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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This week in global news, Ant gets bullish on AI, PayPal's stablecoin has a fan in the bitcoin world, and more.
September 13 -
Blackhawk Network now offers Visa gift cards made of paper, while Venmo and Hallmark are putting QR codes in standard greeting cards. Both initiatives address the environmental harms of first-use plastic.
September 12 -
Affirm is the latest BNPL lender to launch an in-store payment card with multiple financing options, giving consumers more checkout options as regulatory changes loom.
September 7 -
The market for services that allow employees to access funds ahead of their two-week payday is a hotbed of activity, even as financial services regulators in some states seek to rein it in.
September 5 -
Ireland's central bank holds loan data for too long, Bank of America enables two-way corporate disbursements in Canada, and more.
August 30 -
Maryland is the latest state to decree that employer-sponsored EWA products aren't loans, but the battle over how they will be regulated is just beginning, experts say.
August 29 -
Half of the transactions on the buy now/pay later lender's new plastic card become interest-bearing loans.
August 25 -
SVB promotes its head of payments infrastructure, Turkey approves Colendi to open a digital bank and more.
August 23 -
Banks like Capital One, U.S. Bank and Santander are updating their floor plans and their menus — often with a discount on food or beverages for cardholders — to reach more millennial and Gen Z consumers.
August 23 -
Many public-transit riders are ready for a single app to manage fees for trains, buses, bicycles, scooters and ride-sharing across cities, according to a new global survey from Visa.
August 22
