Karen Webster

The Great August EMV Pile On

The Great August EMV Pile On
The Great August EMV Pile On
August 08, 2016  |  EMV

The whole world started piling on EMV last week. Media reported its confusing and clunky experience at the POS and wondered why we shouldn’t just...

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What Mobile Payments Can Learn From Debit Cards (Circa 1995)
What Mobile Payments Can Learn From Debit Cards (Circa 1995)
August 01, 2016  |  Mobile Payments

We’ve been trying to ignite mobile payments now for more than a decade and we’ve barely moved the needle. Karen Webster says that it’s time...

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Visa/PayPal And The Future Of Payments
Visa/PayPal And The Future Of Payments
July 25, 2016  |  Payments Innovation

There’s no doubt that the announcement of the Visa/PayPal partnership shook the payments world more than a little bit last Thursday. Get the Full Story...

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Who’ll Be The ‘Netflix’ Of Payments?
Who’ll Be The ‘Netflix’ Of Payments?
July 18, 2016  |  Payments Innovation

Most people describe Netflix’s success as anticipating the shift from physical to digital media consumption. Karen Webster says that would be overlooking the real reason...

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The Coming Clash Of The Commerce Titans
The Coming Clash Of The Commerce Titans
July 11, 2016  |  Mobile Commerce

There’s a battle brewing in commerce, Karen Webster says. One that’s driven by the fear of being boxed into the whims of the current mobile...

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Apple Pay’s Tough Twenty Months
Apple Pay’s Tough Twenty Months
June 27, 2016  |  Mobile Payments

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Payments’ Innovation Half-Year Progress Report
Payments’ Innovation Half-Year Progress Report
June 20, 2016  |  Mobile Payments

At the start of the year, I wrote a piece that outlined six trends that I suggested would set the agenda for payments innovation and...

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What Apple Didn’t Tell You Last Week
What Apple Didn’t Tell You Last Week
June 13, 2016  |  Apple

This piece will give you important insight that hasn’t been covered about Apple’s developer announcement last week. So, keep reading. I promise it will be...

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The Rumble In Big Retail’s Jungle
The Rumble In Big Retail’s Jungle
June 06, 2016  |  Amazon

The world lost “The Greatest of All Time,” boxer Muhammad Ali, over the weekend due to complications associated with his 32-year battle with Parkinson’s disease. Ali...

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