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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Pressure is building on financial services providers to develop more merchant-centric loyalty programs to fight declining interchange revenue, and U.S. Bank is testing one approach in Lawrence, Kan.
May 2 -
The expansion of devices connected to the Internet of Things is raising security and privacy concerns, spurring the Smart Card Alliance (SCA) to take action.
May 2 -
Its rare to see much fanfare around the launch of a mobile banking app these days. But for the U.S. Treasury Department, this milestone signals its nearing the end of its long quest to modernize the delivery of federal benefitseven for consumers locked out of traditional banking systems.
May 2 -
Pressure is building on financial services providers to develop more merchant-centric loyalty programs to fight declining interchange revenue, and U.S. Bank is testing one approach in Lawrence, Kan.
April 28 -
A troubling gap is growing between the promises being made around mobile payments to consumers and merchants, and what payments technology providers are actually delivering, according to PayPals Bill Ready.
April 27 -
Vantiv named Stephanie Ferris chief financial officer, promoting her from deputy chief financial officer, a post she has held since September 2015.
April 26 -
Growth opportunities for e-commerce companies looking to go global in the next few years are huge, but many are daunted by the complexity of different online payment approaches used around the world, say international e-commerce payment experts.
April 25 -
Issuers still have a choice of whether to require PIN authentication for EMV-chip cards, but David Nelms, chairman and CEO of Discover Financial Services, says the chip-and-PIN path increasingly makes the most sense for U.S. payment cards going forward.
April 22 -
More than a decade after U.S. payment card issuers endured the spectacular failure of contactless cards, some issuers wonder if its time to try again.
April 21 -
In its quest to supply small businesses with services that go beyond payments, First Data Corp.'s Clover subsidiary is extending e-commerce website support to its merchant clients beginning next month.
April 20