Karen Webster

To Disrupt or Not To Disrupt: Is That Really The Question?
To Disrupt or Not To Disrupt: Is That Really The Question?
June 23, 2014  |  Commentary

It is hard to imagine Harvard professors as anything but the sorts of people inclined to shop at J. Crew and with excellent manners. So...

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Are the Best Days over for Digital Wallets?
Are the Best Days over for Digital Wallets?
June 18, 2014  |  Commentary

The slow path to digital wallets ignition has caused some in the business to say that they’re all but dead and more or less the...

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PayPal’s Marcus Moves To Facebook
PayPal’s Marcus Moves To Facebook
June 10, 2014  |  Acquiring

Old news but new analysis. Check out Karen Webster’s take on the news that stopped the payments world from spinning on its axis for a...

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What Apple Didn’t Say That Acquirers Should Have Heard
What Apple Didn’t Say That Acquirers Should Have Heard
June 09, 2014  |  Acquiring

Last week’s Apple WWDC keynote has prompted a bunch of Monday morning quarterbacking with respect to Apple’s plans for devices, software and even payments. Although...

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Will Apple Become The American Express of Mobile Payments?
Will Apple Become The American Express of Mobile Payments?
June 02, 2014  |  Commentary

Today is the day that we might actually get a peek into Apple’s playbook on mobile payments. Anyone who hasn’t totally tuned out everything over...

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Is the EMV Journey Worth the Price?
Is the EMV Journey Worth the Price?
May 19, 2014  |  Commentary

Several reports surfaced last week that reaffirmed what we’ve all suspected – rolling out EMV in the US is going to be a long slog...

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Alibaba: The Other 550M Gorilla in Payments
Alibaba: The Other 550M Gorilla in Payments
May 12, 2014  |  Commentary

While everyone in payments has been focused on another player out west whose name begins with an “A” no one has really paid much attention...

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PYMNTS Flashback: Alibaba And ShopRunner Say “Open Sesame” To Digital Commerce
PYMNTS Flashback: Alibaba And ShopRunner Say “Open Sesame” To Digital Commerce
May 08, 2014  |  Commentary

Everybody knows the ancient story of Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves. “Open Sesame” were the magic words that opened a cave where Ali Baba...

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