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.

Financial Inclusion
What Do The God Particle, Yodeling and Knights Have To...

“Vague but exciting.” These three words could be used to describe just about any...

Commentary
Weird Stuff In Payments

“The path to any success is lined with disasters.” Adam Davidson wrote a pretty...

Karen Webster
The Sure Fire Merchant Interchange Fee Fix

I’m sure you’ve heard by now that the internet was on fire last week,...

Apple Pay
Why Apple Pay Needs Merchants More Than Merchants Need Apple...

There are three things that I think we’d all agree are irrefutable outcomes of...

Apple Pay
CurrentC And The Big Merchant Mess

Whoever said there’s no such thing as bad PR obviously wasn’t on the receiving...

Apple Pay
The Real Reason Rite Aid Dumped Apple Pay

Ring, ring. Hi, Rite Aid. This is CurrentC (or a CurrentC rep) calling. You...

Apple Pay
The Scariest Things In Payments

The Scariest Things In Payments Friday is Halloween, a holiday in the U.S. that...

B2B Payments
What’s Next In Payments?

Oh, what a five years it has been! On October 20, 2009, Warren Buffet...