John Adams

Executive Editor, Payments

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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.
His work includes profiles of JPMorganChase’s payments tech leadership, First Horizon’s pivot from a scuttled merger, and hundreds of articles about new fintechs, up and coming business leaders, blockchain pioneers and new frontiers in artificial intelligence.
John has been with American Banker and related products for 30 years, covering bank technology, advertising, mortgages and capital markets.

Payments

How payment companies hope to address the Great Resignation

Firms such as Visa, Mastercard, PNC and Fiserv say employers can address the labor crunch by making it easier for employees to access and move their money through services such as earned wage access, crypto bonuses and digitized expense management.

By John Adams

April 5

Payments

Fintechs prep for new complexities of business expense payments

Firms such as Mesh Payments and TripActions are anticipating that the trend for flexible and remote work will make it harder to distinguish personal and business purchases on the road.

By John Adams

March 29

Employee benefits

Healthcare workers are quitting in droves. Can flexible paydays help?

Earned wage access allows employees to receive a portion of their salary ahead of the traditional two-week cycle, and can aid nurses and other professionals in addressing the work-life imbalance that contributes to the Great Resignation.

By John Adams

February 7