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.

Fintech Investments
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Consumer Insights
Why 50% of US Consumers Don’t Chase Merchant Deals

Nearly half of U.S. consumers say they shifted to brands and stores that offered...

PYMNTS - The Ongoing Battle For Consumer Retail Spend: Amazon Versus Walmart Q1 2022: The Grocery Wild Card - July 2022
Retail
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Retail
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Digital Payments
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Connected Economy
The Eight Trends That Will Shape Payments, Retail, and the...

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Karen Webster
The Year in Payments: From BNPL to FTX to the...

Looking for analysis of everything from the digital economy to consumers’ instincts about inflation?...

Economy
Consumers See Higher, Longer Inflation Than Government – Why That...

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