Karen Webster

What The Launch Of Facebook’s Libra Means For Payments
What The Launch Of Facebook’s Libra Means For Payments
June 18, 2019  |  Facebook

The endless speculation over Facebook’s plans to build a new set of global payments rails and launch a global cryptocurrency comes to an end today...

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The Only Thing Missing From The Big Tech Breakup Debate: A Debate
The Only Thing Missing From The Big Tech Breakup Debate: A Debate
June 10, 2019  |  Regulation

Bashing Big Tech has become something of a sport. Regulators are circling the wagons. Policymakers are preparing to haul Big Tech execs to Capitol Hill...

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Why Search And Logistics Will Shape The Future Of Retail Payments
Why Search And Logistics Will Shape The Future Of Retail Payments
June 03, 2019  |  Payments Innovation

The two most powerful forces shaping the future of retail payments have nothing to do with payments at all. At least at first glance. Ironically,...

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Why Anyone Can Be A Unicorn Now
Why Anyone Can Be A Unicorn Now
May 20, 2019  |  Investments

It started with a postcard that was slipped under my front door in Boston last fall. It was an invitation to join an online neighborhood...

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Why The Loan Shark Prevention Act Will Harm Consumers
Why The Loan Shark Prevention Act Will Harm Consumers
May 13, 2019  |  Economy

Let’s hop into the time travel machine this Monday morning and go back to the year 1973. Here’s why. The proposed credit card interest rate...

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Will Facebook’s Crypto Payments Rails Get A Big Like?
Will Facebook’s Crypto Payments Rails Get A Big Like?
May 06, 2019  |  Payments Innovation

The news last Friday that Facebook has plans to launch its own global crypto-based payments rails is déjà vu all over again. Déjà vu because...

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Why Amazon Bet (Almost) A Billion On Certainty
Why Amazon Bet (Almost) A Billion On Certainty
April 29, 2019  |  Retail

Amazon announced last week that it would spend $800 million to make one-day shipping the default for Prime members. Much of the coverage was about...

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Is Uber Next Decade’s Trillion-Dollar Platform?
Is Uber Next Decade’s Trillion-Dollar Platform?
April 15, 2019  |  Payments Innovation

Uber filed its S-1 last Thursday (April 11), two weeks after Lyft went public. By close of business on Friday, Lyft’s stock was trading at...

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Why Me-Too Services Can’t Save Apple
Why Me-Too Services Can’t Save Apple
April 01, 2019  |  Ecosystems

Three years ago, I wrote a piece in which I said Apple had become the kind of company that Steve Jobs once said he never...

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