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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Fiserv's new release of its CheckFree RXP bill payment product borrows from electronic gaming and social networks in an effort to get more people interested in paying their bills online.
By John AdamsJanuary 29 -
Total System Services CEO Phil Tomlinson took time out from discussing record revenue during the payments processor's Jan. 28th earnings call to proclaim his company safe from the slate of recent data breaches that have afflicted Target and other retailers.
By John AdamsJanuary 28 -
Total System Services CEO Phil Tomlinson took time out from discussing record revenue during the payments processor's Jan. 28th earnings call to proclaim his company safe from the slate of recent data breaches that have afflicted Target and other retailers.
By John AdamsJanuary 28 -
Prepaid and electronic wallet provider Global Payout will enable clients to transfer funds to China UnionPay cardholders.
By John AdamsJanuary 28 -
Mike Liberatore has become the new chief financial officer at the payments startup Clinkle.
By John AdamsJanuary 28 -
Mobile app developer Photopon is launching technology that lets merchants customize its photo-based offer system.
By John AdamsJanuary 28 -
NVoicePay has expanded its hosted business payments technology to a number of new industries, betting there will be an increasing appetite for outsourced payments automation.
By John AdamsJanuary 28 -
Apple sees a big opportunity in mobile payments, CEO Tim Cook said in a conference call to discuss the company's fiscal first-quarter earnings.
By John AdamsJanuary 27 -
Michaels is investigating a possible data security attack, CEO Chuck Rubin said in a letter to customers.
By John AdamsJanuary 27 -
Michaels is investigating a possible data security attack, CEO Chuck Rubin said in a letter to customers.
By John AdamsJanuary 27 -
Michaels is investigating a possible data security attack, CEO Chuck Rubin said in a letter to customers.
By John AdamsJanuary 27 -
PayPal's adjustments to its developer program will provide an early look at how the company's Braintree acquisition will change PayPal's approach to new payments technology.
By John AdamsJanuary 27 -
Payments processor Rev Worldwide and UnionPay International, a subsidiary of China UnionPay, have entered into a partnership to handle prepaid card issuance.
By John AdamsJanuary 27 -
Video game reviewer Clint Basinger feels squeezed by YouTube policies that reduce his revenue from ads, so the founder of Lazy Game Reviews has begun using the crowdfunding payments provider Patreon to restore his cash flow.
By John AdamsJanuary 27 -
The processor Global Payments Inc. has agreed to acquire Payment Processing Inc. (PayPros), a company that serves mostly smaller merchants.
By John AdamsJanuary 24 -
Finnish bank OP-Pohjola has introduced a mobile point of sale system designed to help consumers take advantage of local tax breaks.
By John AdamsJanuary 24 -
Stripe has raised $80 million in a new round of funding and is reportedly working on a payments deal with Twitter.
By John AdamsJanuary 23 -
Vienna-based prepaid payment provider paysafecard has updated its mobile app to include augmented reality, a technology that displays data over a view of the physical world.
By John AdamsJanuary 23 -
Payment service provider EVO Payments is partnering with fraud prevention company ReD to provide integrated fraud prevention to EVO's e-commerce merchants.
By John AdamsJanuary 23 -
Swedish mobile point of sale company iZettle has launched a software development kit (SDK) to allow other companies to leverage iZettle's technology to build payments services.
By John AdamsJanuary 23
