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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Wirecard's going after a big market. More than 2 million Chinese tourists visit Europe annually, spending on average about US$3,400 each.
July 10 -
JCPenney and Dick’s Sporting Goods were among the first to launch the new SyPi plug-in technology, with others expected to come on board soon.
July 10 -
The new ATMs cut fraud risk by minimizing password-exposure, but it’s unclear whether large numbers of consumers are ready to change five decades of inserting a plastic card to get cash.
July 7 -
Consumers have accepted the use of fingerprint authentication for mobile payments. But will they be as welcoming of facial recognition? A few companies are testing the waters.
July 7 -
The new ATMs cut fraud risk by minimizing password-exposure, but it’s unclear whether large numbers of consumers are ready to change five decades of inserting a plastic card to get cash.
July 6 -
Consumers using the Alipay app will be able to find nearby merchants that accept the popular Chinese mobile wallet, and receive coupons for local deals.
July 5 -
Apple and Australia's largest banks have been battling for more than a year over mobile payments access.
July 3 -
At Ingenico, Nicolas Huss will help lead omnichannel payments strategy. Huss led Visa Europe starting in 2013, and in 2015 Visa announced plans to reunify the unit it had spun off a decade earlier.
July 3 -
An influx of metal credit cards continues, with Capital One now encasing its popular Venture travel Visa card in metal, raising new questions about whether the marketing impact of such cards offsets their cost to manufacture—and reissue in the event of a data breach.
July 3 -
Mastercard has expanded its relationship with Pizza Hut to support mobile ordering in Japan.
June 30
