Starbucks mobile payment program brings customer loyalty

Starbucks Mobile commerce

Paying with mobile money makes consumers more likely to return. Starbucks has been one of the top retailers offering mobile payments and has successfully made it simple and convenient for its consumers to purchase their coffees, also achieving an important boost to their loyalty. The coffee company was one of the first to see the opportunity presented by the rapidly growing popularity of smartphones, and to implement a program that allows customers who own those devices to use them like mobile money. Their program has been in place since January…

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LevelUp follows an example left by Starbucks concerning mobile payments and businesses

LevelUp Mobile Payments with QR Codes

LevelUp, a mobile payment platform for smart phones and other mobile devices, has re-launched one of its most popular services. The service was once built to track deals and bargains offered by local retailers in any given area. LevelUp chose to discontinue the service because it did not mesh well with the platform at the time. Now, however, the company has taken a new approach to developing a new system, one that is based loosely on a model being used by Starbucks. Starbucks’ mobile payment system uses an app that…

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