Written By Karen Webster

Karen Webster is one of the world’s leading experts on emerging payments and a strategic advisor to CEOs and Boards of multinational players in the payments and commerce space. As the CEO of Market Platform Dynamics, she works extensively with the most innovative players in the payments, financial services, mobile, B2B, digital media and technology sectors to identify, ignite and monetize innovation. Karen also serves on the boards of a number of emerging companies, helping innovators develop and implement business strategies that drive market adoption for their products and services. Karen is also an entrepreneur herself, who has successfully founded and launched several new ventures in the loyalty, on-line media, and social networking sectors, including PYMNTS.com.

Apple Pay
The Apple Pay Threat Facing Banks

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Credit Cards
Why the Credit Card Competition Act Won’t Lower Merchant Interchange...

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Buy Now Pay Later
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Healthcare
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Karen Webster
The Eight Pivotal Strategies for Payments and the Digital Economy...

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Karen Webster
52 Mondays 2023: The Year of Acronyms, AI and the...

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Payment Methods
PayPal: The Online Payments Friction Fighter That Became Friction

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Consumer Insights
What Electric Vehicles, Impossible Foods and Buy Now, Pay Later...

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