Starbucks Leads the Pack for Mobile Payments
In early spring of 2009, Starbucks launched its mobile card app in a humble sixteen stores. The program spread like wildfire. Nowadays many consumers pay for their coffee using a barcode displayed on their mobile phones, scanned at the point of sale. Astoundingly, this technology has lifted Starbucks’ mobile payment revenue beyond that of many other companies – including tech giants like Apple and Google.