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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While around 70% of U.S. merchant locations still aren’t ready to handle EMV card transactions, Atlanta-based merchant acquirer Elavon, a unit of U.S. Bank, can tell the opposite story: 70% of its merchant clients will be EMV-enabled by the end of this year.
November 18 -
Mastercard will launch its “selfie pay” system in the Asia-Pacific region next year, expanding the global reach of its biometric identity-verification service for online payments to more markets as part of a gradual worldwide rollout.
November 17 -
The once-booming market for reloadable prepaid cards has seen a slowdown in new-account growth in recent years amid heavier competition and consolidation, causing longtime providers to look for ways to stand out in a crowded field.
November 15 -
Despite the head start mobile wallets got in the U.S. when Apple Pay launched more than two years ago, markets outside the U.S. are exhibiting that they are much better positioned for mobile wallet adoption, a new report from Fitch notes.
November 14 -
The U.S.’s long journey to EMV adoption will remain a major focus for the U.S. Payments Forum, but contactless and mobile payments technology will also start to get serious attention from a new industry working group.
November 14 -
Stats show young people like to use smartphones to take photos of themselves, a key element of Mitek's payments security strategy.
November 14 -
Consumers visiting sites using WP Engine’s checkout technology will use Chrome to obtain payment and shipping details with a few taps.
November 11 -
Citi's bank-branded mobile wallet will have the head start of the institution's vast scale.
November 11 -
PayPal has added support for Apple Inc.’s Siri voice-command feature for person-to-person payments, following Apple's
decision to open Siri to third-party developers.November 10 -
Flywire, the Boston-based firm specializing in cross-border tuition payments, has expanded to Australia, the third most popular destination in the world for international education behind the U.S. and the U.K.
November 10
