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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Square’s growth strategy has always been to aim higher with products and services that benefit larger businesses than the ones it originally targeted with its mobile card reader. Its newest product diverges from that path.
October 18 -
Paya, formerly Sage Payment Solutions, has rolled out a new platform supporting diverse types of consumer and B2B payments for small and midsize businesses.
October 17 -
Capgemini's 2018 World Payments Report is out, and it has some alarming predictions. Are its findings a threat to traditional payment systems, or just the first sign of a transformation that will affect all economies?
October 16 -
The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web: Microsoft sunsets older security; Norway's digital wallet; TSA tests biometric ID; and more.
October 16 -
Cross-border e-commerce is seeing explosive growth, driving a race among payment providers and acquirers to equip online sellers with the technology to accept any kind of payment in virtually any region. Credit and debit cards are the dominant payment type North American merchants accept, but are much less common elsewhere.
October 12 -
Visa showcased payment technologies it’s developing for future Olympic games, including in-home “couch commerce” leveraging augmented reality.
October 12 -
Companies founded by women receive significantly less than the venture capital available to all U.S. firms, but trends are improving for all startups this year, including for women-owned fintechs.
October 12 -
The Gap has selected Adyen as its processor for four European markets as part of a plan to replace a web of relationships with local networks and legacy payment systems with a single view of payments and customer data.
October 10 -
Adobe is moving forward with the next phase of integrating acquired e-commerce platform Magento into its broader marketing services by rolling out Magento Payments next year.
October 9 -
Wirecard is partnering with Visa in Romania on a white-label digital wallet service enabling any card issuer to offer mobile contactless payment solutions through a wallet featuring card controls and account notifications.
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