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Checkout Conversion

Will Visa Checkout Plug The Digital Checkout Sales Leak?

When it comes to digital checkout conversion rates – and stopping the leakage with respect to sales – many merchants face an uphill battle. Sam Shrauger, SVP of Digital Solutions at Visa, joined MPD CEO Karen Webster to discuss what it takes for merchants to sell more effectively in an online (and increasingly mobile) environment and how he thinks Visa Checkout can help.

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Retail on the Record

What Abercrombie And Justin Timberlake Don’t Have In Common Anymore

Throughout the '90s and early 2000s, Abercrombie & Fitch was a retail powerhouse that seemed to dress at least half of America’s teenagers. By the 2010s they were looking out of touch. Sales suffered, and the cool kids they marketed to moved on. These days things are looking better — and the secret seems to be not getting their “Sexy Back.” No, really.
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Data Dive

Amex’s Next Chapter, Dwolla’s Fun With Fines And Lending Club’s Anxiety

It was a high drama week in payments and commerce. Dwolla had to pay up, Amex seems to be moving past their Costco calamity and Lending Club is trying hard to fly high in the face of regulatory headwinds.

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Sleepless In Payments

The world is sleep deprived and innovators are perhaps the most sleep-deprived human beings of all. And, MPD CEO Karen Webster says, there’s a lot to lose sleep over. From making sure they’re solving the right problems, protecting the right information from the bad guys, and not being blindsided by the big trends that they didn’t see coming, the little bit of sleep that innovators do get is probably not that restful. She lays out six things that she says probably keeps innovators – and just about everyone else in payments – awake at night. Are they the same things that keep you tossing and turning?

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