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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Citi Retail Services has renewed its longtime card-issuing relationship with Tennessee-based Tractor Supply Co., which saw record sales during the pandemic as consumers expanded their backyard menageries.
May 24 - PSO content
Synchrony has committed to place $15 million in venture capital funds led by women, minorities and other underrepresented groups, as part of Synchrony Ventures’ broader initiative to drive diversity through investment.
May 20 -
Japan is one of the most cash-centric of all developed nations, with about 80% of consumer transactions conducted with paper or coins, but the pandemic triggered some shifts that Adyen wants to capitalize upon.
May 19 -
HSBC has extended its instant cross-border payments network to small and midsize businesses through a digital wallet built for storing and spending foreign currency.
May 18 -
American Express has created a path for PayPal to immediately accept digital versions of consumer credit cards as soon as the cards are approved.
May 17 -
The Central Bank of Bahrain is collaborating with JPMorgan and Bahrain-based Bank ABC to test using digital currency to speed up cross-border payments.
May 13 -
The bank tech firm needs licenses and partners in multiple nations — a monumental task that promises to take years.
May 13 -
The company, which operates private-label and cobranded credit card and loyalty programs, plans to spin off its loyalty operations this year to improve ADS' financial performance.
May 12 -
Google is enabling cross-border payments within the Google Pay app through integrations with Western Union and U.K.-based remittance firm Wise.
May 11 -
It's "powerful … to be able to use the word ‘bank’ in our marketing because we are a legitimate financial institution," CEO Dan Henry said Wednesday. Its rival Chime recently agreed to stop referring to itself as a bank in a settlement with California regulators.
May 6
