Karen Webster

Passing The Middle-Market Automation Exam
Passing The Middle-Market Automation Exam
December 16, 2016  |  Webinars

Though many financial institutions recognize the opportunity to help middle-market businesses automate their AP payments, they have not been able to fully capitalize on the...

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Will Amazon Eat Grocery Stores For Lunch?
Will Amazon Eat Grocery Stores For Lunch?
December 12, 2016  |  Amazon

When we all got a peek at Amazon Go last week, the buzz was all about innovating the checkout experience. That, Karen Webster writes this...

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Mastercard’s Call To Digital Payments Action
Mastercard’s Call To Digital Payments Action
November 21, 2016  |  Digital Payments

Digital payments are the wave of the future, but it’s been a pretty rocky — and inconsistent — road to getting there for both merchants...

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The Seven Deadly Data Sins Of The 2016 Presidential Election
The Seven Deadly Data Sins Of The 2016 Presidential Election
November 14, 2016  |  Big Data

The 2016 U.S. Presidential Election taught us many things. But Karen Webster said that it mostly taught us what can happen when the right people...

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Microsoft’s Shoulda-Woulda-Coulda Mobile Story
Microsoft’s Shoulda-Woulda-Coulda Mobile Story
November 07, 2016  |  Mobile

Steve Ballmer said last week that things might have been different for Microsoft and mobile had they only followed his advice. Karen Webster said it...

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The 2016 Presidential Election And Banks’ Next Four Scary Years
The 2016 Presidential Election And Banks’ Next Four Scary Years
October 31, 2016  |  Regulation

Lots of people in the U.S. will be sitting on pins and needles awaiting the election results a week from Tuesday. Not bankers, says Karen...

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What the Uber Driver Revolt Means for Payments
What the Uber Driver Revolt Means for Payments
October 24, 2016  |  Matchmakers

There’s a pretty alarming epidemic that’s now afflicting many of the matchmakers lucky enough to solve matchmaker’s biggest problem: ignition and scale. Karen Webster says...

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The Clash Of The Voice-Commerce Titans
The Clash Of The Voice-Commerce Titans
October 10, 2016  |  Voice Activation

Google, Apple and Amazon have all put some pretty big bets behind a commerce-enabled future that is activated by voice. Each brings a big checkbook...

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Retail Reinvention: Why Retail Doesn’t Need Salespeople
Retail Reinvention: Why Retail Doesn’t Need Salespeople
October 03, 2016  |  Retail

I was all set to write a very different piece this week. Then I stumbled upon a Newsweek story published on February 26, 1995 titled...

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