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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EML has agreed to pay £226 million (US$290 million) to acquire Prepaid Financial Services, one of Europe’s largest e-money issuers.
November 13 -
Adyen has traditionally focused on streamlining card acceptance, processing and settlement for online payments, and now it wants control more of the merchant relationship by enabling merchants to issue virtual and physical payment cards.
November 13 -
Veem locks in exchange rates; Chargebacks911 sub centralizes Thomas Cook claims; and other information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the web.
November 13 -
BIS appoints a stablecoin expert to a top position; Goldman responds to Apple Card gender bias claims; and other information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the web.
November 12 -
Singapore OCBC Bank will use Google Pay to support P2P transactions starting early in 2020, following a similar path as India, where banks have increasingly embraced Google Pay for transfers.
November 11 -
Two Mastercard issuers have enabled Mastercard’s True Name feature for customers who opt to use their preferred name on credit, debit and prepaid cards instead of their legal name, to support gender inclusion.
November 8 -
The Apple Card had the most successful credit card launch ever, according to Apple CEO Tim Cook — but achieving profitability depends on several variables that are still shrouded in mystery.
November 8 -
Mastercard has formed a strategic partnership with Tappy Technologies, a Hong Kong-based internet of things firm, to develop designer branded contactless payments-enabled wearables, starting with Timex.
November 7 -
Google Pay gets larger in India; Visa gets a new HQ; and other information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the web.
November 7 -
Experian is adding DataVisor, which specializes in advanced machine learning, to its CrossCore platform to identify unusual patterns signaling new fraud activity.
November 6
