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May 1, 2017

CEO Series

Mastercard President On How Networks Drive Innovation
 

From bits of paper receipts to bytes across SmartPOS, payments have scaled technological heights globally. On the eve of Mastercard’s Q1 2017 earnings report, learn how Mastercard President of Global Products and Solutions Gary Flood sees the role of global networks in driving payments and commerce innovation to new heights, as told to Karen Webster in a recent interview.

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Voice AI Reality Check
 

Voice-activated AI is being billed as the best thing since sliced bread. But Chirp CEO Moran Lerner has his doubts. In this week’s Topic TBD he tells Karen Webster why Voice AI will have its day in the sun, but just not as big a one as everyone thinks. (P.S. It was a very lively discussion.)
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PYMNTS Data Dive

Walmart Makes Cash Cheap, Banks Balk At Bitcoin And Startups Struggle With Profits
 

In between earnings last week, there was a lot of other news. For instance, Walmart made it cheaper to send money, banks turned their backs on bitcoin (some even blockchain) and investors now seem to really like that P-word, to the chagrin of P-less startups.

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Network Effects

Does Facebook Have A MySpace Problem?
 

Could fake news and horrific live videos in Facebook’s news feed give rise to Facebook’s MySpace moment? It’s the question that Karen Webster ponders this week, saying it’s not as far-fetched as it may sound. It’s also a case study that she says Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg knows all too well, since he was there to pick up the pieces when MySpace cratered in 2009. See what you think.

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