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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American Express has updated its classic Green card with a new set of travel and dining perks and a significantly higher annual fee.
October 24 -
Visa is retooling its small-business credit cards by expanding credit card lines, adding travel insurance and product-warranty extensions and making it easier for business owners to integrate card accounts with accounting software.
October 23 -
HTC's blockchain phone; South Korea's digital ID project; Kik still kicking; and other information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the web.
October 22 -
Following months of preparation, Visa, Mastercard, American Express and Discover announced the launch of "click to pay," a new streamlined checkout process that functions similarly at all participating e-commerce sites.
October 22 -
U.S. Bank wants to disrupt the way consumers pay their bills by offering billers a new platform fit for faster payment rails, new messaging formats and digital assistants.
October 18 -
U.S. Bank has hired payments veteran Peter Gordon to fill a new post as head of emerging payments product and strategy, tapping his years of experience developing real-time payments technology.
October 18 -
Eliminating checks from corporate payments will take many more years, but Nacha’s latest data suggests the B2B category is playing a key role in Same Day ACH's growth.
October 18 -
Galileo has raised $77 million in its first round of venture capital funding backed by Accel and Ryan Smith, CEO of the software firm Qualtrics.
October 17 -
The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the web. Today: Paytm draws new investment; Interac expands mobile payments; Klarna and Samsung collaborate; Shopify and Splitit team up; Aliant pays staff in crypto.
October 16 -
American Express is adding a new dimension to its year-old partnership with PayPal by giving credit card customers more options for splitting a restaurant check and paying with loyalty points.
October 15
