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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ACT Canada has named Suzan Denoncourt, the country's managing director at Ingenico Group, to be co-chair of its board.
November 10 -
Bill.com has gained traction in recent years with a few large banks that market its electronic bill payment service for businesses, but reaching a wider audience has been tough because small businesses are a tough nut for banks to crack.
November 9 -
Bill.com has gained traction in recent years with a few large banks that market its electronic bill payment service for businesses, but reaching a wider audience has been tough because small businesses are a tough nut for banks to crack.
November 9 -
More than two years after Apple Pay made its debut, less than 20% of U.S. shoppers are routinely using their smartphones for
mobile payments — but millennials are bucking that trend a bit.November 8 -
Nigeria is becoming a hotbed of mobile payments development, with the nation’s largest banks and wireless telecom companies launching a mobile payments platform this month.
November 7 -
Consumers increasingly are embracing contactless payments for smaller, routine transactions, with average transaction size rising slightly.
November 4 -
An ACL client with hundreds of U.S. employees recently began requiring its workforce to use Uber for all business travel-related cab rides, after ACL revealed how Uber’s geolocation data could be correlated with the details of employees’ expense reports.
November 4 -
Issuers are watching the consumer response to Citi’s rollout of its cobranded Costco card, which is the largest U.S. portfolio of EMV cards that are also NFC-enabled.
November 3 -
When Android Pay launched, Google Wallet became a P-to-P service. That market's getting popular, and Google is responding with a web upgrade.
November 2 -
Zelle, the big banks' answer to Venmo, is set to launch next year. But will its reach be enough to curb Venmo's momentum?
November 2