Karen Webster

The Three Most Important Questions for the Fed on Its CBDC Plans

The Three Most Important Questions for the Fed on Its CBDC Plans
The Three Most Important Questions for the Fed on Its CBDC Plans
January 24, 2022  |  CBDC

The Fed released its long-awaited paper on Central Bank Digital Currencies last week. After reading it, I don’t get the feeling that even the authors...

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10 Things Will Define the Digital Transformation in 2022
10 Things Will Define the Digital Transformation in 2022
January 10, 2022  |  Payments Innovation

Ten Things Will Define the Digital Transformation in 2022 Just about everyone has their own prediction for what three, four, five or ten things will...

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52 Mondays 2021: And Just Like That, The Connected Economy Takes Off
52 Mondays 2021: And Just Like That, The Connected Economy Takes Off
December 27, 2021  |  Karen Webster

The vintage pop song says, “Monday morning, you gave me no warning of what was to be …”   No disrespect to The Mamas &...

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The Buy Now, Pay Later Battle That’s Brewing
The Buy Now, Pay Later Battle That’s Brewing
December 13, 2021  |  BNPL

The invasion of 156,000 Allied Forces on the beaches at Normandy on June 6, 1944 is regarded by historians as the big turning point of...

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Physical Retail’s Data Distortion Trap
Physical Retail’s Data Distortion Trap
December 06, 2021  |  Payments Innovation

In 1907, Mark Twain famously popularized the saying “lies, damn lies and statistics,” almost as a self-deprecating comment about his own ability to interpret “figures”...

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PYMNTS Launches TechREG™ Platform to Offer Regulatory and Public Policy Intelligence on the Digital Economy
PYMNTS Launches TechREG™ Platform to Offer Regulatory and Public Policy Intelligence on the Digital Economy
December 06, 2021  |  Legal & Regulation

When I announced the acquisition of the leading global media and content platform on antitrust and competition policy, Competition Policy International (CPI), six weeks ago,...

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Who Wants to Be a Crypto Millionaire?
Who Wants to Be a Crypto Millionaire?
November 22, 2021  |  Cryptocurrency

Who wants to be a millionaire? For two decades, beginning in 1999, that was the name of one of the most popular TV game shows...

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Making Online Checkout Better Starts at the Beginning, Not the End
Making Online Checkout Better Starts at the Beginning, Not the End
November 15, 2021  |  Payments Innovation

A study conducted in 2011 by two University of San Diego professors says that people who read the end of a book first not only...

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