Odysseus was a pretty clever fellow. For those who might need a crash course in ancient Greek history, Odysseus was the mythical king of the island of Ithaca and star of Homer’s story, “The Odyssey.” Odysseus always seemed to be one step ahead of those who were...
Facebook went all in on SMBs last week during its earnings call – citing a number of things that they are doing to make SMBs their BFFs. But MPD CEO Karen Webster wonders whether that’s just another way to drive ad dollars to the Facebook...
“Curiouser and Curiouser” might have first been spoken by Alice in Wonderland after she tumbled down the rabbit hole, but it seems to sum up the state of play now in mobile payments. MPD CEO Karen Webster says that the Chase Pay announcement last week...
There’s a perfect storm brewing in payments – one that’s intensifying because of the shift to EMV. And one that could accelerate the adoption of mobile payments. But not the way that you think, says MPD CEO Karen Webster. The impressive results that merchants are...
Was med-tech startup, Theranos, following in the footsteps of Uber and simply embarking on “permissionless” innovation? Or is its current firestorm the consequence of groupthink given its storied roster of investors and board members? With $400M in investments and a $9B valuation, MPD CEO Karen...
The law of unintended consequences is alive and well in Washington, D.C. and in particular, inside the agency formed to advocate for the consumer in matters related to financial services. So says MPD CEO Karen Webster, who compares the actions of the CFPB over the...
The Blockchain: “It’s just like the Internet.” And so starts every conversation by the devoted to explain why bitcoin and the blockchain is the technology that will forever change how financial services and payments happens around the world. Except that it’s not. MPD CEO Karen...
MPD CEO Karen Webster says that everything that you’ve heard over the last several years about how successful mobile payments are at the physical point of sale is wrong. Starting with how it’s taken off like a rocket ship in Europe and how the U.S....
[vc_row full_width=”” parallax=”” parallax_image=””][vc_column width=”1/1″][vc_column_text css_animation=””] Could the rise of mobile ad blockers be the “killer app” that mobile commerce has been looking for all of these years? Ad blockers got the Internet buzzing last week, mostly as the result of Apple’s decision to include...
