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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The card networks are expanding their development of accelerators for women and minority-owned businesses, improving these entrepreneurs' access to venture capital.
January 11 -
In addition to Ant's possible deal to buy MultiSafepay and Adyen's work with Straumur, Visa has partnered with TECH5 on government ID and Mastercard is expanding its virtual-card network through Rawbank.
January 10 -
A potential antitrust lawsuit may open iPhones to outside payment apps. But any bank that seeks to profit from the Department of Justice's moves will face a host of other challenges.
January 10 -
These executives have taken charge at firms like PayPal, Discover and Early Warning Servcies during a volatile time for the entire industry.
January 5 -
The governor's proposed license for buy now/pay later lending adds momentum to the efforts to rein in the fast-growing and unregulated product.
January 4 -
In a crowded market for mobile payment apps, the search giant hopes to expand its support of driver's licenses, providing a key method of authentication for more financial services.
January 3 -
Germany, traditionally a cash-heavy economy, is seeing a rise in debit card use. Meanwhile, Indian regulators accuse several crypto exchanges of violating anti-money-laundering rules.
January 3 -
The bank's cross-border transaction service opens a new lane for customer acquisition in an increasingly competitive niche.
January 2 -
Projects are underway at a number of payment firms including PayPal, Circle and Ripple. Location and regulation will also play a big role in what the market looks like in the next year.
December 29 -
2023 saw a recovery in ridership and signs of progress for contactless boarding. But there's still lots of work to do.
December 28 -
India softens stance on payment regs; a Dutch neobank turns to gen AI; and more.
December 27 -
Here's what's happening around the world
December 20 -
Google's $700 million antitrust settlement is part of a series of legal battles that are eroding Big Tech's control over checkout, cracking a door for other transaction processors and the bank-led Paze wallet from Zelle's developers.
December 19 -
Visa, Mastercard and Global Payments discuss impacts on customer service, web content, security and more.
December 19 -
Alex Holmes talks about money transfers, the tough economy and the role of crypto wallets in the firm's future.
December 18 -
The Swedish payment company is using generative artificial intelligence to make its human workforce more efficient — but also expects the technology to fill in for roles it loses to attrition.
December 14 -
CaixaBank assembled a team of more than 100 people focused on generative artificial intelligence products, Ripple changed the name of RippleNet to Ripple Payments, and more.
December 13 -
A jury found the tech giant violated anti-monopoly rules by requiring in-house checkout for game makers such as Epic, which publishes Fortnite. Google and Apple may have to cut fees, but outside processors will be challenged to create a winning user experience.
December 12 -
Visa, Mastercard, SAP, Circle and many other financial firms are launching digital card accounts with an emphasis on B2B clients.
December 8 -
The e-commerce giant will no longer support the P2P app as a payment option, despite PayPal's long-established hopes for a valuable relationship.
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