Karen Webster

52 Mondays, 52 Conversations, 52 Ways Of Looking At Payments

52 Mondays, 52 Conversations, 52 Ways Of Looking At Payments
52 Mondays, 52 Conversations, 52 Ways Of Looking At Payments
December 26, 2017  |  Karen Webster

No year in payments is exactly alike – perhaps conversation is the only constant. 2017 was epic, from Amazon to bitcoin to hillbillies to Walmart,...

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Why The Next Big Connected Commerce Play Is Television
Why The Next Big Connected Commerce Play Is Television
December 11, 2017  |  Payments Innovation

No doubt you’ve heard the news: People aren’t watching television anymore. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited...

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What Spontaneous Commerce Can Teach Online Retailers And Payment Providers
What Spontaneous Commerce Can Teach Online Retailers And Payment Providers
December 04, 2017  |  Retail

In January 1950, William Applebaum published a piece in the Journal of Marketing about the buying behaviors of consumers in retail stores. At the time, Applebaum...

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What Walmart’s Resurgence Means For Retail And The “Pays”
What Walmart’s Resurgence Means For Retail And The “Pays”
November 20, 2017  |  Retail

Accomplished public intellectual and post-Keynesian economist John Kenneth Galbraith was well-known for four things. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article...

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What The Book Of The Month Club Can Teach Retailers About Taking On Amazon
What The Book Of The Month Club Can Teach Retailers About Taking On Amazon
November 06, 2017  |  Subscription Commerce

Thousands of little brown boxes of books, delivered by the post office all over the U.S., are sent every day to book lovers, who eagerly...

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Facebook: Too Big To Govern?
Facebook: Too Big To Govern?
October 30, 2017  |  Facebook

In December of 2008, Lindsay Ronson tried to log into her Facebook account with a new password — one she had recently created after experiencing, she...

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PYMNTS Talk Back: The Bitcoin Breakdown
PYMNTS Talk Back: The Bitcoin Breakdown
October 30, 2017  |  Bitcoin

Whether it was a bit of prescience – or perhaps a bit of prompting – we had a feeling that we might hear from the...

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Why It’s Time To Shut Down Cryptocurrencies
Why It’s Time To Shut Down Cryptocurrencies
October 16, 2017  |  Bitcoin

Two innovators approached a well-heeled investor asking for money. Their sales pitch was very convincing. They told this investor that their innovation was so incredibly...

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Who’ll Rule The Future Of Commerce?
Who’ll Rule The Future Of Commerce?
October 09, 2017  |  Commerce

Commerce intermediaries are nothing new. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content...

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