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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The banks that own Zelle face long odds in displacing Apple Pay and Google Pay, but the effort could help build the infrastructure for a new account-to-account payment system, some experts say.
March 2 -
This week's global news roundup include Canada's crackdown on crypto operators, Westpac's cloud project and more.
March 1 -
The London fintech now allows users to send funds across borders to new payees without sharing sensitive bank account details.
February 28 -
As firms like Klarna and Sezzle attempt to reach profitability, fintechs that offer point-of-sale financing brace for consolidation, regulation and other drastic changes to their market.
February 28 -
The online lending marketplace is teaming up with Upgrade on a card that operates like a fixed-rate loan, in a move to turn around multiple quarters of disappointing financial results.
February 27 -
A pair of payments startups are getting strong traction with products that can be used to counter a recent slump in charitable giving.
February 23 -
CBDC tests in Japan, real-time payments in Singapore and India, and more. Here's what's happening around the world.
February 22 -
A new credit union service organization uses Prizeout's technology to incentivize members to buy gift cards from local stores.
February 21 -
To speed up customers' access to new and replacement cards, the Virginia-based bank created a process to provide a digital card number via the web or its mobile app.
February 17 -
Early Warning Services said it made significant traction in signing up smaller participants in 2022, as 70% of the 500 financial institutions that went live on Zelle's peer-to-peer network last year have less than $1 billion of assets.
February 16
