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Starbucks mobile payments are breaking up with Square

12/24/201412/22/2014 L. Green

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…

Amazon launches a new mobile commerce service

08/15/201408/14/2014 Stephen Vagus

Local Register aims to promote mobile commerce among retailers Amazon has a strong interest in mobile commerce, but the company is not only keen to support mobile shopping in the digital space. Amazon has begun offering a new mobile-centric service that will allow merchants in the physical world to accept payments made from a mobile device. The service is called Local Register and is designed to compete with similar services being offered by PayPal and Square. The service may help Amazon further establish a strong position in the mobile commerce…

Tim Hotrons embraces mobile payments

05/26/201405/24/2014 Stephen Vagus

Tim Hortons prepares to launch mobile payments initiative in US and Canada Tim Hortons has announced that it will begin accepting mobile payments at all of its locations in Canada and the U.S. The famed company is set to launch a mobile payments pilot project in December of this year, which will test the capabilities of the TimmyMe application. The app allows consumers to make payments from their mobile devices and is available for iOS, Android, and BlackBerry platforms. Tim Hortons is the latest in a growing number of restaurant…

The mobile payments revolution is stalling

05/19/201405/19/2014 Stephen Vagus

Mobile commerce proves to be a difficult market to understand Mobile commerce may be growing more popular, but mobile money has yet to become revolutionary. Over the past few years, society has become more reliant on mobile technology. People around the world are using their mobile devices more frequently in their daily lives, using these devices to communicate, access the Internet, and shop online. While mobile shopping is gaining ground with people throughout the world, mobile payments have yet to become the revolution that many people believe it is. Consumers…

Mobile wallet taken down by Square

05/16/201405/15/2014 Julie Campbell

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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…