Karen Webster

The Wells Effect
The Wells Effect
September 12, 2016  |  Bank Regulation

Last week, the CFPB came down on Wells Fargo when it exposed its egregious business practices, all in the name of being focused on the...

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Four Big Power Shifts For Commerce And Payments
Four Big Power Shifts For Commerce And Payments
September 06, 2016  |  Payment Methods

For most of the last decade, we’ve been talking about the same old, same old. Mobile payments will be how we pay. Online retailers will...

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Tune In To Payments Reality Check!
Tune In To Payments Reality Check!
August 22, 2016  |  Payment Methods

“Reality Check” was a TV show that aired in 1995 about a couple of kids who moved into a house and found a computer that...

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Walmart, Amazon And Retail’s Reinvention
Walmart, Amazon And Retail’s Reinvention
August 15, 2016  |  Retail

The Boston Red Sox and The New York Yankees are the most celebrated rivalry in sports history. It all began in 1919, when the Red...

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The Great August EMV Pile On
The Great August EMV Pile On
August 08, 2016  |  EMV

The whole world started piling on EMV last week. Media reported its confusing and clunky experience at the POS and wondered why we shouldn’t just...

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What Mobile Payments Can Learn From Debit Cards (Circa 1995)
What Mobile Payments Can Learn From Debit Cards (Circa 1995)
August 01, 2016  |  Mobile Payments

We’ve been trying to ignite mobile payments now for more than a decade and we’ve barely moved the needle. Karen Webster says that it’s time...

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Visa/PayPal And The Future Of Payments
Visa/PayPal And The Future Of Payments
July 25, 2016  |  Payments Innovation

There’s no doubt that the announcement of the Visa/PayPal partnership shook the payments world more than a little bit last Thursday. Over the last year,...

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Who’ll Be The ‘Netflix’ Of Payments?
Who’ll Be The ‘Netflix’ Of Payments?
July 18, 2016  |  Payments Innovation

Most people describe Netflix’s success as anticipating the shift from physical to digital media consumption. Karen Webster says that would be overlooking the real reason...

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The Coming Clash Of The Commerce Titans
The Coming Clash Of The Commerce Titans
July 11, 2016  |  Mobile Commerce

There’s a battle brewing in commerce, Karen Webster says. One that’s driven by the fear of being boxed into the whims of the current mobile...

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