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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As more corporations call employees back to the office, payments technology firms like Wise are balancing the need for in-person collaboration with meeting workers' flexibility needs.
November 14 -
Building on technology it acquired with cloud-banking fintech Finxact, Fiserv aims to play matchmaker between its bank partners and merchants.
November 10 -
NatWest is updating its chatbot, Cora, to make engagement more conversational, and Amex is working with the Canadian fintech Nuvei to promote bank-transfer payments to U.K. merchants.
November 8 -
The card network is expanding the range of its international consulting arm to include recommendations for how banks, merchants and payment processors can harness generative artificial intelligence.
November 8 -
After three decades of relying on large retailers like Macy's to promote its private-label credit services, the bank is taking its point-of-sale financing to smaller merchants via platforms like Shopify.
November 7 -
Taking the reins again as chief executive of Block following the recent departure of CEO Alyssa Henry, Jack Dorsey has launched internal changes to jump-start growth, eliminate silos and promote the use of artificial intelligence.
November 3 -
Venture capital was pouring into new generative artificial intelligence technology before President Biden issued an order that could cool the rate of funds flowing into the sector. Experts say that's not necessarily a bad thing for banks.
November 1 -
Intensifying economic pressures caused Bread Financial's customers to cut their credit card spending by 13% during the third quarter as the rate of delinquent accounts rose.
October 26 -
A Federal Reserve rule that kicked in during July altering how debit cards are routed online hasn't yet hurt Visa's U.S. transaction volume, which surged across consumer, commercial and cross-border channels during the quarter that ended Sept. 30.
October 25 -
The credit-card issuer is tightening its lending standards and bracing for the potential effects of a cap on card late fees. Charge-offs are rising, but company executives say that customers are showing surprising strength.
October 24
