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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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.
December 7 -
Canada's government has finalized arrangements with Visa and Mastercard to cap credit card interchange for small businesses; Klarna is expanding its work with the Dutch payment processor Adyen; and more.
December 6 -
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.
December 6 -
Commonwealth Bank of Australia has developed an advanced artificial intelligence tool that can spot harassment in transaction messages.
December 5 -
The blockchain company is targeting non-financial clients and new geographic regions in a series of product rollouts.
November 21 -
Diebold Nixdorf is using artificial intelligence to spot trouble proactively — a move that has already increased ATM uptime by up to 3.5%.
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