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.

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Millennials vs. Boomers: Who Will Boost Consumer Spending?

I walked to my little local market this morning in Boston and saw the...

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Apple’s mPayments Strategy: Wait And See

Three guesses – and the first two don’t count – on who said this about what...

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How JCP’s Strategy Made A Penney Not Saved

Just about everyone by now knows the story of JC Penney, or JCP as...

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The Incredible Shrinking Google Wallet

Seven years into the retail payments game, search giant Google has struggled to find...

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The Innovation Project 2013: Igniting Payments Innovation

Visa, Chase Deal Personifies Payments Platform Trend Social Media Sentiments: Who Really Drives (Or...

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Visa, Chase Deal Personifies Payments Platform Trend

Payments has always been about platforms, of course, given the sector's two/multi-sided structure. But...

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Social Media Sentiments: Who Really Drives (Or Deters) Mobile Payments?

Neiman’s Loyalty Lessons Facebook Gets Physical MasterCard made plenty of news on Monday at...

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Facebook Gets Physical

NFC At MIT: Which Wallets Will Win? Neiman’s Loyalty Lessons The “Facebook goes offline”...