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.
-
Responding to growing competition for merchants' loyalty, PayPal has enabled its small-business customers to accept Apple's mobile wallet, along with other features previously only available to large enterprises.
April 4 -
Pinwheel, which automates the setup of direct deposit at new accounts, endured a brief and unexpected surge in traffic during mid-March's bank runs.
April 3 -
By integrating its new installment product with its widely popular mobile wallet, Apple is more likely to capitalize on spending data than to focus on creating a large loan portfolio.
March 29 -
Klarna adds chatGPT, BNP Paribas outsources to the Nordics, Mastercard teams with a French fintech and more.
March 29 -
Despite the shift to digital payments, higher prices are bringing some people back to paper bills to manage their finances.
March 28 -
Early Warning Services' upcoming bank wallet will go live in June with certain merchants, supported by EWS's seven large-banks owners, representing 150 million Visa and Mastercard accounts.
March 27 -
Early Warning Services is poised to unveil the name of its new bank wallet, hoping to repeat the branding success of its peer-to-peer payments app.
March 23 -
U.K. regulators warn payment companies, Goldman Sachs invests in Saudi fintech, and more.
March 22 -
Retailers are increasingly working with banks to implement loyalty programs that keep the merchant in control — but which still encourage spending from a specific bank account.
March 21 -
Digital apps drive 53% of cross-border transfers in key remittance zones, while one in 10 users move cash across borders in person, according to a Visa survey of 14,000 consumers.
March 21
