Monday Conversations

LTK’s Ulrich on How Payments and AI Turn Creators Into Shoppable Stores
LTK’s Ulrich on How Payments and AI Turn Creators Into Shoppable Stores
October 30, 2023  |  Social Commerce

Creators wield significant influence in commerce — when they recommend products, they inspire and shape their followers’ choices. But the journey from inspiration to purchase...

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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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52 Mondays 2020: The Year Of Speed, Scale And Seismic Shifts in Payments
52 Mondays 2020: The Year Of Speed, Scale And Seismic Shifts in Payments
December 28, 2020  |  Karen Webster

Looking back, when we take stock of what happened and sift through the chaos and heartbreak of the year that was, we’ll see the seismic...

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Mastercard’s New President Of Europe On EU’s Digital Payments Transformation
Mastercard’s New President Of Europe On EU’s Digital Payments Transformation
June 08, 2020  |  Digital Payments

The pandemic has introduced new variables into innovations, payments and commerce — setting up headwinds in some cases as businesses shutter, and tailwinds as consumers...

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You Heard It Here First: Best Of 2018’s Monday Conversations
You Heard It Here First: Best Of 2018’s Monday Conversations
December 24, 2018  |  Commentary

There has been a lot of concern in recent years that conversation, as an art form, is dying. The BBC has written a think piece...

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WePay: ISOs, ISVs And The Future Of PayFacs
WePay: ISOs, ISVs And The Future Of PayFacs
April 23, 2018  |  Payment Methods

The road to becoming a payments facilitator, according to WePay founder Rich Aberman - is long, expensive and technologically complex. For some ISOs and ISVs,...

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