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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Ant Financial’s Alipay now allows international visitors to China to pay using its popular mobile app, following up from its aggressive campaign to expand Alipay’s acceptance around the world for Chinese visitors.
November 5 -
Germany’s Wirecard has taken a controlling stake in AllScore Payment Services, a Chinese company with a set of cross-border payments licenses Wirecard hopes will extend its reach to merchants with ties to China.
November 5 -
Citi boosts air rewards; U.S. makes slow faster pay progress; and other information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the web.
November 5 -
Cash access has grown tighter in the U.K. as more consumers adopt digital payments and banks shrink their fleets of branches and ATMs. Could the U.S. could see a similar phenomenon?
November 5 -
Discover Financial Services has promised to issue all new and replacement cards in the contactless format.
November 4 -
The Salvation Army is rolling out contactless payments technology at its 25,000 red kettles nationwide to combat the declining amounts of cash in donors’ pockets.
November 4 -
Mobile bank Zero expands; Japan's Paidy raises funds; mobile wallet growth in China; and other information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the web.
November 4 -
Japan’s JCB payment card network has formed a partnership with Ukraine’s state-owned PrivatBank to expand card acceptance in the region.
November 1 -
Google's $2.1 billion deal to buy Fitbit is primarily a hardware play. But it also brings Fitbit Pay under Google's umbrella — potentially repairing part of Google's fragmented mobile and wearable payments ecosystem.
November 1 -
South Korea cool to central bank crypto; U.K. buses adopt mobile payments; and other information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the web.
November 1
