Karen Webster

The fact that Agentic AI has already become more than a buzzword speaks to the technology's potential to disrupt and impact financial services. During our What's Next in Payments conversation, @i2cinc CEO @awain outlines some of the critical infrastructure elements needed for a https://t.co/glFsRML4Ji

Consolidation amid fragmentation. That’s @splitit CEO Nandan Sheth’s advice to dominant credit providers, and why there’s “value and a utility in consolidating the credit needs of a consumer off of [their own] platform.” Nandan tells me what’s next for banks and the role they https://t.co/pkgev3XVGa

For digital wallet use across borders, it takes a network to solve the Interoperability conundrum. I recently sat down with @aniruddhasane, co-founder and chief business officer at @TerraPay, whose firm is building that such a network. He explains how interoperability is less https://t.co/JsfWKzGvJs

Think about your last unplanned purchase. Was it something you didn’t plan to buy, but saw and wanted to grab “just because.” Or was it an essential purchase – flat tire, broken washing machine, or lost iPhone. The latest @PYMNTS Intelligence report, with support from @Splitit, https://t.co/ZSfxvEwtlx

RT @mlevchin: Great to discuss Affirm’s journey with @PYMNTS. Fun to look back on how much we’ve grown, and excited for what’s ahead for ho…

Ingraining debit into the ‘reward psyche’ of the forty-six million consumers who don't have credit cards. That's the goal for @GalileoFintech CEO Derek White, who told me why he believes that providing payments (and rewards) optionality is "where the real opportunity lies," as https://t.co/ywQclN6Wzh

Where the BNPL industry has zigged, @Affirm has zagged. That was a quote from Affirm co-Founder and CEO @mlevchin in response to a question asked by an analyst on their last earnings call. And so that’s how I began my wide-ranging conversation with Max on all things credit (yes, https://t.co/g6k5MFKeGP

I love a good framework. Today @PYMNTS Intelligence released the latest from their Framework Series, this one on redefining the credit economy. This report is part history, part trends and part ecosystem analysis. We believe these insights are particularly unique, and potentially https://t.co/RgetCOSpi6

Neighborhood commerce built around the home. Most of the coverage about @BiltRewards' acquisition of @Get_Banyan has centered around the loyalty and rewards outcome. I believe the more meaningful angle is what this team-up means for the rewiring of commerce built around the home https://t.co/doqny55gaS

I just love this paycheck to paycheck data series so much. This month we focus on planners and reactors when it comes to managing cash flow. You might be surprised where high earners fit: https://t.co/TeVYTx746O https://t.co/St5OilLvp0

How to build and launch a stablecoin off-ramp to fiat in 100 days. Not a typo. @stablesea_xyz comes out of stealth today with a platform that Tanner Taddeo, CEO and co-Founder, says serves as an important service layer within the #stablecoin tech stack, to solve the Fortune 500 https://t.co/SWYgXPoHin

What do electronic medical records and the EV industry have in common? The role of subsidies in getting innovative platforms with a positive outcome for society off the ground. Getting any new platform off the ground requires incentives and investments to get all of the relevant

Well, here’s something interesting. To kick off the year, I wrote a piece about the five not-so-obvious things that I believed would change the digital economy in 2025. One of those things was a prediction that the world’s biggest physical retailer would challenge the world’s

It's a wacky Wednesday in Washington! That alliteration is courtesy of @amiasmg , who usually joins me on Monday for these conversations, but we decided to wait until today so we could discuss The House Financial Services Committee's hearing on digital assets (AKA stable coins, https://t.co/tFj5dSKUL2

In March of 2020, the @PYMNTS Intelligence team began to benchmark the paycheck-to-paycheck status of Americans as part of our monthly consumer studies related to COVID, the digital shift and how people spent and saved their money. 5 years later, 67% of Americans consumers live

There is a better way for retailers to innovate in person commerce. That’s what @cantaloupeinc_ CEO @ravivenkatesan and I chatted about the other day. That way is the evolution of Amazon’s grab and go concept into smart mini marts in stores that change the consumer experience and https://t.co/tJA8DnQMpJ

Why what's in the cards for the CFPB isn’t just another bureaucratic reshuffling. While a lot of people aren't shedding tears over an end to the Rohit Chopra-style of running the CFPB, @amiasmg said that a CFPB-sized hole means financial services entities will be trying to make https://t.co/L1x01rr77e