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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Television financial advisor Suze Orman's prepaid debit card will be discontinued, according to a report in The New York Times.
June 17 -
WePay has hired digital payments expert Steven Pellizzer to serve as CFO as the company strengthens its international ambitions.
June 17 -
SCVNGR's LevelUp has seen a sharp rise in spending at merchants that use iBeacon, Apple's version of a Bluetooth Low Energy system for detecting consumers and providing location-based offers.
June 17 -
Document capture company Parascript and data manager Bull are looking for mistakes on checks in Brazil, a market in which payments fraud can be particularly complex and vexing for banks.
June 17 -
Corporate payment provider WEX has entered into an agreement to acquire Evolution1 for $532.5 million in cash.
June 16 -
The numerous recent retailer data breaches have led issuers to realize that they may have to replace most of their cards with little or no warning.
June 16 -
Powa's Asia Pacific strategy took a fortuitous leap when MPayMe became available to acquire, says CEO Dan Wagner.
June 16 -
BlackBerry has suffered its share of lumps in the payment market, but it has scored an apparent victory in a partnership deal with Canadian mobile payment venture EnStream, which is owned by Bell, Rogers and Telus.
June 13 -
Businesses often receive payments in a variety of ways, which can cause headaches when it comes to tracking and managing transactions, says Greg Hammermaster, president of Sage's payments division.
June 13 -
PayPal is rebranding its Bill Me Later instant credit product to PayPal Credit.
June 11 -
As Monitise debuts its new mobile design and development service, it's weighing how its clients view payments as a complement to their other business lines.
June 11 -
With PayPal president David Marcus leaving to join Facebook, the social network is positioned for a substantial market share grab in the digital payments industry.
June 10 -
Enabling payments for online services is the next big opportunity in e-commerce, says Carl Theobald, CEO of digital transaction technology company Avangate.
June 10 -
Israeli contactless payment technology provider On Track Innovations (oti) is expanding its reach to enable self-service payments on several fronts.
June 10 -
PayPal President David Marcus is leaving the eBay unit to lead Facebook's messaging products.
June 9 -
PayPal President David Marcus is leaving the eBay unit to lead Facebook's messaging products.
June 9 -
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.
June 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.
June 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.
June 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.
June 6
