Karen Webster

The Rise of AI Agents and the Fall of Digital Wallets

The Rise of AI Agents and the Fall of Digital Wallets
The Rise of AI Agents and the Fall of Digital Wallets
September 24, 2025  |  artificial intelligence

In 1996 the Palm Pilot felt like the future. For those unfamiliar (or not yet born), the Palm Pilot was a pocket computer that organized...

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Don Kingsborough: Catalyst, Colleague and Friend
Don Kingsborough: Catalyst, Colleague and Friend
September 22, 2025  |  Innovation

March 7, 1947  –  September 13, 2025 Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content...

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Department Stores of the Future Are AI Agents
Department Stores of the Future Are AI Agents
September 17, 2025  |  artificial intelligence

There’s a little of my mother in my grocery cart. Downy Fabric Softener, Reynolds Wrap and Philadelphia Cream Cheese are brands I still buy without...

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How Leading Enterprises Really Measure Gen AI ROI
How Leading Enterprises Really Measure Gen AI ROI
September 03, 2025  |  artificial intelligence

Everything you always wanted to know about how to measure the return on investment of generative AI (and agentic AI) comes down to one anecdote:...

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10 Years Later, Platforms Still Define the Connected Economy
10 Years Later, Platforms Still Define the Connected Economy
August 27, 2025  |  Connected Economy

In 2016, David Evans and Richard Schmalensee published the Harvard Business School Press book, Matchmakers: The New Economics of Multisided Platforms. The book explained what...

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Tariffs. Who Really Pays.
Tariffs. Who Really Pays.
August 20, 2025  |  Economy

The U.S. middle class is more than a household income bracket. The American middle class has always been the heartbeat of the U.S. economy. The...

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Why Trust is Data’s Only Real Currency
Why Trust is Data’s Only Real Currency
August 13, 2025  |  Data

Mark Twain once remarked that there are “lies, damned lies, and statistics.” A century later, the line still gets a chuckle. Not because statistics are...

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Gen Z Isn’t Different. They’re Digital by Default.
Gen Z Isn’t Different. They’re Digital by Default.
August 06, 2025  |  Consumer Insights

By the 1920s, cars and telephones had changed how people connected. Young adults could travel on their own and make plans without meeting in person....

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The New Face of Credit is the Debit Card
The New Face of Credit is the Debit Card
July 30, 2025  |  BNPL

About sixty years ago, credit cards changed shopping by solving a simple problem: they let people buy now and pay later anywhere the cards were...

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