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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London-based Jumio has partnered with Plynk, a consumer messaging app available to consumers in Europe, for verifying new customers’ identities during the onboarding process.
August 30 -
Costco is testing self-checkout lanes at some of its U.S. stores as part of a push to speed up the brick-and-mortar shopping experience.
August 30 -
LevelUp is working with LuvJo, a New York-based firm that specializes in online ordering technology for small restaurants, to support order-ahead capabilities for thousands of coffee shops, juice bars and food trucks across the U.S.
August 29 -
A situation brewing in movie theaters that hinges on card network rules could have broad implications for the entertainment industry.
August 29 -
Passwords are widely distrusted for verifying identity and have been blamed for more than 80% of data breaches, but with biometrics and other approaches not yet ready for broad adoption, many innovators are rushing in to fill the gap.
August 28 -
NCR Corp. has entered a strategic referral relationship with Performance Food Group Co. (PFG) to promote NCR’s payments services to hundreds of restaurants via the food service operator’s 36 national distribution centers.
August 25 -
Ant Financial's Alipay is a big deal in China, and it wants to be a big deal globally. It's got several strategies already in motion, some of which have very big implications for other markets.
August 25 -
DipJar’s mission when it launched in 2012 was to provide a simple, secure device for consumers with no cash in their pockets to leave a small tip for cashiers through a computerized tip jar. The company quickly learned that consumers wanted to be more generous.
August 25 -
Payroc has introduced a mobile acceptance program leveraging iTransact, a Utah-based mobile payments technology firm it acquired last year.
August 22 -
The Reserve Bank of India will continue incentivizing merchants and consumers to move away from cash following last year’s demonetization of 80% of bills in circulation, including extending terms of a cash-back promotion for merchants.
August 22
