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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Denny’s has partnered with Presto, a maker of restaurant industry hardware, to provide tablets for customers to pay at the table using credit and debit cards for contact and contactless payments.
November 20 -
Sams's Club pushes Scan & Go; Tyro Payments plots an IPO; and other information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the web.
November 20 -
Could the Macy's online data breach have been thwarted by SRC, a new security technology championed by the card brands?
November 19 -
U.K. weighs in on smart contracts; 7-Eleven adds voice ordering; and other information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the web.
November 19 -
Wirecard will begin giving German users of its boon Planet digital account 0.75% interest on funds held in the prepaid card account beginning next year.
November 18 -
Zazu Limited, a Zambian fintech, has partnered with Mastercard to launch a mobile wallet that supports a prepaid account instantly issued from the app to any local consumer — with or without a bank account.
November 18 -
Lawmakers in Germany have passed a law that would require Apple to open the iPhone’s NFC chip to other mobile payment providers.
November 15 -
Pakistan, Thailand build national pay systems; EZ-Link seeks Singapore bank license; and other information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the web.
November 15 -
Google doesn’t want to be a bank, but its move to offer checking accounts through Citi and a Silicon Valley credit union is a digital wallet architecture shift that will have far-reaching implications for technology-backed payment companies.
November 14 -
For decades card networks and issuers outside of China have tried to enter the giant Chinese consumer payments markets, but mostly have run into walls because of shifting regulations.
November 14
