Karen WebsterThe Creative Destruction Of BankingThe economic principle of replacing existing business processes and models with innovative and more efficient ones is nothing new. In…Jun 28, 2021Jun 28, 2021
Karen WebsterHow Consumers Live In The Connected EconomyOver the last year, nearly everyone — 92 percent of consumers — went online to make a purchase, and more of them made online purchases (75…Jun 21, 2021Jun 21, 2021
Karen WebsterOverdraft Fees, Merchant Fees And Crypto: Why You Can’t Have It Both WaysSenator Elizabeth Warren’s exchange with J.P. Morgan CEO Jamie Dimon on overdraft fees has been viewed 750,000 times in the first 24 hours…Jun 1, 2021Jun 1, 2021
Karen WebsterThe Instacart Way To Innovating In The Connected EconomyWould you be surprised if I told you that as many U.S. consumers now order groceries online as order restaurant food online?May 24, 2021May 24, 2021
Karen WebsterCoinbase As Netscape 2.0? 5 Things You Must BelieveCoinbase’s April 14 IPO was the stock market event that launched a thousand superlatives. A “ watershed moment,” a “ rocket” that analysts…Apr 19, 2021Apr 19, 2021
Karen WebsterWill Consumers Cut The Traditional POS Cord?Netflix first introduced its streaming service in the U.S. in January of 2007. It landed with a bit of a thud with analysts and pundits.Apr 12, 2021Apr 12, 2021
Karen WebsterThe Future of Retail Is At The Grocery StoreThe U.S. has 40,460 grocery stores. If you want to see how physical retail might look 20 years from now, you might want to watch the…Mar 29, 2021Mar 29, 2021
Karen WebsterWhat The Year Of Digital Means For BusinessThe U.S. has mobilized the largest COVID-19 vaccination rollout of any country in the world. The Biden administration has set May 1 as the…Mar 22, 2021Mar 22, 2021
Karen WebsterDigital Intermediaries Threaten Payments Status QuoMarch 19 will mark the one-year anniversary of the U.S. lockdown in the face of the global pandemic. Since then, the payments and commerce…Mar 8, 2021Mar 8, 2021
Karen WebsterWalmart’s Bid To Go From Supercenter To Super AppThirty-three years ago, in 1988, in Washington, Missouri, the first Walmart Supercenter opened its doors. The store concept itself took a…Feb 23, 2021Feb 23, 2021