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Karen Webster offers a sneak peek into a PYMNTS Intelligence research project that projects ROI for the successful use of GenAI.
8 days ago
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What does Generation Z want from their bank? A million data points and a PYMNTS Intelligence study later, we start to find some answers.
23 days ago
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Walmart’s new strategy — reaching younger, hipper audiences with upscale product — is compelling but may face challenges, says Karen Webster.
about 1 month ago
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The growing use and adoption of Apple Pay’s Wallet in-app threatens how banks now think about digital wallets, writes Karen Webster.
about 2 months ago
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Karen Webster says the CCCA, if passed, may have unintended consequences that undermine its intended benefits and beneficiaries.
about 2 months ago
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Karen Webster says consumers aren’t using BNPL any differently than credit cards to pay for the groceries in their basket at checkout.
2 months ago
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Trying to get rid of the middleman seems to be a universal business pastime. Companies spend billions trying to “go direct” to gather first-party data,
4 months ago
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Karen Webster offers her annual take on things that she thinks anyone with a stake in payments and the digital economy should have on their to-do list in 2024.
4 months ago
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Each Monday, Karen Webster publishes her musings on payments and the digital economy. In 2023, there weren’t as many musings as Mondays, but all packed a punch.
4 months ago
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Karen Webster’s Saturday morning run turned into an IRL examination of how PayPal’s online payments friction-fighting moniker may have lost its luster.
5 months ago
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Karen Webster says analyze early adopters and how to size the mature market; those who show up at the start aren’t enough to a carry product over the finish line.
5 months ago
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Karen Webster says the GenAI operating systems playing field is getting crowded with Amazon, Microsoft, Meta and OpenAI and their visions for content and devices.
5 months ago
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Microsoft’s $13B OpenAI investment came with no seat on the board; Karen Webster calls that an existential threat that could put their entire GenAI future at risk.
6 months ago
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Shopify is hoping that the 1% Shop Cash program will ignite the Shop App, but Karen Webster says it’s probably not causing a lot of sleepless nights in Seattle.
6 months ago
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Any split-payments POS lending is called “buy now, pay later,” despite a range of products and personas involved. Karen Webster says BNPL has its Kleenex Moment.
7 months ago
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Why Consumers Don't Care About Monthly CPI – and Why it Matters - PYMNTS.com
7 months ago
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The Great Connected Consumer Paradox - PYMNTS.com
7 months ago
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What Early Warning's Paze Has in Common With Amazon's Fire ... - PYMNTS.com
8 months ago
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Amazon, with Whole Foods and Amazon Fresh, is hiding in plain sight, capable of disrupting how and where consumers find, buy, pay for, and eat their food.
almost 2 years ago
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Is Apple Pay Later really a threat to pure play BNPL providers such as Affirm, Afterpay and PayPal? Karen Webster says probably not.
almost 2 years ago
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Apple’s reported plan to bring payments and financial services in house is tough to pull off because Apple needs one thing it doesn’t have: a commerce ecosystem.
about 2 years ago