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How Square and Starbucks made mobile payments mainstream

Every revolution has its tipping point, and for the mobile commerce revolution, that signature moment arrived Tuesday, when Starbucks announced it would begin processing all credit and debit card transactions using Square's mobile transaction technologies. 

Starbucks adopts Square for in-store payments, invests $25M

Starbucks will soon begin processing all credit and debit card transactions using Square's mobile commerce technologies, a move to slash operational costs across the coffeehouse chain's 7,000 company-owned U.S. locations. 

Mobile payments are exploding, so why is Apple still on the sidelines?

Cash is far from dead, but its days definitely appear numbered. A third of U.S. consumers have now made payments via mobile device, roughly double the percentage of Americans leveraging m-payment capabilities just one year ago.

Starbucks revamps Android payment app with PayPal support

Starbucks released a new version of its application for Google's Android enabling consumers to pay and reload their Starbucks Card via PayPal.

Starbucks: Mobile payments top 42M, new m-commerce services brewing

Starbucks has processed more than 42 million mobile payments since launching its Starbucks Card Mobile App in early 2011, up from 27 million last December, the coffeehouse chain told VentureBeat. The

How Starbucks made mobile payments mainstream

Mobile payments for physical goods are on pace to eclipse a gross merchandise transaction value of $170 billion worldwide by 2015, almost triple the $60 billion forecast for 2011, according to a

Starbucks mobile payments eclipse 26M within first year

Almost 12 months after Starbucks launched mobile payment services across its 7,000 company-operated U.S. stores and more than 1,000 Target locations, the coffeehouse giant reports consumers have

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Starbucks serves up premium iPhone apps for free

Starbucks and Apple ( NASDAQ:AAPL ) are expanding their long-running Pick of the Week promotional campaign to iPhone applications, enabling consumers to download full-featured versions of premium iOS

Starbucks adds mobile gifting feature to iPhone app

Starbucks is extending its Starbucks Card eGift feature to its iPhone and iPod touch application, enabling consumers to treat friends and family to beverages, food or merchandise directly via mobile