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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Trustonic aims to monetize its services by supporting authentication methods such as biometrics, and managing tokens for high-value transactions,
February 27 -
The battle between banks and Apple Pay in Australia has global implications, but there is a notable rift within the banks' ranks that drives home just who benefits and who suffers by Apple getting its way.
February 27 -
Barclaycard has embedded payments technology in lots of wearables over the past few years, including gloves and jewelry.
February 24 -
The payments industry has been overrun with innovation in mobile, wearable and cloud-based digital payments. But many niches are years — if not decades — behind this trend.
February 24 -
The collaboration is part of an effort to reach a broader range of agents and global markets with digital cross-border transfers.
February 23 -
The card brand and bank will offer lending and prepaid cards to a traditionally underserved demographic.
February 23 -
The mobile point of sale company's partnership with the coffee chain was designed to bring Square's mobile payments technology into Starbucks locations. But the partnership didn't pan out and ended a couple of years ago.
February 23 -
China’s Ant Financial, an affiliate of Alibaba, is continuing its acquisition spree by purchasing stakes two digital payments firms, including South Korea’s Kakao Pay and the Philippines’ Mynt.
February 22 -
Canada-based PayByPhone has enabled Apple Pay for drivers in Vancouver, where the parking payment provider keeps its headquarters.
February 22 -
Mastercard is adding a new perk for elite customers by extending free airport and in-flight WiFi around the world for customers with certain cards targeting high-end global travelers.
February 22 -
London-based Prepaid Financial Services (PFS) has purchased Malta-based financial services software development company Spectre Technologies.
February 21 -
India's latest government-supported payments initiative, Bharat QR, officially launched on Monday, aiming to provide an interoperable mobile payments platform linking small merchants and consumers across channels via several major card payment networks.
February 21 -
Thousands of U.S. merchants are still holding out against EMV because they see no immediate threat from counterfeit card fraud, and business goes on. But a less obvious change in payment card acceptance may finally force them to upgrade.
February 21 -
MoneyGram has deepened its reach in Ghana’s busy remittances market with a new partnership with Accra-based Capital Bank, its fifth alliance with a major financial institution in the country.
February 17 -
More everyday products are becoming connected devices, including refrigerators, washing machines and even mirrors. As each household item evolves, companies are eager to transform them into channels for shopping.
February 17 -
Buying clothes can be a tedious process of waiting in lines to get into the dressing room, and then waiting in line again to make a purchase. As it turns out, eliminating the second half of this process can also reduce the first half.
February 17 -
The Canadian Federation of Independent Business (CFIB) and Mastercard have reached an agreement that will reduce payment card interchange rates for members of Canada’s largest small-business organizations, bringing them on par with large merchants’ rates in the market.
February 16 -
The rush to stake out central roles in the emerging Internet of Things is picking up speed, with IBM and Visa announcing a partnership for adding secure payments technology to everyday objects, including vehicles.
February 16 -
Samsung Pay still rules the mobile wallet roost in its home base of South Korea, but Apple Pay and Android Pay could invade the market soon, new reports suggest.
February 15 -
Sri Lanka-based Bank of Ceylon (BOC) is expanding its relationship with Mastercard by adopting Mastercard Integrated, a configurable payments processing platform introduced last year in Asia enabling card issuers and acquirers to tailor the features of a broad range of payment products.
February 14
