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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While major card issuers such as Chase and Wells Fargo roll out NFC-enabled credit and debit cards incrementally, Bank of America is taking a much more aggressive approach.
June 3 -
American Express is following other major issuers in committing to convert its credit card portfolio to contactless as customers' cards expire.
May 31 -
Paysafe has recruited TSYS exec Philip McHugh as its new CEO, a few days after news broke of the TSYS-Global Payments merger.
May 30 -
Mastercard has appointed Sasha Krstic president of its Canada operations.
May 30 -
ChargeAfter, a startup that matches retail customers with financing options at the point of sale from various lenders, has raised $8 million in its first major funding round.
May 29 -
Top executives from banks, card brands, credit unions, fintechs and more weighed in on the major issues and innovations for the payments industry.
May 29 -
The Women in Payments Leadership Exchange is a platform for prominent female executives to share not only their expertise and advice for their peers, but also to share the defining moments in their own careers.
May 28 -
Large U.S. financial institutions converting their credit and debit portfolios to contactless technology this summer are betting that transit agencies like New York shifting to open-loop NFC will help drive mass adoption.
May 28 -
Following the FIS-Worldpay and Fiserv-First Data deals, the payments and bank technology industries are in the midst of major consolidation, and TSYS is looking for a merger partner to stay competitive.
May 24 -
Most women who reach the executive level in the payments industry didn’t get there alone. Finding the right mentor, developing a voice and taking positive lessons from negative experiences often are keys to success.
May 22 -
Ticketmaster has battled fraud in paper ticketing for years — but mobile technology introduced new ways for fraudsters to steal, resell and counterfeit high-priced digital tickets.
May 20 -
JPMorgan Chase is buying InstaMed, a cloud-based health care payments platform that’s seen significant growth in recent years from consumer medical payments.
May 17 -
Shift4 Payments is giving away free payment terminals to restaurants again, but this time it's using a cloud-based approach with richer marketing tools, including links to social media.
May 17 -
Rep. Donald Payne, D-N.J., recently introduced the Payment Choice Act in the U.S. House of Representatives to prohibit retail businesses from refusing cash for payments.
May 15 -
Elavon has joined a collaboration of travel industry partners to streamline the way online travel agencies pay airlines using virtual cards.
May 15 -
Bank of America Merrill Lynch has added Apple Watch capabilities to its CashPro Mobile app, so business customers may approve corporate payments on the go.
May 14 -
Uber will use Adyen's technology to incorporate the latest version of EMVCo’s 3-D Secure authentication, which has been updated to comply with PSD2 mandates for stronger identity vetting.
May 14 -
Restaurants, electronics sellers and digital-goods merchants are seeing sharp spikes in fraud as criminals find creative new ways to interfere in online and mobile commerce.
May 14 -
Google has made significant headway against merchant reluctance and branding confusion on its path to offer mobile payments. But an influx of contactless cards in the U.S. threatens another setback to mobile wallet adoption.
May 9 -
Japanese credit card brand JCB is working with Viva Wallet to build its merchant base in Europe as part of its ongoing expansion to new global markets.
May 8
