Written By Karen Webster

Karen Webster is one of the world’s leading experts on emerging payments and a strategic advisor to CEOs and Boards of multinational players in the payments and commerce space. As the CEO of Market Platform Dynamics, she works extensively with the most innovative players in the payments, financial services, mobile, B2B, digital media and technology sectors to identify, ignite and monetize innovation. Karen also serves on the boards of a number of emerging companies, helping innovators develop and implement business strategies that drive market adoption for their products and services. Karen is also an entrepreneur herself, who has successfully founded and launched several new ventures in the loyalty, on-line media, and social networking sectors, including PYMNTS.com.

Voice Activation
The Clash Of The Voice-Commerce Titans

Google, Apple and Amazon have all put some pretty big bets behind a commerce-enabled...

Retail
Retail Reinvention: Why Retail Doesn’t Need Salespeople

I was all set to write a very different piece this week. Then I...

Is It “A Bot Time” For Payments To Jump On The Bot Bandwagon?
Chatbots And Commerce
Is It ‘A Bot Time’ For Payments To Jump On...

Bots are in, and apps are out, says the media. And that fire was...

Bank Regulation
The Wells Effect

Last week, the CFPB came down on Wells Fargo when it exposed its egregious...

Surviving Payments Four Big Power Shifts
Payment Methods
Four Big Power Shifts For Commerce And Payments

For most of the last decade, we’ve been talking about the same old, same...

Tune In To Payments Reality Check!
Payment Methods
Tune In To Payments Reality Check!

“Reality Check” was a TV show that aired in 1995 about a couple of...

Retail
Walmart, Amazon And Retail’s Reinvention

The Boston Red Sox and The New York Yankees are the most celebrated rivalry...

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EMV
The Great August EMV Pile On

The whole world started piling on EMV last week. Media reported its confusing and...