Written By Karen Webster

Karen Webster is 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. As the CEO of Market Platform Dynamics, she works extensively with the most innovative players in the payments, financial services, mobile, B2B, digital media and technology sectors to identify, ignite and monetize innovation. Karen also serves on the boards of a number of emerging companies, helping innovators develop and implement business strategies that drive market adoption for their products and services. Karen is also an entrepreneur herself, who has successfully founded and launched several new ventures in the loyalty, on-line media, and social networking sectors, including PYMNTS.com.

Payment Methods
Could Apple Be The Next Amex, Or Could Amex Be...

We all watched yesterday as two of the NFL’s crown jewels battled it out...

eCommerce
Massive Online Retail Data Error Uncovered

It’s common knowledge that Kodak’s demise came at the hands of digital. But few...

Amazon
Is Alexa The Savior or Slayer Of Merchants?

“Defender of man.” That’s the meaning of a girl’s name that, until recently, wasn’t...

Mobile Commerce
The Six Things That Will Define Payments In 2016

There are lots of things that will influence the actions of the players within...

Payment Methods
Five From ’15: The 2016 Payments Pacesetters

There are four more days until we say “bye-bye” to 2015 and “hello” to...

Karen Webster
The Race For Faster Payments Rails

Usain Bolt is the fastest human on earth, but cheetahs are three times faster....

Karen Webster
The Rest Of The Payments 2015 By The Letter: S...

A was for Apple Pay, B was for bitcoin and C was for cross-border....

Karen Webster
Payments 2015 By The Letter: L Through R

Narrowing an entire year of payments activity into a 26-item list may sound like...