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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Though Apple Pay hasnt lit the world on fire since its launch in October 2014, Apples dominant role in mobile e-commerce means its mobile wallet still has the power to hurt payment industry rivals, analysts say.
June 13 -
Mere days after pressuring Visa to scrap plans for a fee that would allegedly would penalize issuers for shifting volume to other card networks, Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., went after MasterCard about a different fee.
June 10 -
The news that Shell Oil has agreed to accept Chase Pay at more than 6,000 gas stations couldnt have come at a more interesting moment.
June 10 -
The news that Shell Oil has agreed to accept Chase Pay at more than 6,000 gas stations couldnt have come at a more interesting moment.
June 9 -
China has officially opened its doors to payment companies from beyond its borders, this week unveiling the formal rules for foreign companies applying for bank-clearing privileges.
June 8 -
Consumers enrolled in the CurrentC mobile wallet in Columbus, Ohio will be cut off after June 28 when the year-long pilot conducted by Merchant Customer Exchange (MCX) ends.
June 8 -
Verifone is taking a scalpel to its business after seeing soft results during its second fiscal quarter, enacting a plan to cut 5% of its personnel and look for opportunities to jettison older, underperforming parts of its business.
June 8 -
Globe Telecom, the Philippines' largest wireless carrier, has formed a partnership for carrier billing with Fortumo, enabling its mobile phone customers to bill digital purchases to their monthly wireless statement.
June 7 -
Oberthur Technologies has teamed with Chinese smartwatch maker Mobvoi and China UnionPay (CUP), to add contactless payments technology to Mobvois popular Ticwatch.
June 6 -
Months after announcing plans to launch Apple Pay, Yum Brands Kentucky Fried Chicken this week said its enabling the mobile walletalong with Android Pay and Samsung Pay at the same time.
June 3 -
The National Retail Federation wants the Federal Trade Commission to do more than merely check up on the companies that routinely assess merchants for compliance with the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standards (PCI DSS).
June 2 -
In what could bring major visibility to the emerging market for wearable payments, Visa today unveiled an NFC-enabled piece of jewelry its giving to 45 Olympic athletes on Team Visa.
June 2 -
As the Costco-Citibank credit card partnership hits full stride this month following the retailers painful split with longtime credit card partner American Express, Bank of America is making a change to its own credit card rewards program to win the business of warehouse club shoppers.
June 1 -
The last three of Canadas large banks today said theyve launched Apple Pay, joining the country's Interac debit network and the company's few other financial providers to enable Apple's digital wallet to completely blanket Canada.
June 1 -
Its too soon to know how the futuristic Internet of Things (IoT) the array of Web-connected devices and home appliances will handle payments, but older concepts such as Near Field Communication and prepaid cards already have an advantage.
June 1 -
Square Inc. may be having a tougher time convincing merchants to buy its $49 EMV card reader than it did the free magstripe version it built its business on.
May 31 -
Samsung announced a partnership with Citibank Singapore Limited enabling support for Samsung Pay on newer Samsung handsets in the Singapore region. Samsung Pay will launch there this summer following a pilot, the technology maker said in a May 30 press release.
May 31 -
Credit bureau TransUnion is diversifying its online security services with a strategic partnership announced this week with Dashlane, provider of a fast-growing password-management platform.
May 27 -
PayPal next month will launch a new mobile app for its iOS and Android users, but anyone using the PayPal app designed for Windows Phone, BlackBerry or the Amazon Fire handset is out of luck.
May 26 -
Apple Pay reached its sixth country last month when American Express extended it to customers in Singapore, and now banks issuing MasterCard and Visa products are adding its support as well.
May 25