Karen Webster

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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Apple Pay’s Tough Twenty Months
Apple Pay’s Tough Twenty Months
June 27, 2016  |  Mobile Payments

In the mood for a little role play today? Your head of product walks into your office with his end of quarter report for one...

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Payments’ Innovation Half-Year Progress Report
Payments’ Innovation Half-Year Progress Report
June 20, 2016  |  Mobile Payments

At the start of the year, I wrote a piece that outlined six trends that I suggested would set the agenda for payments innovation and...

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What Apple Didn’t Tell You Last Week
What Apple Didn’t Tell You Last Week
June 13, 2016  |  Apple

This piece will give you important insight that hasn’t been covered about Apple’s developer announcement last week. So, keep reading. I promise it will be...

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The Rumble In Big Retail’s Jungle
The Rumble In Big Retail’s Jungle
June 06, 2016  |  Amazon

The world lost “The Greatest of All Time,” boxer Muhammad Ali, over the weekend due to complications associated with his 32-year battle with Parkinson’s disease. Ali...

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The Curse Of The (Startup) Cool Kids
The Curse Of The (Startup) Cool Kids
May 31, 2016  |  Innovation

‘Tis the season for … caps and gowns! Nearly three and a half million kids will graduate from high school this year and millions more...

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Why It Pays To Be Thick In Mobile Payments
Why It Pays To Be Thick In Mobile Payments
May 23, 2016  |  Mobile Payments

Starbucks and Dunkin’ have cracked it. Walmart Pay seems to have all of the ingredients to do it, too. Facebook and Messenger could but haven’t...

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