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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Mitek Systems took advantage of the rise of smartphones by enabling remote deposit capture and identity verification on mobile devices. But that created a gap with laptops and desktop machines that Mitek is trying to address with an extra integration.
May 13 -
More than seven months after the EMV liability shift, the majority of U.S. retail locations still havent upgraded their payment terminals to accept chip cards, with some small and midsize businesses citing the difficulty of getting their equipment tested and certified by appropriate organizations.
May 12 -
To expand the reach of its global e-commerce services, Ingenico ePayments is building up a vast network of connections to merchant acquirers, hoping to gain a competitive edge as the demand grows for omnichannel payments.
May 11 -
PayPal next month is cutting off purchase protection for payments to crowdfunding sites, as the model for raising seed money for projects online begins to mature. The new policy goes into effect June 25, the company noted in an update to its user agreement.
May 9 -
Square's practice of using its merchant transaction data for risk analysis may seem innovative, but other agile specialists including Intuit are finding ways to use new data streams to limit risk and deliver funds to borrowers.
May 6 -
Square's practice of using its merchant transaction data for risk analysis may seem innovative, but other other agile specialistsincluding Intuitare finding ways to use new data streams to limit risk and deliver funds to borrowers.
May 6 -
Counterfeit card fraud is finally on the way down as EMV creeps into the U.S. marketplace, but card not present (CNP) fraud through online channels is skyrocketing. It's too soon, however, to blame the EMV shift.
May 6 -
Jay Zs music-streaming service Tidal has selected Ingenico ePayments as the platform to accept payments in 45 countries.
May 4 -
Department store chain Kohls has stitched together two of the most frustrating elements of checking out: adding loyalty points at the same time the payment goes through.
May 4 -
Five years ago, Dwolla took its ambitious approach to speeding up payments to financial institutions, viewing banks as a core audience in need of modernizing its aging infrastructure. But more recently, the company had to make a sharp course correction in its strategy.
May 4