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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Millions of consumers without traditional banking relationships can use Apple Pay, now that ADP, a major provider of payroll cards, has joined the mobile payments bandwagon.
January 8 -
In the war on cash, Canada doesn't hold a candle to Sweden, where bills and coins are used for less than 5% of retail transactions, or Denmark, which plans to eradicate cash by 2030. But recent research suggests Canada is quickly closing the gap as its rate of contactless payments is soaring.
January 7 -
New patents provide a glimpse into how Apple Inc. plans to personalize the payments experience by harnessing Apples iMessage channel, bringing it in line with message-based P2P services from Venmo, Facebook, Google and others.
January 6 -
The heaviest adopters of fintech products in major global markets have a lot in common: Theyre young, urban and tech-savvy, and their use of digital financial services tools could double in the next year, a study from by Ernst & Young Global Ltd suggests.
December 31 - PSO content
Getting a foothold in Chinas payments market isnt easy for foreign companies, but for Hong Kong-based Geoswift Ltd, business is booming.
December 31 -
It's hard to come by hard data on consumers actually using mobile wallets to pay in stores, but these consumers do exist.
December 29 -
The pimples and beauty marks of the mega-retailers CurrentC mobile wallet are on display for all to see during the app's ongoing beta test prior to its planned rollout next year.
December 29 -
UAE Banks Federation (UBF), an association of 49 banks in the United Arab Emirates, this month said in it will move ahead with plans to develop a mobile wallet accessible to its members in 2016.
December 28 -
Apple Inc. grabbed the early worm in mobile payments with Apple Pay's late 2014 launch, combining an intuitive mobile payments system for consumers with the buy-in of major banks and merchants. But the tech giants first-mover advantage never seemed to materialize.
December 24 -
The concept of a high-tech multipurse card with a built-in display may seem out of place in a world where many of the same functions can be handled by mobile wallet apps, but some entrepreneurs remain committed to the idea of a futuristic plastic card.
December 22