Written By Karen Webster

Karen Webster is one of the world’s leading experts on emerging payments and a strategic advisor to CEOs and Boards of multinational players in the payments and commerce space. As the CEO of Market Platform Dynamics, she works extensively with the most innovative players in the payments, financial services, mobile, B2B, digital media and technology sectors to identify, ignite and monetize innovation. Karen also serves on the boards of a number of emerging companies, helping innovators develop and implement business strategies that drive market adoption for their products and services. Karen is also an entrepreneur herself, who has successfully founded and launched several new ventures in the loyalty, on-line media, and social networking sectors, including PYMNTS.com.

Karen Webster
52 Mondays 2021: And Just Like That, The Connected Economy...

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Payments Innovation
BNPL
The Buy Now, Pay Later Battle That’s Brewing

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Payments Innovation
Physical Retail’s Data Distortion Trap

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Tech Compliance
Regulation
PYMNTS Launches TechREG™ Platform to Offer Regulatory and Public Policy...

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Crypto Millionaire
Cryptocurrency
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Payments Innovation
Making Online Checkout Better Starts at the Beginning, Not the...

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Scales
Regulation
How Regulation Could Shape the Connected Economy’s Future

In an era of explosive growth in online advertising and social media spend, media...

Pinterest-PayPal
Connected Economy
Why PayPal Buying Pinterest Wasn’t Such A Bad Idea

After nearly a week of market rumors, PayPal released a short but sweet statement...