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 Australian bank, which has recently used social media stunt marketing to boost mortgage sales, is back with a new campaign in which someone will be chosen for an in-home installation of an ATM.
July 18 -
The mobile wallet app will be available to Sprint Zone customers on Android.
July 18 -
Members of the GOP claim the Office of Financial Research — which will likely require banks to invest in data compliance technology — is a government overreach, and could be targeted by hackers.
July 15 -
The U.N.'s credit union is enjoying big success with EMV compliant cards. Meanwhile, a new international card crime wave puts more pressure on U.S. banks to offer chip-and-PIN cards, which most of the world considers more secure than magnetic stripe.
July 15 -
Banks are still trying to figure out the best ways to use social media, and in particular, how to manage the risk and compliance issues. BITS, the tech arm of the Financial Services Roundtable, this week issued a white paper on the various risks.
July 14 -
The agency’s update of its 2005 digital banking recommendations is getting poor reviews. Critics claim it’s still widely open to interpretation and doesn’t plug all of the security holes
July 14 -
The new technology positions the eBay unit to move deeper into mobile payments and places pressure on other competitors in the space like clearXchange
July 14 -
The growth of mobile and Web financial services has providers of interactive voice response scrambling for new technology in an attempt to infuse usability into the traditional contact center.
July 13 -
PayPal is pushing harder in mobile payments by promising near-field communication support for Android handsets.
July 13 -
The march of mobile banking has moved more slowly in the U.K. than in other countries, but NatWest and RBS have moved more quickly than others.
July 13 -
The new technology positions the eBay unit to move deeper into mobile payments and places pressure on other competitors in the space like clearXchange.
July 13 -
A new white paper dissects the many risks inherent in communicating with customers via social media, and offers tips.
July 13 -
New services enhance systems integration and VOIP to enable links to transaction platforms, databases and CRM.
July 12 -
The credit union is enabling its 14,000 members to access a document automation solution called TotaleAtlasWeb through its home banking portal, which is provided by PM Systems Corp.
July 8 -
Many consumers don't know what near-field communication is, but the services the technology enables are becoming quite popular. That puts an onus on mobile payments projects that use NFC to move beyond disputes over revenue and other issues.
July 8 -
Kevin Lynch, the senior vice president of ecommerce at 1st Mariner Bank in Baltimore, answers 5 questions about the bank's social media presence.
July 1 -
Public fallout from the data breaches that have recently affected Citigroup Inc. and other large companies has reached the political push back stage.
June 21 -
Bank of Montreal is becoming the first major financial institution to place free real-time alerts to allow consumers to keep tabs on daily expenditures across a number of channels.
June 20 -
National Australia Bank said its new social media "break up" campaign has led to an increase of one point in mortgage share in just a couple of months with minimal cost.
June 13 -
The San Diego County Credit Union is licensing new software that allows it to make same-day payments available through the same service as traditional Web bill payment, as well as create a simple link to myriad other automated payments to make user navigation and access easier.
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