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 card network has teamed with Rochester Institute of Technology's Dubai satellite to foster local AI talent, and has several other AI efforts underway.
September 28 -
Cash remains king, but some credit card customers prefer giving their rewards to nonprofits, so the Minneapolis banking giant has made it a year-round option where it's matching donations dollar for dollar.
September 27 -
Young, financially fragile bank consumers are more likely to use BNPL, but the popular interest-free products also reach a wide audience, according to research from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.
September 27 -
After delays, the bank-owned consortium that launched Zelle in 2017 is poised to launch a limited-market test of Paze, its card-powered online checkout method.
September 25 -
BMO Financial Group is the fourth bank to partner with the fintech to enable employers to offer early access to the wages they pay.
September 21 -
U.K. regulators rule on complaints about bias from politicians, Brazil's Ebanx extends to India and more in our weekly financial news roundup.
By John AdamsSeptember 20 -
The Swedish furniture giant debuts a modest U.S. buy now/pay later loan program via Afterpay, with interest-free terms that are unlikely to anger regulators.
September 19 -
Alyssa Henry will leave Square on October 2 after nine years at the helm, the Block unit said in a regulatory filing. Square founder Jack Dorsey will once again take the reins as chief executive.
September 18 -
Payments revenue growth is slowing from economic headwinds, lower-cost digital transactions and upstarts cutting into incumbents' profit margins, according to a Boston Consulting Group report. Here's what to expect.
September 18 -
Aiming to capture a bigger share of the cross-border payments market, Visa has signed a five-year agreement with the U.K.-based fintech.
September 14