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 City of Boston CU is looking into how members' relationships translate into profits in the hopes of moving to relationship-based pricing.
By John AdamsSeptember 17 -
Chief Technology Officer Tim Lenoff discusses how the bank melds technology and customer conversations to head off fraud.
By John AdamsSeptember 14 -
Fresh off new government guidance on cloud computing, firms such as CipherCloud and Coalfire are knocking on banks' doors with technology designed to increase security and protect data.
By John AdamsSeptember 13 -
The card network is strongly recommending that all ATMs be EMV-compliant by 2016. ATM owners that don't comply will face fraud liability.
By John AdamsSeptember 12 -
Billhighway, a payments firm that caters to nonprofits, plans to outfit clients with a device that attaches to a smartphone that can be used to receive payments from donors remotely.
By John AdamsSeptember 10 -
Forrester's new digital sales rakings laud the performance of Wells Fargo, Citigroup and Capital One, and say the new frontier of web sales calls for improvements in merchandising and onboarding.
By John AdamsSeptember 7 -
For community banks, the Dodd-Frank reform law presents a lot more questions than answers. For Washington State's Cashmere Bank, it was time to turn to outside help.
By John AdamsSeptember 5 -
The City of Boston Credit Union is studying data on its members' profitability in the hopes of moving to relationship-based pricing.
By John AdamsSeptember 4 -
Voice recognition and customer analytics are among the technologies helping USAA deepen online relationships.
By John AdamsSeptember 1 -
Crictics say the new FFIEC guidance on cloud computing defines the cloud too broadly and lacks specifics - leading banks to do added compliance for most outsourced services.
By John AdamsSeptember 1 -
Credit unions are giddy about a new NCUA rule that says advanced video terminals can be counted as full-fledged service facilities, providing a new way to compete with banks by attracting members in underserved areas.
By John AdamsAugust 30 -
As energy cost reduction and sustainability become key strategic elements for banks worldwide, General Manager Dennis McGee outlines an enterprise-wide initiative that uses the cloud to wring out IT efficiencies.
By John AdamsAugust 29 -
The American Bankers Association and the Financial Services Roundtable are accumulating endorsers for a plan to funnel registration applications for new .bank and .insurance domains. But the groups aren't alone in chasing the new bank-friendly domain.
By John AdamsAugust 28 -
Compliance software providers are pivoting off this summer's Libor crisis to sell products intended to help banks change controls, communicate policies to staff and ensure adherence to internal rules.
By John AdamsAugust 27 -
Can corporate policy training feel like an episode of CSI? Cristobal Conde believes it can in a big way. The former SunGard chief arrives at True Office, a firm that uses elements of gaming to help institutions teach corporate employees about how to prevent data breaches, money laundering and other standards and compliance issues that reside inside banks and other businesses.
By John AdamsAugust 24 -
Being first with mobile check deposit has helped tiny New Dominion Bank attract new customers in Charlotte, N.C. Now that Bank of America has the feature, too, the bank is turning to other products to convert customers.
By John AdamsAugust 23 -
The firm, which offers personal financial management services for investors, is launching a new 401(k) fee analysis tool as a government mandated 401(k) disclosure deadline approaches.
By John AdamsAugust 22 -
Fast food retailers like Dunkin' Donuts and McDonald's are beginning to offer mobile apps and contactless debit payments. Their models have flaws, but they also pose a new challenge to banks' role as a driver of payments innovation.
By John AdamsAugust 21 -
A Massachusetts bank finds its customers are not ready for video tellers, so it's turned instead to staffing software to have just the right number of employees on hand in each branch.
By John AdamsAugust 20 -
Andrews FCU is using video to demonstrate to members how new products and services will result from a new core conversion.
By John AdamsAugust 20

