AdamsJuly 7 - PSO content
The ride scheduling service Uber and PayPal have added nine markets to their integration, upping the total to 19.
By John AdamsJune 25 -
Canada's suretap mobile wallet provides service to most of the country's mobile carriers, but its coverage map omits Apple handsets and most Canadian banks.
By John AdamsJune 25 -
To address the impact of American Express President Ed Gilligan's death in May, the card network has changed some executive roles and revised its internal corporate structure.
By John AdamsJune 24 -
To address the impact of American Express President Ed Gilligan's death in May, the card network has changed some executive roles and revised its internal corporate structure.
By John AdamsJune 24 -
Visa and MasterCard are putting more resources than ever behind their tokenization services as they push to improve their standing in the overall digital payment market.
By John AdamsJune 22 -
Visa is trying to accelerate the rollout of new digital payment services by making it easier for companies to connect with each other, but its terms may undermine the business models of larger tech companies.
By John AdamsJune 19 -
India and China are both huge markets for cards that are also fraught with regulatory and political hurdles. To better address these markets, MasterCard has created two regional divisions and promoted executives with expertise in both countries.
By John AdamsJune 18 -
Merchants have an appetite for mobile technology, but they don't always know how to feed their hunger, according to PayPal's Brad Brodigan.
By John AdamsJune 11 -
The October deadline for EMV-chip card adoption is fast approaching, and banks that are behind the curve are turning to instant issuance to quickly get chip cards into the hands of their customers.
By John AdamsJune 10 -
Merchants face a confusing onslaught of terminal updates, encryption, tokenization and EMV, placing organizations like the Payment Card Industry Security Standards Council (PCI SSC) in the role of trying to make sense of the changes.
By John AdamsJune 9