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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A fresh rumor that Apple Inc.'s next iPhone will include Near Field Communication is producing more yawns than gasps.
June 25 -
American Express Co. has hatched a new name for its corporate digital payments service to drive home the message that it offers more than just cards for buyers initiating transactions.
June 25 -
More banks are adding prepaid card programs, but lingering regulatory uncertainty is holding many back.
June 25 -
Mobile wallet mania is experiencing another surge that some consider overblown.
June 22 -
Positive credit card charge-off trends resumed during May as the average charge-off rate for credit card receivables in securitized trusts fell, reaching its lowest point since October 2007, Moody's said June 22.
June 22 -
Inside Secure is opening up a Near Field Communication technology patent-licensing program on the heels of another company exiting the sphere.
June 22 -
Consumer use of payment cards is very much in flux, and contradictory trends are making it hard for issuers to react.
June 21 -
Consumer use of payment cards is very much in flux, and contradictory trends are making it hard for issuers to react.
June 21 -
Microsoft Corp. appears to be gunning to increase its relatively low profile in smartphones by beating Apple Inc. in announcing an NFC-based mobile wallet.
June 20 -
Fraud is eating 1.5% of the revenue from airline tickets sold online as merchants struggle to block criminals without making the purchase process too cumbersome for consumers.
June 20 -
The online music station Pandora is all about variety, but JPMorgan Chase is attempting to limit its selection in one area: advertising.
June 20 -
As Facebook moves away from virtual currency to a payment system that supports real money, a new survey shows that consumers have interest in bringing their banking business to the social media giant.
June 20 -
Facebook is moving away from its Credits virtual currency to a more robust payment system that supports real money. At the same time, new survey data show that consumers are interested in bringing their banking business to the social network.
June 20 -
Discover Financial Services may be having more success than its peers in getting consumers to revolve balances from month to month — which is where more profits lie.
June 19 -
Alliance Data Systems Corp. has agreed to buy the $475 million private-label credit card portfolio of Bon-Ton Stores Inc., a 275-store chain with outlets in 23 states.
June 19 -
Discover Financial Services saw stronger revenue during its second quarter but lower net income compared with a year earlier, the company said June 19.
June 19 -
"People love the idea of simply waving their phone and paying," says an entrepreneur whose $10 product lets them do that — by sticking their contactless card in a pocket attached to the handset.
June 6 -
Nonbank mobile wallets pose a looming threat to banks, Carlisle & Gallagher research finds.
June 4 -
Lots of mobile wallet products are hitting the market, but they'll only go as far as their usability takes them.
June 1 -
Thieves know: there's money in credit cards. Credit card numbers are still the hottest items stolen in data breaches, far surpassing debit card numbers and Social Security numbers, according to data from Javelin Strategy & Research.
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