Karen Webster

The Walmart/Amazon Whole Paycheck Matchup
The Walmart/Amazon Whole Paycheck Matchup
November 19, 2018  |  Consumer Insights

Walmart’s Q3 earnings last week was a story of strong digital sales and 16 consecutive quarters of same-store sales growth. Consumers, executives said, continue to...

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The Apple iPhone Sales Rope-A-Dope
The Apple iPhone Sales Rope-A-Dope
November 05, 2018  |  Mobile Payments

Apple’s taken a beating since announcing its Q4 earnings last week. The stock price is off nearly 7 percent, even though its trillion-dollar market cap...

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Will Facebook Overcome Its Problems In Q3 Results?
Will Facebook Overcome Its Problems In Q3 Results?
October 30, 2018  |  Earnings

Investors have their anxious eyes on Facebook this Tuesday (October 30), as the social media operator plans to report third-quarter 2018 results after the market...

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Seven Big Threats Facing Seven Big Tech And Payments Players This Halloween
Seven Big Threats Facing Seven Big Tech And Payments Players This Halloween
October 29, 2018  |  Commerce

Halloween, the annual celebration of the spooky and supernatural, is just a couple of days away. For many in payments and the vast ecosystem that...

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How Connected Devices Are Revolutionizing How And Who We Pay
How Connected Devices Are Revolutionizing How And Who We Pay
October 22, 2018  |  Payments Innovation

Connected devices — smartphones, tablets, voice-activated speakers, smartwatches, in-car dashboard systems — are changing how consumers in the U.S. buy and pay. Not just some...

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How Much Of The Consumer’s Paycheck Goes To Amazon?
How Much Of The Consumer’s Paycheck Goes To Amazon?
October 15, 2018  |  Consumer Finance

In 2009, consumers first coined the term “Whole Paycheck” as a tongue-in-cheek way to describe the sticker shock many felt when looking at their receipts...

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The Roil Over B2B Payments Rails
The Roil Over B2B Payments Rails
October 08, 2018  |  Payments Innovation

B2B payments innovators and Warren Buffet have something in common: They are both obsessed with rails. Warren Buffet made rails sexy again when he bought a...

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Bitcoin: 10 Years Of Smoke And Mirrors
Bitcoin: 10 Years Of Smoke And Mirrors
October 01, 2018  |  Bitcoin

The end of this month, Oct. 31, 2018, will mark the 10th anniversary of the day that a link to a paper, authored by Satoshi...

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Who’s Going In The Connected Car Driver’s Seat?
Who’s Going In The Connected Car Driver’s Seat?
September 24, 2018  |  Innovation

Before there was Alexa, Bixby, Siri and Google Assistant, there was Emma Nutt. Emma Nutt, born in 1860 in a small town in Maine, was...

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