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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Banks dilemmas around sharing data and embracing open payments technology are becoming a more urgent concern in Europe due to regulatory pressure, and fintech firms are starting to take notice.
September 12 -
France-based supermarket giant Carrefour and Gemalto leaned on Host Card Emulation (HCE) to create a new solution with the sought-after feature of combining mobile payments and the stores loyalty program within a single app.
September 12 -
Netherlands-based ING is the latest bank to extend person-to-person (P-to-P) payments services to bank customers using popular social media platforms.
September 12 -
Facing a growing threat from TransferWise and other specialists working to streamline cross-border payments, Barclays and Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA) are trying a new system enabling customers to zap funds between the two banks in real time.
September 9 -
A new tool developed by the federal government may put the brakes on certain counterfeit card scams during the holidays, if law enforcement agencies can replicate the results of an initial test.
September 8 -
The one thing payment terminal hardware makers should have been sure of this year was relatively strong demand from merchants finally upgrading to EMV-compatible equipment after the slow start last year to the U.S. chip-card migration. But that's not how it's turning out.
September 8 -
Swedens iZettle is following a now-familiar playbook to fuel its expansion in Europe with its acquisition of intelligentpos, a company specializing in business-management tools popular with restaurants and other small to midsize businesses.
September 7 -
Square Inc. has long hinted it plans to expand to Europe and new clues suggest its base camp will be in the U.K. for an ambitious push into several countries. But its rivals got there first, and have had years to build their defenses.
September 6 - PH
Mobile technology is radically changing the way people hail taxis, book lodging, consume entertainment and find prospective dates, but the same magic isnt happening with how people spend money.
September 4 -
Chinese handset maker Xiaomi has entered Chinas booming mobile payments market with Mi Pay, a contactless payments service running on China UnionPays network with support from 20 local banks and six mass-transit systems in the country.
September 2