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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BMO's changes to how it organizes treasury and corporate payments can help it streamline client sales and payments product bundling.
By John AdamsMay 12 -
European companies aren't using credit cards much for payments, which may give Wells Fargo a chance to establish a presence as a corporate issuer.
By John AdamsMay 8 -
Digital payments company Payfort, which is based in Dubai, is using local merchant networks and consumers' own homes to enable more travel payments.
By John AdamsMay 8 -
Stockpile is selling what it describes as a new twist on gift cards. Instead of offering a card or a voucher, the startup allows consumers to give an investment in a publicly traded company.
By John AdamsMay 7 -
Online apparel retailer Cory Vines positions itself as an alternative to much larger chains, so deciding to accept Bitcoin was a logical step. It also helps that its customers want to pay with the digital currency.
By John AdamsMay 7 -
Total Systems Services (TSYS) is partnering with ShopKeep POS to extend the processor's range of mobile and tablet-based point of sale offerings.
By John AdamsMay 6 -
Vending machine technology companies Byndl and USA Technologies are partnering to provide cross-channel marketing and customer service through mobile devices.
By John AdamsMay 6 -
Google is testing a way to use its Wallet on Google Glass through verbal commands, according to a report by TechCrunch.
By John AdamsMay 6 -
Target CEO Gregg Steinhafel is stepping down as chairman, president and CEO, effective immediately, Target's board announced May 5.
By John AdamsMay 5 -
Target CEO Gregg Steinhafel is stepping down as chairman, president and CEO, effective immediately, Target's board announced May 5.
By John AdamsMay 5 -
North American Bancard (NAB) is adding technology from Moki in an attempt to secure and manage its in-store mobile point of sale system.
By John AdamsMay 5 -
Security can be difficult to improve at gas stations because payment hardware is built into the pumps, making it costly and difficult to upgrade. First Data and VeriFone are teaming up to overcome this challenge.
By John AdamsMay 2 -
Wells Fargo is expanding its commercial card portfolio to Europe with the launch of a European Commercial Card.
By John AdamsMay 1 -
The fallout from Russia's encroachment into Ukraine has reached MasterCard's headquarters in Purchase, N.Y., where the card networks top executives expressed concern about lost business and Russia's moves to localize its payments infrastructure in response to sanctions from the West.
By John AdamsMay 1 -
Sports Fusion and MasterCard processing subsidiary DataCash are working to unify the normally siloed purchasing experiences at sporting events.
By John AdamsMay 1 -
WEX's conversion of ExxonMobil's Esso European card business is progressing, as the corporate payments company also extended its work with ExxonMobil to include Asia and South Pacific markets.
By John AdamsApril 30 -
Spreedly is launching a vaulting service that allows e-commerce merchants to manage payments without using a third-party gateway provider to authorize online transactions or handle related tasks such as data security.
By John AdamsApril 30 -
Intuit is in discussions to purchase bill payment company Check Inc., according to a report in The Wall Street Journal.
By John AdamsApril 30 -
Heartland Payment Systems' financial performance held out through a difficult winter that put a chill on consumer spending.
By John AdamsApril 30 -
First Data reported a better financial picture in the first quarter, a period that also saw the company make inroads into small business technology and accelerate its support of EMV-chip card technology.
By John AdamsApril 30
