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.

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Groupon IPO Delay: Is a Strategic About-Face Next?

OK, having  just written a little analysis on the deal space, I was feeling...

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Drama in Deal-Land

Could it be that the bloom is off of the daily deal rose? The...

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Prof. Steve Jobs: Lessons from His Legacy for the Payments...

(Editor’s Note: Apple co-founder Steve Jobs passed away Wednesday, Oct. 5. He was 56....

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mPayments Trust: Google or Facebook?

Familiarity breeds trust, it seems, especially when it comes to mobile payments. By now,...

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Analysis: After Google Buys Motorola, What’s Next for the Payments...

Just when you thought things couldn’t possibly get more exciting in the mobile world,...

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Experts Debate EMV and mPayments Mojo

I had the chance to moderate an awesome panel of mobile payments “playmakers” on...

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From Search to Swipe…Google Does Cards

So, I wonder how many payments industry hearts stopped beating yesterday morning when the...

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Tempo, Take 2: Lessons the Payments Sector Can Learn From

The interview that I did with Mike Grossman, CEO of Tempo  Payments triggered several...