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
The CFPB, PrePaid Cards And Protecting Consumers To Death

So here’s a question. When is a prepaid card actually a credit card? Here’s...

Karen Webster
The “Why” Behind Google Buy

Remember the piece I wrote last week about whether payments can save the Internet...

Karen Webster
Can Payments Save Internet Ad Giants?

What do LinkedIn, Twitter, Google and Yelp have in common with goldfish? Let me...

Karen Webster
MCX’s Four Fatal Flaws And What Payments Innovators Can Learn...

MCX’s Interim CEO, Brian Mooney, starts his first day on the job today. And,...

infographics
Who Won’t Win The Mobile Wallet “Wars” And Why

Blame it on the promotional run-up to the December 2015 release of Star Wars...

Karen Webster
Why Square’s Greatest Ambition Has Become Its Biggest Threat

“Dorsey is the only guy in the industry who’s thinking about payments in a...

News
The Year of Payments – 2015 – One Quarter In

According to the Chinese lunar calendar, 2015 is the Year of the Sheep. Sheep,...

Karen Webster
Could Amazon Do To Groceries What It Did to Books?

Amazon’s launch of Dash might be the best look we’ve had so far into...