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 fintech's new checking, savings and lending package caters to clients who want to separate their corporate accounts from personal banking.
July 20 -
The tech giant is entering a heavily competitive market led by large companies like PayPal and hot startups like Affirm and Afterpay.
July 16 -
As payments steadily migrate to cloud-based, digital channels with the rise of mobile e-commerce, Intuit’s QuickBooks unit is augmenting its online payment acceptance options with a mobile payment device that links to its accounting software.
July 15 -
The card network and telco are designing systems that use 5G to support more payment processes hosted in the cloud rather than on local hardware. The goal is to make services such as autonomous checkout available to small businesses.
July 13 -
JPMorgan Chase is cutting the annual fee of its top-tier card while American Express is raising the fee of its own premium card. Both banks hope to win consumers' travel dollars by finding the sweet spot between cost and rewards.
July 8 -
The fee for the Platinum account increased 25% to $695, making it the most expensive luxury travel card.
July 1 -
Banks and creditors have spent years trying to remove obstacles to presentment and payment, but some consumers say they would still rather step on a Lego brick than pay a bill, according to PayNearMe research.
June 28 -
The bank is working with DailyPay and The Clearing House's RTP network to bring a smidge more speed — and certainty — to earned-wage access payments.
June 25 -
Resorts World is building its entire customer experience around a digital app, hoping to eliminate the need for — and costs of — handling paper money.
June 21 -
During lockdown, adoption of services like mobile order-and-pay, biometric authentication, contactless fare collection and digital currency accelerated. Consumers have more options than ever — and their behaviors will guide further innovation.
June 16
