Karen Webster

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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Will Amazon Pay Plus Worldpay Conquer Food?
Will Amazon Pay Plus Worldpay Conquer Food?
March 25, 2019  |  Payments Innovation

Most of the payments chatter last week focused on FIS’ mega acquisition of Worldpay. The topic of conversation was the inevitable consolidation of the payments...

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Faster Payments: Does The Fed Have A Hidden Agenda?
Faster Payments: Does The Fed Have A Hidden Agenda?
March 18, 2019  |  Faster Payments

“Connect the dots” is used as a metaphor to describe how a series of discrete events can explain a “big picture” – often high-impact –...

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Why Restaurants Should Be Worried
Why Restaurants Should Be Worried
March 04, 2019  |  ResTech

The true measure of innovation is when no one has come up with anything better a couple of centuries later. Nearly 300 years ago, an...

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What Amazon HQ2, Interchange Fees And Facebook Have In Common
What Amazon HQ2, Interchange Fees And Facebook Have In Common
February 18, 2019  |  Payments Innovation

I hosted a digital discussion last week with an executive from Sift with more than 15 years of experience building trust and safety organizations for...

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Could Online Intermediaries Control The Physical Point Of Sale?
Could Online Intermediaries Control The Physical Point Of Sale?
February 11, 2019  |  Payments Innovation

The year is 2039. The youngest of the bridge millennials – those 30- to 40-year-olds who today represent the first generation of connected consumers with...

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