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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Merchants that postponed their EMV migration are feeling the sting of losses connected to the EMV liability shift. They are now shoring up their fraud defenses andin some casesspeeding up their EMV-migration plans.
March 16 -
Among the swirl of startups chasing opportunity in the global remittance market, Amsterdam-based Terra sees a way to cut costs by launching a lightweight, mobile-centric app that uses heavy data to offset financial crime risks.
March 11 -
The financial services technology provider Jack Henry & Associates is the latest company to collaborate with The Clearing House to speed processing, a move that will substantially increase the number of banks capable of executing faster payments.
March 9 -
SVM LP, which provides gift cards for corporate promotions, incentives and loyalty programs, has acquired 1to1 Card, another operator in the same niche, the companies announced March 8.
March 8 -
Financial services technology provider Jack Henry & Associates Inc. is the latest company to collaborate with The Clearing House to speed processing, a move that will substantially increase the number of banks capable of executing faster payments.
March 8 -
The promise of unlocking some of the "big data" within payments is coming nearer, with new technology expanding the way consumer purchase data is used to shape marketing campaigns.
March 8 -
A Canadian lawmaker has introduced legislation to establish new ceilings for credit card interchange, and though it has the support of some retail groups, experts say the bill faces headwinds.
March 7 -
Apple Pays struggles to build its user base are nothing compared with the labors of Sionic Mobile, which has been on a six-year odyssey of inventing and reinventing its mobile payments app.
March 4 -
The corporate disbursement market has long resisted reform, with more than half of U.S. consumers receiving at least one corporate payout via cash or check each year, according to Aite Group.
March 2 -
Five months after the U.S. EMV liability shift for counterfeit card fraud went into effect, most restaurants aren't processing chip cards, and that's not changing anytime soon, according to a top executive at Heartland Payment Systems.
February 29