Karen Webster

Groupon IPO Delay: Is a Strategic About-Face Next?
Groupon IPO Delay: Is a Strategic About-Face Next?
September 06, 2011  |  Commentary

OK, having  just written a little analysis on the deal space, I was feeling pretty prescient about the Groupon IPO delay story that popped up...

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Dangers of Assuming Invincibility – Could Your Firm Go the Way of the Typewriter Makers?
Dangers of Assuming Invincibility – Could Your Firm Go the Way of the Typewriter Makers?
June 29, 2011  |  Commentary

There was a lot of great stuff that came out of the Payments Innovation Institute at Harvard last week but two anecdotes that have absolutely...

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“Googling” mPayments Ignition? Why Google’s Wallet May Be the Top Search Result
“Googling” mPayments Ignition? Why Google’s Wallet May Be the Top Search Result
May 29, 2011  |  Commentary

– Ask the Industry: Will Google Wallet ignite mobile payments? Share your thoughts here.   Google’s announcement today of its NFC-mobile payments scheme is, with...

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Analysis: Did Durbin Doom ISIS? Exec Reveals Reason for Strategy Shift
Analysis: Did Durbin Doom ISIS? Exec Reveals Reason for Strategy Shift
May 15, 2011  |  Commentary

Hooray for the ISIS team for making the point that if Durbin is implemented as proposed, or close to it, innovation as we know it...

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CrISIS at ISIS
CrISIS at ISIS
May 04, 2011  |  Commentary

OK, I have to say that the news yesterday about ISIS did not come as a great surprise to me. We were pretty gloomy (even...

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Analysis: Hip to be “Square?” Why Visa Thinks So
Analysis: Hip to be “Square?” Why Visa Thinks So
May 02, 2011  |  Commentary

Last week’s announcement of Visa’s strategic investment in Square set off a wave of news reports and blog posts about its implications for Visa, Square...

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Google Takes on NFC, Will They Crack the Code?
Google Takes on NFC, Will They Crack the Code?
March 17, 2011  |  Commentary

Google has signaled that it will do two things no one else in the payments ecosystem has done or even talked about: make a business...

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Loves Me, Loves Me Not: Rewards
Loves Me, Loves Me Not: Rewards
February 16, 2011  |  Commentary

Valentine’s Day has come and gone, but the weeklong “Loves Me” or “Loves Me Not” series on PYMNTS.com is just beginning. The fourth stop for...

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Will Apple Get Us to Wave At the Point of Sale?
Will Apple Get Us to Wave At the Point of Sale?
January 26, 2011  |  Commentary

Reader Warning: My usually sunny demeanor has been replaced by a little crankiness, given an unfortunate, unintended consequence of the snow and ice that has...

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