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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MoneyLion and Pagaya, which were among the many payment companies that fought headwinds in the past two years, are using product and capital markets strategies to help them recover.
By John AdamsDecember 6 -
Commonwealth Bank of Australia has developed an advanced artificial intelligence tool that can spot harassment in transaction messages.
By John AdamsDecember 5 -
The blockchain company is targeting non-financial clients and new geographic regions in a series of product rollouts.
By John AdamsNovember 21 -
Diebold Nixdorf is using artificial intelligence to spot trouble proactively — a move that has already increased ATM uptime by up to 3.5%.
By John AdamsNovember 17 -
Fraudsters are likely to increase their use of generative artificial intelligence to attack banks and other payment companies. Investors are using their own influence to fight back.
By John AdamsNovember 16 -
A Lloyds Bank study finds that the number of crytpo scams rose by 23% year-over-year in October. Separately, the Commonwealth Bank of Australia is using artificial intelligence to detect abusive language in transaction messaging.
By John AdamsNovember 15 -
With employees regularly fleeing to bomb shelters — and some being called away to military service — these technologists must still serve a global clientele while confronting fear and destruction at home.
By John AdamsNovember 15 -
The bank is adding fintech-style buy now/pay later lending to other recent payment upgrades at its merchant acquiring unit.
By John AdamsNovember 13 -
The technology, which has its roots in cryptocurrency, could make corporate transactions more flexible.
By John AdamsNovember 10 -
Roy and Bertrand Sosa have retaken control of Netspend to combine it with their other firm, Rev Worldwide, to build the companies into an international financial services provider.
By John AdamsNovember 9 -
The Swedish buy now/pay later lender posted the firm's first quarterly profit in about four years, but an ongoing labor dispute raised questions about the company's future operations.
By John AdamsNovember 8 -
NatWest is updating its chatbot, Cora, to make engagement more conversational, and Amex is working with the Canadian fintech Nuvei to promote bank-transfer payments to U.K. merchants.
By John AdamsNovember 8 -
NCR Atleos and Diebold Nixdorf are signing deals that grant access to other industries and regions where there's demand for self-serve cash access — with additions such as artificial intelligence and better security.
By John AdamsNovember 6 -
Companies such as Visa and Mastercard, as well as banks and retailers, are stepping up their investments in artificial intelligence to reach small businesses and spot new uses.
By John AdamsNovember 3 -
Alex Chriss, the new chief executive, says the firm aims to reverse its stock slump by assessing its business to favor its best-performing products.
By John AdamsNovember 2 -
The U.K.'s Financial Conduct Authority released data that shows buy now/pay later lending on the rise, Ripple is working with Uphold to improve crypto liquidity and more.
By John AdamsNovember 1 -
The tech billionaire wants the former Twitter's users to manage all of their finances on the site — the sooner, the better.
By John AdamsOctober 31 -
By purchasing the merchant acquirer Atlantic-Pacific Processing Systems, the fintech Stax has rounded out its offerings in a way that echoes the structure of larger payment companies.
By John AdamsOctober 30 -
JP Morgan Chase and Carver Federal Savings are applying fast-acting security tools more broadly — regardless of how fast the transaction is.
By John AdamsOctober 27 -
As the government weighs changes to interchange, Michael Miebach voiced his displeasure during the company's earnings call.
By John AdamsOctober 26


















