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.

Controversial
Will Ad Blockers Drive Mobile Commerce Innovation?

[vc_row full_width=”” parallax=”” parallax_image=””][vc_column width=”1/1″][vc_column_text css_animation=””] Could the rise of mobile ad blockers be...

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Will Apple Own The Payments Customer?

It’s September 14, 2022, eight years after the first Apple Pay network and issuer...

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“First, Let’s Kill All The (Payments) Innovators!”

Dick The Butcher, in Shakespeare’s "Henry VI," famously proposed “first let’s kill the lawyers”...

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The Great American (Express) Spin-off?

2015 has been a tough year for American Express. Its stock price and market...

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To See The Future Of Retail, Look At Mobile Banking

Want to see the future of retail? Take a look at retail banking today....

Mobile Commerce
Exclusive: MCX CEO On CurrentC’s Future

On Aug. 15, 2012, a group of retailers representing $1 Trillion in purchasing power...

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How To Reinvent Retail In Three Words

Coming out of the Retail Reinvention Summit last week, one thing became very clear:...

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Payments At The Beach!

It’s the first week of August time and that can only mean one thing:...