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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Mobile commerce is becoming more diverse and reliant on proximity payments, requiring banks to dust off their merchant strategies, a Forrester study concludes.
By John AdamsJanuary 22 -
With card networks pressuring merchants and acquirers to get on board with chip and PIN in as little as a few months, proponents contend speedier methods are needed.
By John AdamsJanuary 18 -
Think Finance CEO Ken Rees says social networking data can provide clues that help with underwriting.
By John AdamsJanuary 16 -
Educational materials and user-friendly design simplify corporate treasury complexities.
By John AdamsJanuary 15 -
Some financial institutions are blaming new regulations, and the investment burden for IT compliance, for shuttering parts of their businesses.
By John AdamsJanuary 14 -
The bank hopes electronic lien and title documents will reduce paper and trips to the DMV for consumers.
By John AdamsJanuary 11 -
A new mobile banking ad campaign uses unusual videos to encourage engagement in and adoption of mobile banking.
By John AdamsJanuary 10 -
USAA is allowing users to snap photos of blank checks to help fund a new checking or savings account and solve the "fat finger" problem.
By John AdamsJanuary 9 -
Bank Mortgage Network uses business process outsourcing, and a dash of auto manufacturing, to mitigate a complex regulatory environment for mortgage originators.
By John AdamsJanuary 8 -
Emerging tech promises to help companies produce scalable mobile alerts, marketing and other messages, if banks are willing to turn to remote hosting for a large piece of their marketing and communications.
By John AdamsJanuary 7 -
Deals such as NCR's purchase of uGenius accelerate the evolution toward smaller, self-service-heavy financial centers.
By John AdamsJanuary 3 -
Efforts to boost consumer adoption focus on imaging via smartphone cameras.
By John AdamsJanuary 2 -
What's wrong with passwords? Plenty, if you ask almost anyone. The traditional user name and password is old and unsafe. The alternative is "bring your own ID" - voice, fingerprint and facial recognition technology that's emerging from tests into production.
By John AdamsJanuary 1 -
After years spent responding to the financial crisis, bank IT shops are turning toward innovation, spurred by nimble competitors.
By John AdamsJanuary 1 -
Like most financial executives, My Community Federal Credit Union's Susie Masten and Lezlie Veach are excited about new innovation in personal financial management (PFM), such as offering the budgeting tools on mobile devices.
By John AdamsDecember 24 -
Good Technology has developed mobile security technology that provides risk-based access to buildings, servers and transactions.
By John AdamsDecember 21 -
MoneyDesktop, a PFM startup and credit union service provider, will embed budgeting and spending tools directly into web banking.
By John AdamsDecember 20 -
Aite's number crunching for smartphones and tablets reveals triple-digit growth for banking, research and personal financial management. But placing the right function on the right device does matter.
By John AdamsDecember 19 -
People widely use Google when house shopping, but a U.K. researcher says Google's own foray into mortgage comparison shopping, which has struggled in the U.S., faces an uphill battle because of how the search engine's brand is viewed by consumers.
By John AdamsDecember 18 -
Mobile banking is off to a fast start at American Savings Bank in Honolulu. Next, the bank plans to deploy mobile customer relationship management.
By John AdamsDecember 17