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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A range of backgrounds provides different perspectives on problems, according to executives at the Most Influential Women in Payments panel at SourceMedia's Card Forum.
May 9 -
The Bokis wallet's new app is scheduled for broad release this summer. It's a rare success for collaborative wallets, as others have failed, such as the U.S.'s Softcard and CurrentC, the U.K.’s Weve, Canada’s suretap and Singapore’s SmartWallet.
May 8 -
The company's original markets are India and China, but it plans to reach 10 major markets for B-to-B cross-border payments in the next year.
May 8 -
The card network and the aid organization have also worked together in China and Myanmar.
May 5 -
The plastic card is an aging tool in payments, but there's still room for innovation in its design and features. Here are a few new concepts that favor technology and style as differentiators.
May 5 -
The Bokis wallet's new app is scheduled for broad release this summer. It's a rare success for collaborative wallets, as others have failed, such as the U.S.'s Softcard and CurrentC, the U.K.’s Weve, Canada’s suretap and Singapore’s SmartWallet.
May 5 -
CVS Pharmacy is the latest retailer to join PayNearMe’s network for walk-in bill payment, expanding the service’s geographic reach by about 40%, to 28,000 U.S. stores.
May 4 -
Regulators are calling for the boards of the three separate faster-payments initiatives to review and endorse the consolidation plan and complete most of the consolidation before the end of 2017.
May 4 -
The move will help consumers directly authorize payments to third parties without providing the physical card or full account details.
May 4 -
Police in Sydney, Australia reportedly arrested two men this week suspected of using Host Card Emulation technology to make fraudulent debit card purchases amounting to AUS$1.5 million (US$1.1 million).
May 3
