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Mobile payments at Starbucks allow customers to leave tips

10/08/201210/07/2012 Jennifer Goula

This new function will be implemented by the summer of 2013. Starbucks has announced that its mobile payments system will soon be including a feature that will allow customers to leave a digital tip for baristas, and that this will likely become available as of next summer. A similar ability will also be available through the Square program to be implemented in November. This additional mobile payments system at Starbucks will also give customers the chance to leave tips for the baristas when they purchase their coffees. In order to…

Starbucks leads globe in mobile payments

02/01/201202/01/2012 Stephanie Beck

The mobile payment application from Starbucks is helping the coffee company to encourage consumers to make purchases more frequently and is helping its revenue growth. Starbucks revealed this information by way of a company executive during a statement about its first quarter 2012 earnings. The exec indicated that mobile payments now pay a very important role for the organization. It was explained that the additional transaction method helps to provide the company with a competitive advantage that drives revenue. The Starbucks president and CEO, Howard Schultz, said that “We are…