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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Amazon.com Inc. will enable scheduled payments of fixed or variable amounts in attempt to attract businesses that rely on subscription-based or recurring transactions.
By John AdamsJune 9 -
Financial institutions remain positioned well to forge deep relationships with business clients seeking help in navigating the challenges of emerging payments technology and risks, says Capital One's Jim Gifas.
By John AdamsJune 9 -
Square, which built its business on the simplicity of its plug-in payment device, is piling on services that should make banks and other companies take notice.
By John AdamsJune 6 -
Wallaby Financial and CreditCards.com are offering a new Web app that recommends payment cards and rewards programs based partly in how consumers make payments.
By John AdamsJune 6 -
Even though app development is considered a fast-paced environment, developers often wait a long time to receive payments, says Pollen CEO and co-founder Martin Macmillan.
By John AdamsJune 6 -
Square is releasing a new service called Square Invoices, which allows merchants and other sellers to send bills to customers.
By John AdamsJune 5 -
Sam's Club plans to launch a cash back program for a new co-branded MasterCard that will also leverage EMV-chip technology, providing some much-needed momentum for the EMV migration in the U.S.
By John AdamsJune 4 -
Prepaid card provider Contis Group is combining its loyalty and other closed-loop card products into a single business unit to make its gift card operation more agile.
By John AdamsMay 30 -
The CardLinx Association is forming councils for Europe and Canada in an effort to facilitate standards for card-linked offers in those regions.
By John AdamsMay 29 -
Square, which built its business on the simplicity of its plug-in payment device, is piling on services that should make banks and other companies take notice.
By John AdamsMay 29 -
MeaWallet is prepping to launch in a number of countries, and it is starting in Sweden through the use of a nationalized authentication standard.
By John AdamsMay 29 -
Square, which built its business on the simplicity of its plug-in payment device, is piling on services that should make banks and other companies take notice.
By John AdamsMay 28 -
Square has launched Square Capital, a credit program for small business, joining a growing number of companies breaking into small-business lending.
By John AdamsMay 28 -
AnywhereCommerce is approaching established retailers and merchant service providers with a toolkit for a quick upgrade.
By John AdamsMay 28 -
Square has launched Square Capital, a credit program for small business, joining a growing number of companies breaking into small-business lending.
By John AdamsMay 28 -
VeriFone and iPayment are partnering on a tablet-based point of sale system to provide small-business owners the types of services more commonly used by larger businesses.
By John AdamsMay 27 -
Google Inc.'s YouTube is developing a feature that allows the video site's viewers to send funds to content creators.
By John AdamsMay 23 -
BillingTree is giving consumers a test drive of its systems for handling car payments electronically.
By John AdamsMay 23 -
As InComm takes the platform it developed for Rogers Communications' suretap mobile wallet to new regions, it's mindful that the system should adapt to the needs of each market.
By John AdamsMay 22 -
About a half year after Target suffered a massive data breach, the retailer is still anticipating further financial hits.
By John AdamsMay 21