Karen Webster

Congress Wants Digital Platforms To Release Their Algorithms – Why?
Congress Wants Digital Platforms To Release Their Algorithms – Why?
November 04, 2019  |  Regulation

U.S. lawmakers proposed new legislation last week that would require internet platforms to more or less lay bare the intellectual property that drives their business...

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Why Super Apps Could Have Superpowers
Why Super Apps Could Have Superpowers
October 28, 2019  |  Payments Innovation

It’s what WeChat and Alipay already are in China, and what LINE is in Japan. Rappi follows suit in Latin America. It’s what Grab and...

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REPORT: What Apple Pay At Five Says About The Future Of Mobile POS Payments
REPORT: What Apple Pay At Five Says About The Future Of Mobile POS Payments
October 21, 2019  |  Mobile Payments

Apple Pay went live five years ago yesterday, on Oct. 20, 2014. When Tim Cook took the stage a month beforehand to announce this mobile...

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What’s Wrong With The Attack On Gig Economy Pay
What’s Wrong With The Attack On Gig Economy Pay
October 14, 2019  |  Gig Economy

Drivers can’t make ends meet. Given the median income of roughly $25,000 a year and the number of hours required behind the wheel to earn...

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What We’ve Learned From Libra
What We’ve Learned From Libra
October 07, 2019  |  Cryptocurrency

PayPal officially pulled its support of Facebook’s Libra initiative after it no-showed at the Libra Association meeting last week in Washington, D.C. PayPal’s endorsement of...

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Apple – Phone Home
Apple – Phone Home
September 30, 2019  |  Voice Activation

“There’s no place like home” are the famous words spoken by Judy Garland, playing the character of Dorothy, at the end of the iconic movie,...

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The Real-Time Payments Receivables Conundrum
The Real-Time Payments Receivables Conundrum
September 23, 2019  |  Payments Innovation

P.T. Barnum perfected the art of showmanship, a reputation burnished by the spectacular fame of the traveling circus and side show that bore his name:...

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What The Trendsetters Say About How We Will Pay Next Decade
What The Trendsetters Say About How We Will Pay Next Decade
September 16, 2019  |  Commerce Connected

Sheep are not natural-born leaders. If they were, they wouldn’t need border collies or sheepherders to make sure that they didn’t follow wolves blindly into...

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Why Invisible Will Make 2020’s Payments Innovation Roar
Why Invisible Will Make 2020’s Payments Innovation Roar
September 03, 2019  |  Payments Innovation

The famous 18th-century political satirist and author, Jonathan Swift, wrote in 1745 that “vision is the art of seeing things invisible.” Two hundred and seventy-four...

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