Starbucks to end partnership with leading mobile payments firm

Starbucks Mobile Payments App

Starbucks and Square will no longer be working together in the mobile commerce space Starbucks has become a major leader in the mobile payments space. The company has managed to find success in the mobile market with the help of Square, a mobile commerce specialist. The two companies first began working with one another in 2012, when Starbucks began using the mobile payment services offered by Square. While the two companies have managed to find success in working with one another, their partnership is set to come to an end.…

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Starbucks mobile payments are breaking up with Square

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The relationship started in 2012, but comments from both companies have indicated that the partnership is ending. The mobile payments partnership that brought Square to Starbucks back in 2012 has now been announced to be coming to an end, according to statements that have been released by both of those companies. This has been only one of the changes that have occurred since Square announced the retirement of its Wallet. When the Square Wallet app was first launched, Starbucks became a key partner in its efforts to encourage adoption. The…

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Mobile wallet taken down by Square

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That said, the company has not given up on mobile payments and intends to try again with a new app. Square has announced that it is giving up on its mobile wallet app and that it is taking the app down because it simply didn’t catch on among consumers, despite the fact that it was first introduced back in 2011. The app was designed to help local merchants to offer a fast and easy mobile payments solution to customers. However, even among the merchants that did adopt the use of…

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