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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Holders of the card, issued by Synchrony Financial, receive 3% cash back on medical visits, veterinarian bills, gym fees and certain other health-related expenses.
August 16 -
If the new Facebook Pay feels underwhelming compared to the social network's past efforts, that's by design. It's now taking a slower approach that could help overcome the privacy concerns that plagued earlier projects.
August 6 -
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The payments company has completed development of its all-in-one portal. It's an ambitious project, but the first few services — such as bill pay and savings — are relatively straightforward.
July 29 -
Swift Go is designed for businesses and consumers to send cross-border transactions under $10,000 at more competitive rates.
July 28 -
Persistent coronavirus fears have accelerated consumer interest in checkout-free retail options like Amazon Go, just as new technologies like 5G make such concepts more practical to implement.
July 28 -
The bank has agreed to act as a payment agent for the card brand's Track BPS to sign up participating businesses in the U.K. and Europe.
July 26 -
The goal is to add customers and prop up borrowing until business travel rebounds and consumers burn through their excess cash, CEO Roger Hochschild says.
July 22 -
The card brand's spots will focus less on credit cards and more on real-time payroll, cryptocurrency and mobile commerce.
July 21 -
Blending its existing technology with new authentication measures, the company aims to cut costs for credit unions that don't want to join the bank-run peer-to-peer network.
July 20
