Every Monday, this column space is dedicated to the musings of Karen Webster and her take on all things payments, commerce and retail. The goal: to start a conversation by taking a fresh look at how the ecosystem is changing, innovating and disrupting — all...
[vc_row][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_column_text] In many ways, 2015 was the year in which everything – and nothing — about payments changed. Plastic cards, checks – and yes, even cash – still define how payments are made among people and businesses. This is despite the billions of dollars...
Usain Bolt is the fastest human on earth, but cheetahs are three times faster. Does that make cheetahs better than a 6-time Olympic gold medal winner? It’s sort of the same debate, says MPD CEO Karen Webster, that’s raging about faster payments today. How fast...
[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_single_image image=”187803″ img_size=”full” alignment=”center” onclick=”custom_link” img_link_target=”_blank” link=”http://www.pymnts.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/The-ABCs-of-Payments-20151.pdf”][vc_btn title=”DOWNLOAD NOW” style=”flat” color=”inverse” align=”center” link=”url:http%3A%2F%2Fwww.pymnts.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2015%2F12%2FThe-ABCs-of-Payments-20151.pdf||target:%20_blank” button_block=”true”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_column_text]In many ways, 2015 was the year in which everything – and nothing — about payments changed. Plastic cards, checks – and yes, even cash – still define how payments...
A was for Apple Pay, B was for bitcoin and C was for cross-border. OK, maybe you saw those ones coming, but whatever could the Z stand for in MPD CEO Karen Webster’s Payments 2015 By The Letter? Read Part 3 of Webster's three-part series...
Narrowing an entire year of payments activity into a 26-item list may sound like quite the feat. And with one for every letter of the alpahabet? Nearly impossible. But MPD CEO Karen Webster is not one to back down from the challenge, and Part II...
HBS Professor Clay Christensen published an article last week that said Uber isn’t a disruptive innovation - even though 100 out of 100 people would beg to differ. MPD CEO Karen Webster suggests that now may be the time to retire Christensen’s nearly 30-year-old framework,...
Odysseus was a pretty clever fellow. For those who might need a crash course in ancient Greek history, Odysseus was the mythical king of the island of Ithaca and star of Homer’s story, “The Odyssey.” Odysseus always seemed to be one step ahead of those who were...
Facebook went all in on SMBs last week during its earnings call – citing a number of things that they are doing to make SMBs their BFFs. But MPD CEO Karen Webster wonders whether that’s just another way to drive ad dollars to the Facebook...
