Karen Webster

The Three Most Important Questions for the Fed on Its CBDC Plans
The Three Most Important Questions for the Fed on Its CBDC Plans
January 24, 2022  |  CBDC

The Fed released its long-awaited paper on Central Bank Digital Currencies last week. After reading it, I don’t get the feeling that even the authors...

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10 Things Will Define the Digital Transformation in 2022
10 Things Will Define the Digital Transformation in 2022
January 10, 2022  |  Payments Innovation

Ten Things Will Define the Digital Transformation in 2022 Just about everyone has their own prediction for what three, four, five or ten things will...

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52 Mondays 2021: And Just Like That, The Connected Economy Takes Off
52 Mondays 2021: And Just Like That, The Connected Economy Takes Off
December 27, 2021  |  Karen Webster

The vintage pop song says, “Monday morning, you gave me no warning of what was to be …”   No disrespect to The Mamas &...

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The Buy Now, Pay Later Battle That’s Brewing
The Buy Now, Pay Later Battle That’s Brewing
December 13, 2021  |  BNPL

The invasion of 156,000 Allied Forces on the beaches at Normandy on June 6, 1944 is regarded by historians as the big turning point of...

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Physical Retail’s Data Distortion Trap
Physical Retail’s Data Distortion Trap
December 06, 2021  |  Payments Innovation

In 1907, Mark Twain famously popularized the saying “lies, damn lies and statistics,” almost as a self-deprecating comment about his own ability to interpret “figures”...

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PYMNTS Launches TechREG™ Platform to Offer Regulatory and Public Policy Intelligence on the Digital Economy
PYMNTS Launches TechREG™ Platform to Offer Regulatory and Public Policy Intelligence on the Digital Economy
December 06, 2021  |  Regulation

When I announced the acquisition of the leading global media and content platform on antitrust and competition policy, Competition Policy International (CPI), six weeks ago,...

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Who Wants to Be a Crypto Millionaire?
Who Wants to Be a Crypto Millionaire?
November 22, 2021  |  Cryptocurrency

Who wants to be a millionaire? For two decades, beginning in 1999, that was the name of one of the most popular TV game shows...

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Making Online Checkout Better Starts at the Beginning, Not the End
Making Online Checkout Better Starts at the Beginning, Not the End
November 15, 2021  |  Payments Innovation

A study conducted in 2011 by two University of San Diego professors says that people who read the end of a book first not only...

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How Regulation Could Shape the Connected Economy’s Future
How Regulation Could Shape the Connected Economy’s Future
November 01, 2021  |  Regulation

In an era of explosive growth in online advertising and social media spend, media experts still say that TV advertising is the most effective way...

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