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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Loot has been in development since 2014 and has raised a total of more than $7 million thus far.
December 15 -
More retailers are accepting mobile wallets, but few agree on what that entails. Many stores are coming up with their own wallets by building on past successes or burying payments deep under the surface of their mobile channel.
December 15 -
Pay by Bank, an app developed in recent months by Mastercard’s Vocalink unit, is expanding as Germany’s Wirecard makes the service available to all of its U.K. merchants.
December 14 -
The idea of consolidating multiple payment cards into one with smart technology has been attempted multiple times in recent years with little success, but a startup called Edge Mobile Payments is giving it a fresh try.
December 14 -
E-commerce giant Magento Commerce has introduced Instant Purchase for its merchants, leveraging retail giant Amazon’s 1-Click checkout process after the patent recently expired.
December 14 -
TriMet is the latest U.S. mass-transit agency to announce a program modernizing its payments and ticketing system.
December 13 -
Judopay, a London-based startup enabling merchants to accept mobile payments through a turnkey process, has formed a partnership with Visa’s CyberSource unit to extend the startup’s reach to international customers.
December 13 -
Gemalto’s business boomed a couple of years ago at the peak of the U.S. EMV migration, but when new card orders tapered off and payments technology turned in new directions, the company’s profits got hammered.
December 12 -
Samsung Pay users this week may begin transferring funds from two participating South Korean banks in the latest expansion of capabilities.
December 11 -
Payment Rails is putting a tight focus on the emerging area of “influencer marketing,” where global brands are spreading money among individuals who use social media to promote products.
December 11
