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Mobile payments now available at Wendy’s

03/25/201403/23/2014 Sam Lambert

This will allow smartphone users to leave their credit cards at home when they purchase their meals. When you head out for some fast food at Wendy’s the next time, you can use your smartphone and the quick service restaurant’s official app to be able to make mobile payments and complete the transaction at the counter. The majority of the American locations (approximately 5,800) now have this feature. The mobile payments method that has been chosen is one that allows American customers at Wendy’s to be able to transfer cash…

NFC technology could greatly benefit QSRs

07/22/201307/20/2013 Sam Lambert

Near field communications could make fast food restaurants a speedier experience for consumers. The entire experience of the quick service restaurant (QSR) is based on being able to obtain a meal very rapidly, and although things have slowed down a bit over the years, NFC technology could provide the necessary tools to make this process speedier. Near field communication could allow mobile payments to be complete with a simple tap of the device. This is vitally important in QSRs, where every second counts, regardless of whether the customer has ordered…

Mobile payments from MasterPass focuses on quick service restaurants

05/20/201305/18/2013 Stephanie Beck

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MasterCard has added its smartphone friendly transactions to the Burger King delivery program. MasterCard has just announced that BK Delivers, the Burger King delivery program, is the latest to add its name to the businesses that are now accepting the MasterPass mobile payments program. This most recent addition came alongside U.S. LivingSocial also having joined to use the transactions. MasterPass is a mobile payments digital wallet that was initially introduced in February at a large technology event. It functions by keeping the payment and shipping information of a customer all…

Mobile payments app feature launched by Wendy’s

05/08/201305/07/2013 John Montgallo

The fast food chain’s application will now allow users in three American markets to pay with smartphones. Wendy’s has just announced that it is piloting a mobile payments program within three of its American markets, which will allow customers there to be able to pay for their purchases through the use of their smartphones. If this trial program proves to be successful, then it could mean the expansion of this option to other locations. The My Wendy’s application for users in Austin, Texas, Portland, Oregon, and Albuquerque, New Mexico will…

Mobile payments from Kuapay launched at fast food chains

12/03/201211/29/2012 John Montgallo

Diners at Taco Bell and KFC can now pay with their smartphones in Southern California. Fourteen new KFC and Taco Bell restaurants in the Los Angeles area are now offering customers the opportunity to use mobile payments to pay for their meals more quickly and conveniently. The platform has been provided by Kuapay to the Great American Chicken Corp (GACC). GACC is a franchisee that has more than 71 different Yum! Brands locations in the Los Angeles area, alone. Now, 14 of those locations will be making it easier for…