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 tech billionaire wants the former Twitter's users to manage all of their finances on the site — the sooner, the better.
By John AdamsOctober 31 -
The company's new app bundles banking services such as payments, buy now/pay later and direct deposit. But the company plans to add features that could include stock trading, a popular offering from tech startups.
By John AdamsSeptember 21 -
Government digital currency projects have the potential to displace banks and fintechs from the payment process. But three major participants — Accenture, Ant Group and Swift — argue that incumbents have a role to play.
By John AdamsMay 13 -
Apple's massive user base, fully digital enrollment system, merchant reach and partnership with Goldman Sachs threaten retail banks on multiple fronts.
By John AdamsAugust 9 -
Every week starts and ends the same way — with meetings where departments can share successes and challenges. It’s one way the payments company ensures cross-collaboration.
By John AdamsFebruary 24 -
The deal combines two of the financial services industry's largest technology and processing companies.
By John AdamsJanuary 16 -
An ideologically driven political climate complicates the evolution of global interoperable mobile-driven commerce.
By John AdamsNovember 7 -
The firm will now directly link to Acorns, following its roughly $30 million investment in the microinvesting app.
By John AdamsNovember 20 -
Although a partisan battle over internet access predated Trump’s candidacy, he provided a key boost to the issue, setting a stage for a larger fight still to come.
By John AdamsNovember 9 -
Social networking has become so common and broad-based in its use that banks have no choice but to incorporate social networking into their marketing efforts. Here are five ways they can do that.
By John AdamsFebruary 4 -
The latest incarnation of TD Bank's buildup of a broad social media program for North America -- the embedding of Twitter staff within the contact center -- is only a few months old, but the bank has already discovered the formula to win an impressive spike in the use of social media to resolve customer queries.
By John AdamsSeptember 12 -
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.
By John AdamsJuly 11 -
Advisors may want to heed stats noting that Android and iPhone are crushing BlackBerry when it comes to business use and app development.
By John AdamsNovember 16 -
Investors being duped into pouring tens of millions of dollars into fake high-yield opportunities being touted all over the social mediascape.
By John AdamsJuly 27









