Kate Fitzgerald is an Arizona-based senior editor for American Banker and longtime payments reporter. Fitzgerald began her journalism career at the San Diego Tribune, and has worked as a reporter and editor at several other publications, including Advertising Age and the Arizona Republic. She is a graduate of Lewis & Clark College and holds a master’s degree from Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism.
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Genting Cruise Lines, a Hong Kong-based company that operates cruise ships, has formed a partnership with Wirecard to streamline checkouts for disembarking passengers, eliminating long lines to settle charges at the end of voyages.
May 11 -
It's an important pivot point for the industry — consumer trust is threatened by a steady flow of data breaches, and consumers are divided on whether they want to stick with plastic or move on to mobile and wearable payments.
May 11 -
Mobile has been a boon for Cardlytics, which says more than half of the deals consumers choose now come from the mobile channel.
May 10 -
Instead of expanding Alipay’s geographic reach across the U.S. and Canada, Alipay is doubling down on merchant acceptance in urban areas and tourist zones to drive more spending volume.
May 9 -
Opportunities are expanding for women in the payments industry, Being willing to take risks and occasionally fail can help build a successful career.
May 8 -
Companies such as FleetCor, WEX and U.S. Bank Voyager are in a fierce competition that's driving a wave of innovation as these companies look for advantages in fuel, lodging, tools and other expenses.
May 7 -
The hackers gained entry to affected systems through a client-access portal and the company’s internal monitoring systems detected the intrusion.
May 4 -
Flywire has partnered with Billtrust, which specializes in B2B payments, to improve processing of cross-border payments.
May 3 -
Samsung Pay has worked to differentiate itself from other mobile wallets with Samsung Rewards, and now it’s enriching that program with a cash-back option and the ability to purchase rewards points like airline mileage programs.
May 3 -
Synchrony Financial designed its first voice assistant technology for Amazon Alexa around Amazon’s store card, serving as a template for the private-label card issuer’s other retail clients.
May 3
