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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Three months shy of the EMV liability shifts one-year anniversary, issuers are making brisk progress but merchants are stuck at a crawl.
August 3 -
Samsungs newest handset enables users to authenticate mobile payments by gazing at the screen, in the latest expansion of biometric security for smartphones.
August 3 -
As digital wallet strategies begin to fall into place for more large banks, many smaller banks are feeling the pressure to develop apps of their own.
August 3 -
Prague-based CSOB has launched the first mobile wallet for Near Field Communication-based mobile payments in the Czech Republicalready a bastion of contactless paymentswith plans for e-commerce payments down the road.
August 2 -
India-based rail line Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corp. (IRCTC) and mobile payments company Mobikwik have added a feature enabling passengers to order and purchase food thats delivered directly to trains along the route.
August 1 -
More mobile wallet consortiums failed last month, with two folding in New Zealand and Canada, escalating doubts about the prospects for cooperation among competitors in mobile payments.
August 1 -
DMI Inc., a mobile technologies software developer based in Bethesda, Md., has announced a collaboration with Cambodia-based mobile banking provider Wing for a mobile app enabling consumer and commercial funds transfers within the country.
July 29 -
Retailers insist that the EMV migration in the U.S. is weak because there is no PIN requirement to verify chip-card transactions, a process that is standard practice in other nations.
July 28 -
Payment Data Systems (PDS), a San Antonio, Texas-based payment solutions provider, has introduced a streamlined approach for mobile app developers to enable payment acceptance from all Apple Inc. mobile devices.
July 28 -
Seven months after disclosing a test enabling Venmo P-to-P users to buy goods and services in-app, the PayPal unit has rolled out the "Pay with Venmo" feature to all users and expanded the list of participating merchants.
July 27