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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Twenty companies have joined the “Visa Ready” list of suppliers offering streamlined connections to installment loans online and at the point of sale.
May 10 -
Citing inflation’s effect on rising payment card pricing, the senator convened a Judiciary Committee hearing to reassess rules that resulted in caps on debit transaction fees 11 years ago.
May 6 -
Representatives of the retailer community will face off against payment card network and bank executives over credit and debit card interchange during a Wednesday hearing to be chaired by Sen. Dick Durbin.
May 3 -
Raised by parents who taught school and coached high school kids, Alina Crisi never planned on a career in financial services. But her innate skill in managing people and organizations has powered her quick rise at PNC Bank.
May 1 -
Fewer new customers signed up during the first quarter as e-commerce sales momentum slowed and inflation rose, forcing the company to reduce its overall growth expectations for the year.
April 28 -
The financial services technology company is backing the first retail sportsbook connected to an MLB stadium, adding to its support for automated ticketing, concessions, staff compensation and loyalty. It's a broader combination the technology company hopes to replicate elsewhere.
April 26 -
The move gives the technology company a larger merchant network as it prepares to turn iPhones into payment acceptance devices.
April 22 -
Powered by a surge of bookings in March, travel and entertainment card spending at American Express rose 121% in the first quarter. The company also added 3 million accounts.
April 22 -
Financial institutions are confronting major compliance challenges given the demands of Russian sanctions as well as the explosion of online gaming transactions and marijuana sales.
April 20 -
In global news this week, The Bank of London named Tom Wood its next deputy chief executive for the United Kingdom market, Tencent began testing a digital wallet that supports transactions in e-CNY China's central bank digital currency, Uber's online order and delivery platform expanded its payment acceptance choices to include Rakuten Pay, and more.
April 20
