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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PayPal isn’t the first company to open its platform to cryptocurrencies, but its technique is more hands-on than most payment providers.
October 21 -
Some U.S. states are opening new payments channels to cover the cost of coronavirus-induced remote learning programs.
October 20 -
Online fraud typically spikes when holiday shopping begins in November, but so-called friendly fraud poses another big threat this year with the pandemic pushing more consumers — and inexperienced merchants — to online sales channels.
October 19 -
Online fraud typically spikes when holiday shopping begins in November, but so-called friendly fraud poses another big threat this year with the pandemic pushing more consumers — and inexperienced merchants — to online sales channels.
October 19 -
Targeting fintechs serving the fast-growing ranks of U.S. gig workers, Mastercard has formed a partnership with a portable-benefits provider Stride to help users find health, dental and vision care.
October 15 -
The findings of a recent TD Bank survey suggest that targeting millennials for new credit cards will require surgical risk-management as the economy lurches toward an uneven recovery.
October 13 -
Bank bill-payment sites have become less relevant over the last decade as more people go to billers’ websites to pay directly or use billers' mobile apps — often at the last minute. But the COVID-19 pandemic could flip the script on the $4.6 trillion bill-payment sector.
October 6 -
Tipalti, whose platform supports cross-border B2B supplier payments, has raised $150 million in its latest funding round, bringing the total it’s raised from outside investors to $280 million.
October 6 -
Bank bill-payment sites have become less relevant over the last decade as more people go to billers’ websites to pay directly or use billers' mobile apps — often at the last minute. But the COVID-19 pandemic could flip the script on the $4.6 trillion bill-payment sector.
October 6 -
Longtime finance entrepreneur Jackie Reses, who led Square Capital for the last five years, is leaving the company at the end of the month. Square has not yet named a successor.
October 5
