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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Vodafone is extending M-Pesa to Ghana, making it the 11th country to offer the mobile money service to unbanked consumers in developing markets in Africa, India and Europe.
December 8 -
American Express small merchant card acceptance has been generally low, though that performance could improve through a partnership with Moneris, Canadas largest acquirer.
December 8 -
The U.S. is a long way from widespread adoption of EMV, but security analysts say the boom in online shoppingplus a surge in consumers' use of mobile devices for holiday purchaseswill make it easier for fraudsters to hide their moves as they redirect their efforts from retail to online channels.
November 25 -
Mobile payment users are still in short supply, and the growing range of options may be seen as too chaotic for consumers who haven't yet used a mobile wallet.
November 25 -
Black Friday will mark a new milestone this year, when mobile devices for the first time will account for about half of all online purchases during the first weekend of the holiday shopping frenzy, according to a new study.
November 20 -
Merchants have long known card network rules permit them to charge a different price for accepting cash versus cards, but outside of gasoline retailers, most merchants havent done much about it.
November 17
