Here, we bring together commentary from 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 - Karen Webster.
Ever wish it were as easy as having a pair of Ruby Red slippers to get where you want to be? In the case of retailers, it would be to that omnichannel nirvana where consumers download their apps and use them exclusively. But, as MPD...
The Fed’s new mobile survey data contains a treasure trove of information on how mobile payments and digital wallets are doing. To guide us through the mass of data MPD CEO Karen Webster relies on a well-known and highly rigorous statistical technique to ferret out...
Richard Clarke's assessment of the state of cybercrime in the U.S. started quite the conversation at The Innovation Project. So much of one, that it got MPD CEO Karen Webster to thinking about EMV's future as a "must-have" security protocol for card fraud. She's come...
Uh oh. More bad news for the banks. And this time it doesn’t come from the regulators. The source of bad news is the Millennial generation who have given traditional banks a big “meh” when it comes to the importance they place on banks vis...
I had the chance to visit with Mike Passilla recently to get the scoop on the Chase Merchant Services (CMS) Group he leads at Chase and the value it delivers to consumers and merchants. I’ve written before that my view on CMS is that it...
I feel like I’m back in school. In preparing for The Innovation Project’s lead off session with Professor Michael Porter, the father of competitive strategy, and 10 CEOs from across the established and emerging payments/commerce ecosystem, I decided to do a “five forces” framework analysis...
A deep dive into mobile payments. PYMMNTS Summer School Karen Webster Opening Keynote from PYMNTS.com
Today, the nattering nabobs of bitcoin negativity are smugly pointing to mounting evidence that Bitcoin is just one big bubble on its way to becoming something pretty itsy-bitsy. With prices flopping between $1,100, $500, $900, and then below $100, all in the space of a...
