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.

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Did We Just See The Future of Mobile Payments?

Say hello to Apple Pay. It’s the new kid on the payments block and,...

Karen Webster
Innovation … You Know It When You See It

How Innovative Is Payments? No one really knows how to consistently define or measure...

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Point. Click. Save. Pay.

Point. Click. Save. Pay. That describes the experience that Blackhawk Network will enable its...

Karen Webster
Who’s On Your 2014 Fantasy Payments Team?

Even though the official end of Summer isn’t for another few weeks, the impending...

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Can Apple With NFC Ignite Mobile Payments?

Can Apple With NFC Ignite Mobile Payments? Well, we’re just about 3 weeks away...

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Is “The Uber Experience” Really The Future of Payments?

One of my colleagues recently shared an anecdote about something she observed while in...

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Could Apple Reinvent Restaurant Reservations and Payment?

OpenTable reinvented the restaurant reservation dining scene 16 years ago and more recently introduced...

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How To Get Consumers Hooked on Mobile Payments

Getting consumers hooked on something new is every innovator’s dream. There’s only one big...