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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Wirecard AG has agreed to buy Citigroups institutional prepaid card business, giving Germany-based Wirecard its first market foothold in North America.
June 29 -
With the rise of global e-commerce, small and midsize companies are pressured to streamline the way they handle increasingly diverse types of payments.
June 29 -
Big banks like Canadas RBC, Capital One and Wells Fargo are pouring resources into proprietary NFC-based digital wallets to outflank third parties like Apple, Samsung and Android and regain top-of-wallet status.
June 28 -
The market for one-touch home supply-ordering services like Amazon Dash is heating up, and forecasters say its not just homes, but offices and organizations that could fuel growth, from a surge in smart buildings wired with devices to order items with the push of a button.
June 23 -
Early Warning's clearXchange is starting to show the bank-led network's potential to catalyze faster processing, and now the enterprise is also executing on its broader goal to power other products beyond person-to-person transfers.
June 23 -
Early Warning's clearXchange is starting to show the bank-led network's potential to catalyze faster processing, and now the enterprise is also executing on its broader goal to power other products beyond person-to-person transfers.
June 23 -
Bank of America is betting on consumers future intentions over their current actions when it comes to building its digital wallet strategy.
June 21 -
South African mobile payments provider iKhokha, which launched its Edge mobile card reader two years ago, this month introduced merchant cash advance services for retailers using its app for smartphones and tablets.
June 20 -
Prepaid cards for teens that were touted as a way to teach financial responsibility by enabling parents to share control and set spending limits, are becoming scarcer.
June 20 -
Though Apple Pay hasnt lit the world on fire since its launch in October 2014, Apples dominant role in mobile e-commerce means its mobile wallet still has the power to hurt payment industry rivals, analysts say.
June 13