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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Denmark-based payments technology developer Nets will develop new solutions for Vipps, Norway’s leading mobile payment app, under a new agreement.
June 26 -
As the global gig economy expands, more workers moving between the U.S. and other countries for jobs or school need ways to handle funds in different currencies.
June 26 -
Large U.S. banks and merchants are finally working together to support contactless payments. But two of retail's biggest chains, Walmart and Kroger, aren't on board, and for good reason.
June 20 -
Wirecard has introduced a new biometric payment approach enabling consumers to check out in stores by scanning their palms.
June 19 -
Open-banking technology provider Token has secured $16.5 million in a strategic investment from investors that include Opera Tech Ventures, the venture arm of BNP Paribas.
June 18 -
Wirecard will supply all digital payment POS services for KaDeWe, a dominant department store operator in Wirecard’s home market of Germany, as part of an expanded relationship.
June 17 -
Targeting consumers with poor or thin credit, Amazon is offering a secured card with rewards on par with those offered to mainstream cardholders.
June 10 -
Mobile technology has improved the process of sending cross-border remittances, but most international money transfer services still have a long way to go before they’re streamlined and real-time.
June 5 -
Adyen and African fintech Cellulant are working together to expand Adyen’s global payments offering to hundreds of merchants, banks and mobile network operators in Africa.
June 4 -
While major card issuers such as Chase and Wells Fargo roll out NFC-enabled credit and debit cards incrementally, Bank of America is taking a much more aggressive approach.
June 3
