Starbucks’ Mobile Order & Pay service is now live in Portland, Oregon ahead of a planned nationwide roll out across the US that will begin in 2015... More
Starbucks launches Mobile Order & Pay in Portland
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Starbucks to accept Microsoft Band wearable payments
Starbucks is to begin accepting payments from customers wearing the new Microsoft Band smart bracelet... More
Starbucks claims a 90% share of the US mobile payments market
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Starbucks to offer mobile ordering and payments across US in 2015
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iPhone 6 to ship with NFC and support for Apple Pay mobile payments
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Starbucks now processes six million mobile payments a week
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Starbucks Korea lets customers place orders with their mobile phone, more countries to follow
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Vodafone rolls out NFC mobile wallet across Germany
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Weve partners with MasterCard for NFC payments in the UK
Weve, the mobile commerce joint venture between the UK’s three largest mobile network operators, has partnered with MasterCard to add NFC payments to its offering... More
The new issue of Mobile Wallet Outlook is now out
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Leaked Sprint slides reveal NFC wallet designs
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Apple shows off Passbook mobile wallet
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Starbucks China adds NFC to festive check-in campaign
The coffee giant is using NFC-enabled posters to promote a rewards campaign that will see everyone who checks in to Starbucks via social network Jiepang getting a voucher for a free drink upgrade — but only if a total of 30,000 check-ins is reached by the Christmas deadline. More
Starbucks m-payments for Canada
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Starbucks hits 20m m-payments
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New report compares the prospects for mobile payments technologies
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Contactless convenience begins to win over UK consumers
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Jiepang to deliver NFC check-ins and rewards to Chinese merchants
China’s leading location-based social service is distributing NFC window stickers to more than 3,000 merchants in Shanghai, Guangzhou, Chengdu, Taipei and Hong Kong. More