Karen Webster

Seven Years Later, Only 6% of People with iPhones in the US Use Apple Pay In-Store When They Can
Seven Years Later, Only 6% of People with iPhones in the US Use Apple Pay...
September 07, 2021  |  Apple Pay

Remember this? It was about seven years ago – Sept. 9, 2014 – when Tim Cook took the stage at Apple’s WWDC and introduced Apple...

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To See What ‘Normal’ Looks Like, Watch Main Street SMBs
To See What ‘Normal’ Looks Like, Watch Main Street SMBs
August 23, 2021  |  SMBs

As the world navigates the latest surge in COVID cases attributed to the Delta variant, and medical experts caution that COVID will soon transition from...

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What The Square Afterpay Deal Means For BNPL, FinTech, BigTech And Banks
What The Square Afterpay Deal Means For BNPL, FinTech, BigTech And Banks
August 09, 2021  |  Payments Innovation

Square’s announcement that it’s going to acquire Afterpay for $29 billion just about broke the payments portion of the internet last Monday (Aug. 2). No...

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Apple Pay Later Could Pose Larger Threat To Card Issuers Than To BNPL Players
Apple Pay Later Could Pose Larger Threat To Card Issuers Than To BNPL Players
July 19, 2021  |  Buy Now Pay Later

The “Pay Later” pure-play stocks took a drubbing last week on the news that Apple Pay and Goldman, who partnered on the Apple Card, are...

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Can Walmart+ Save Walmart From Amazon?
Can Walmart+ Save Walmart From Amazon?
July 12, 2021  |  Retail

Today is Chris Cracchiolo’s first day on the job at Walmart. The 19-year American Express veteran is taking over as the head of Walmart+, which...

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The Creative Destruction Of Banking: Aspiration Or Ultimatum?
The Creative Destruction Of Banking: Aspiration Or Ultimatum?
June 28, 2021  |  Banking

The economic principle of replacing existing business processes and models with innovative and more efficient ones is nothing new. In banking, it’s more recently become...

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PYMNTS Launches The Connected Economy Platform, CE 100 Tracking Index
PYMNTS Launches The Connected Economy Platform, CE 100 Tracking Index
June 21, 2021  |  Commerce Connected

Two weeks ago, Ferrari named its third CEO in as many years. That wasn’t the big news. This new CEO, Benedetto Vigna, isn’t a car...

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How Consumers Live In The Connected Economy
How Consumers Live In The Connected Economy
June 21, 2021  |  Commerce Connected

Over the last year, nearly everyone — 92 percent of consumers — went online to make a purchase, and more of them made online purchases...

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Overdrafts, Merchant Fees And Crypto: Why You Can’t Have It Both Ways
Overdrafts, Merchant Fees And Crypto: Why You Can’t Have It Both Ways
June 01, 2021  |  Payments Innovation

Senator Elizabeth Warren’s exchange with J.P. Morgan CEO Jamie Dimon on overdraft fees has been viewed 750,000 times in the first 24 hours since the...

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