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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Mere days after pressuring Visa to scrap plans for a fee that would allegedly would penalize issuers for shifting volume to other card networks, Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., went after MasterCard about a different fee.
June 10 -
The news that Shell Oil has agreed to accept Chase Pay at more than 6,000 gas stations couldnt have come at a more interesting moment.
June 10 -
The news that Shell Oil has agreed to accept Chase Pay at more than 6,000 gas stations couldnt have come at a more interesting moment.
June 9 -
China has officially opened its doors to payment companies from beyond its borders, this week unveiling the formal rules for foreign companies applying for bank-clearing privileges.
June 8 -
Consumers enrolled in the CurrentC mobile wallet in Columbus, Ohio will be cut off after June 28 when the year-long pilot conducted by Merchant Customer Exchange (MCX) ends.
June 8 -
Verifone is taking a scalpel to its business after seeing soft results during its second fiscal quarter, enacting a plan to cut 5% of its personnel and look for opportunities to jettison older, underperforming parts of its business.
June 8 -
Globe Telecom, the Philippines' largest wireless carrier, has formed a partnership for carrier billing with Fortumo, enabling its mobile phone customers to bill digital purchases to their monthly wireless statement.
June 7 -
Oberthur Technologies has teamed with Chinese smartwatch maker Mobvoi and China UnionPay (CUP), to add contactless payments technology to Mobvois popular Ticwatch.
June 6 -
Months after announcing plans to launch Apple Pay, Yum Brands Kentucky Fried Chicken this week said its enabling the mobile walletalong with Android Pay and Samsung Pay at the same time.
June 3 -
The National Retail Federation wants the Federal Trade Commission to do more than merely check up on the companies that routinely assess merchants for compliance with the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standards (PCI DSS).
June 2