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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Giving corporate customers a real-time view of their deposits.
By John AdamsNovember 28 -
New regulations are burdening mortgage lenders with staggering new data storage requirements. Fairway Independent Mortgage is using storage area networks to help manage the task and keep up with paper reduction strategies and business continuity.
By John AdamsNovember 23 -
International remittance service will now be available on iPhones, Androids and other handsets, a nod to the importance of mobile to this market.
By John AdamsNovember 21 -
In a nod to ISIS' preferences, dozens of mobile operators — including huge networks in China — are backing near-field communication standards that make it easier for the operators to grab revenue share and offer similar technology around the world.
By John AdamsNovember 18 -
JPMorgan Chase and Wells Fargo have both updated mobile services for treasury management, as corporate mobile plans across banking start to shift into high gear.
By John AdamsNovember 18 -
Banks have been having a hard time getting small businesses to embrace remote deposit capture. RCB Bank in Oklahoma is taking the pitch on the road.
By John AdamsNovember 16 -
The bank is expanding its investment management application for the iPad and adopting context awareness technology that combines analysis of the user's setting, device and preferences with the ability to accept multiple types of inputs, including voice and gestures.
By John AdamsNovember 15 -
The giant search engine's alternative to Facebook is gaining traction in markets around the world.
By John AdamsNovember 14 -
The bank is using Secure Vault Payments to take security hurdles out of online donations to FamilySearch, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saint's genealogy service, and plans to seek out other charities for similar arrangements.
By John AdamsNovember 11 -
Chase Paymentech's David Wallace discusses the ins and outs of new innovations designed to help reduce the scope of PCI audits, boost security and avoid data rashes.
By John AdamsNovember 8 -
Congressional Federal Credit Union has deployed software to ease the process of onboarding disgruntled bank customers.
By John AdamsNovember 7 -
AmeriFirst is turning to technology to bring servicing operations in-house while achieving the same cost efficiencies that traditionally have been achieved via subservicing arrangements.
By John AdamsNovember 3 -
While saving money and paying debts can be its own reward, Bank of the West is taking the added step of offering potential prizes to consumers who reduce outstanding credit or boost savings.
By John AdamsNovember 2 -
Both VeriFone and Ingenico are enhancing their point of sale terminals to accommodate future growth in near-field communication and global chip and PIN payment security standards, a move that should move alternative payment forms forward.
By John AdamsNovember 1 -
International economic weakness may ding cross-border corporate purchases, but by plying new tech to take inefficiencies out of payments, the Visa/U.S. Bank venture Syncada hopes to attract new bank partners.
By John AdamsOctober 31 -
The bank's cross-channel strategy executive discusses gauging consumer comfort with new technology and cross department cooperation. And he's keeping an eye on tablets as a hot new device.
By John AdamsOctober 27 -
Founder Josh Reich says his firm is not hitting the big bank debit fee issue hard in its marketing, it's focusing more heavily on its technology and overall model. But the startup's message is still pretty clear.
By John AdamsOctober 26 -
It's leveraging MasterCard's inControl for a product aimed specifically at small businesses, where bank technology often lags other sectors.
By John AdamsOctober 25 -
Pacific Marine's among the credit unions that hope to ease onboarding, lending and improve the flow of documents.
By John AdamsOctober 24 -
Mobile banking expansion initiatives at S&T Bank and America First Credit Union are mixing browser-based services and native apps, as mobile banking for "non smartphones" holds lingering sway with consumers.
By John AdamsOctober 21
