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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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 -
This year's honorees are women under 40 who have demonstrated a strong talent for leadership and an expertise in their respective fields. They also took on crucial responsibilities to help their organizations navigate the complexities of the pandemic, and set their companies on a path for continued growth.
May 6 -
Railsbank and Plaid have formed a strategic partnership enabling any company in the U.K. to directly embed open banking-style payments into digital flows.
May 6 -
The pandemic spurred millions of merchants to add contactless payments within a year, pushing the number of global stores accepting contactless to 90%, according to new data from Mastercard.
May 5 -
PSO contentKate Fitzgerald, senior editor at PaymentsSource, talks to Kurt Kumar, vice president of marketing and business development at RocketFuel, about the growing use of crypto in payments exhibited by Visa, PayPal and others.
May 4 -
European regulators say App Store fees distort competition, a claim similar to Epic Games' contention in legal action in the U.S. over gaming download charges and transaction routing.
April 30 -
Citizens Bank and Barclays US are among the lenders expanding in this market — with or without fintechs on board.
April 30 -
Citizens Bank and Barclays US are among the lenders expanding in this market — with or without fintechs on board.
April 30 -
Barclays US, which offers a range of cobranded credit cards targeting middle-income consumers, is adding a buy now/pay later option for its merchant partners.
April 27 -
Kate Fitzgerald, senior editor at PaymentsSource, talks to Eric Schuppenhauer, Head of Consumer Lending and National Banking at Citizens Bank, about lending at the point of sale.
April 27
