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Some Starbucks Mobile App Customers Hacked

May 12, 2015 by Mobile Payment Magazine

Credit card hackers are targeting Starbucks gift card and mobile payment users around the country – and stealing from consumers’ credit cards — with a new scam so ingenious they don’t even need to know the account number of the card they are hacking.Criminals are using Starbucks accounts to access consumers’ linked credit cards. Taking advantage of the Starbucks auto-reload function, they can steal hundreds of dollars in a matter of minutes. [Read more…]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Mobile Payment Security, Starbucks

Starbucks Stunning Quarter Due in Part to Mobile Payments Loyalty Program

May 11, 2015 by Mobile Payment Magazine

Due in part to its Mobile Payments and Loyalty program, Starbucks reported a stunning 2015 First Quarter profits, with an 18% jump in revenue to $4.6 billion, to beat expectations while profit jumped 16 percent.
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Filed Under: News Tagged With: Starbucks

Wallet Wars: The Battle for Payments is Just Starting

April 18, 2015 by Mobile Payment Magazine

Starbucks created a lot of buzz about mobile payments when the company release it’s popular mobile payment app in 2011, and indeed Starbucks was on the vanguard of consumer retail mobile payments. And by most measures the Starbucks app should be considered a success. CEO Howard Schultz told investors during a recent earnings call: “Today in the U.S. alone over 13 million customers are actively using our mobile apps and we’re now averaging over 7 million mobile transactions in our stores each week, representing roughly 16% of total tender, more than any other bricks and mortar retailer in the marketplace.” That’s impressive.
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Filed Under: News Tagged With: Alibaba, Apple Pay, google, Google Wallet, LoopPay, Paydiant, PayPal, Samsung, SoftCard, Starbucks

Mobile Payments : Revenue Models and Market Strategies 2015

April 17, 2015 by Mobile Payment Magazine

Mobile Payments: Revenue Models and Market Strategies,” a Thematic Research Report by Pyramid Research, examines the predominant service and revenue models in the mobile payments arena, as well as the market approach of selected players, in order to identify effective strategies and key success factors. The analysis is built upon in-depth case studies of selected mobile payments services around the world, including Alipay Wallet, Boku, Dwolla, LevelUp, RURU, Paym, Starbucks and Apple Pay.
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Filed Under: Featured, Research Tagged With: Alipay Wallet, Apple Pay, boku, Dwolla, LevelUp, Mobile Payment Report 2015, Mobile Payment Research 2015, Paym, RURU, Starbucks

Report: Mobile Wallets in the US – Review and Analysis

August 30, 2013 by Mobile Payment Magazine

Mobile Wallets US ReportA new report entitled Mobile Wallets: The U.S. Landscape by Mercator Advisory Group identifies U.S. mobile wallets by category and technology.

The physical wallet might someday go the way of the checkbook, used by few and no longer a necessity. Growing consumer use of smartphones is creating a market for mobile wallets capable of serving many of the same purposes physical wallets served for centuries but now are able to take advantage of a plethora of new functions made possible in an increasingly digital marketplace. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Featured, Research Tagged With: ACI Worldwide, Amazon, American Express, Apple, Apriva, AT&T, Atos Worldline, Attido Mobile, ATX Innovations, bango, BarclayCard, BarTab, BBY Solutions, Belly, Best Buy, Blackhawk Network, boku, Braintree Payment Solutions, Burger King, CashStar, Cellfire, Certify, Clutch Holdings, Coop Financial Services, Corefire, Cumberland Farms, DeviceFidelity, Discover Financial Services, Dunkin Donuts, Dwolla, eBay, Fandango, Fifth Third Bancorp, Firethorn Mobile, FIS, Fiserv, Fortumo, FreedomPay, Giftango, google, Green Dot, GrubHub, Hailo Network, iCache, Ingenico, Intuit, Isis, JVL Ventures, Kinetic Farm, Lake Trust Credit Union, Lemon, LevelUp, Live Nation Worldwide, MasterCard, MCX, mFino, mFoundry, Microsoft, MindMatics AG, Monitise PLC, mopay, Mozido, MShift, National Payment Card Association, NCR, Oberthur Technologies, Pango Shyyny USA, Paperlinks, Parkmobile USA, Payair US, PayByPhone, Paycloud, Paydiant, Paydragon, PayOne, PayPal, PreCash, Proxama, PXT Payments, QuickPay, Research in Motion, RideCell, RideCharge, SafetyPay, Salt Technology, Samsung, SCVNGER, Sears Holdings Management, Shazam, ShopKick, ShopSavvy, Sionic Mobile, SK C&C USA, Spindle, Sprint, Square, Starbucks, T-Mobile, Target, Text2Pay, TMG Financial Services, Tyfone, Uber Technologies, VeriFone Systems, Verizon, Visa

Mobile Payments Report: Opportunities and Strategies for Credit Issuers

August 14, 2013 by Mobile Payment Magazine

Mobil - Credit IssuersA new research report from Research & Markets entitled Opportunities and Strategies for Credit Issuers, examines mobile payment opportunities For US credit issuers.

The major card networks began supporting contactless payments nearly a decade ago, but consumer and merchant adoption has lagged considerably. Several startups, as well as established firms outside of the financial services industry, are marketing enhanced mobile payment services capable of causing significant disruption to the consumer payments value chain. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Research Tagged With: AT&T, Bank of America, Citibank, Device Fidelity, FIS, Fiserv, Gemalto, google, HTC, Isis, JPMorgan Chase, LG, MasterCard, MCX, Paydiant, Research and Markets, Samsung, Sprint, Starbucks, T-Mobile, U.S. Bank, Vantiv, Verizon, Visa, Wells Fargo

Mobile Wallets: The Business and the Brand

August 14, 2013 by Mobile Payment Magazine

Mobile wallets are being introduced to the market in a steady stream of configurations from passive containers to dynamic payment products. Companies large and small are vying for a piece of a future market. Along the way, these emerging payment forms are reshaping traditional business models and impacting traditional acceptance brands.

In a new research report, Mobile Wallets: The Business and the Brand, Mercator Advisory Group applies a business model canvas approach to analyze examples of developing mobile wallet types based on first-person interviews with the leaders of these companies. In addition, this report breaks apart the impact of branding based on different mobile wallet structures to discuss the effect on traditional payment brands as well as the challenges new acceptance marks face in the market. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Research Tagged With: Apple, FlimMoney, Lemon Wallet, MasterCard, MasterPass, Mercator Advisory Group, Paydiant, PayPal, PreCash, Starbucks, V.me, Visa

Report: Delineating the Mobile Value Chain – A Holistic View of Mobile Payment

September 2, 2012 by Mobile Payment Magazine

As excitement surrounding mobile payments develops, most of the focus has been placed on the wallet apps such as Google Wallet and Isis jockeying for position. However, the success of a mobile payments system will depend on far more than which piece of software will be used on the most devices. A fully functional system will require the integration of a number of different factors, including POS terminals, processing, the devices themselves, and more. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Research Tagged With: ACI, AJB, American Express, Apple, CASSIS International, First Data, Foursquare, Gemalto, google, Groupon, Heartland Payment Systems, Ingenico, Isis, LevelUp, mFoundry, Mobeam, Naratte, Paydiant, PayPal, Research and Markets, RIM, Samsung, SK C&C, Square, Starbucks, VeriFone, Visa, Yelp

Starbucks Launches Mobile App for Android in UK and Canada

July 12, 2012 by Mobile Payment Magazine

Starbucks (NASDAQ:SBUX) today announced the continued global expansion of the Starbucks mobile platform with the roll-out of Starbucks® app for Android™ to the United Kingdom and Canada. In addition, U.S. customers who download or update to the official Starbucks® app for Android™ will be able to experience new enhancements including a widget, PayPal™ support, PIN code protection, and viewing the My Starbucks Rewards™ history dashboard.

“The expansion of our mobile payment footprint to two of our most important markets is a strong milestone for us, but more importantly, it extends the number of customers who now have a faster and easier way to pay at Starbucks,” said Adam Brotman, chief digital officer at Starbucks Coffee Company. “We are thrilled to extend mobile payment capabilities to Android smartphones in the UK and Canada and enhance the experience in the U.S.”

Customers who download the official Starbucks® app for Android™ in Canada and the UK will now be able to access a range of features including Starbucks Card mobile payment, store locator, My Starbucks Rewards™ stars, check balance and reload, PIN code protection, widget and balance transfer capabilities. Through the Starbucks® app for Android™ expansion to the UK and Canada, Starbucks mobile payment will now be accepted at nearly 14,000 Starbucks locations worldwide.

Starbucks® App for Android™ Features:

Starbucks® app for Android™, available on Google Play, is available for phones running Android™ 2.2 or above and is designed to offer a rich user experience. Starbucks® app for Android™ allows customers in the U.S., UK and Canada to:

  • Pay with your phone: Enjoy the faster, more convenient way to pay at participating Starbucks stores. Just download the app, enter your Starbucks Card number, scan and go.
  • Pay and reload with PayPal™ (NEW): Pay and reload your Starbucks Card via PayPal on your Android device through the Starbucks® app for Android™ (US and Canada only). Additionally, you can use your smartphone to reload your Starbucks Card using any major credit card.
  • Manage your card account: Access your Starbucks Card balance directly from your phone.
  • Manage and check your My Starbucks Rewards status (ENHANCED): Find out how close you are to earning your next free drink through an easy-to-view My Starbucks Rewards™ history dashboard.
  • Find nearby Starbucks stores: Save time by finding a Starbucks store near you. The locator helps you view the stores through a map view or list view and helps you search for stores based on your needs.
  • Activate a widget (NEW): Core to the Android™ experience, a widget is now available so you can quickly and easily view your balance, My Starbucks Rewards™ star count, store locator and Touch to Pay icon.
  • Leverage safeguards (NEW): Add another safeguard by including a PIN code protection.

Source: Starbucks

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Adam Brotman, Royal Bank of Canada, Starbucks, UK

Mobile Payment Startups

August 7, 2011 by Mobile Payment Magazine

Venmo was founded by under 30-year-old entrepreneurs Andrew Kortina and Iqram Magdon-Ismail in Philadelphia. Fewer people carry cash these days and Kortina and Magdon-Ismail saw this as an opportunity to tackle the simple problem that comes with paying back friends and family while on-the-go. Venmo lets friends pay each other back for anything – lunch, dinner, drinks, rent, groceries, tickets, trips – whatever. It works with all the major banks in the US, like Bank of America, ING, Chase, Wells Fargo, Citi, etc., making it very easy for users to adopt.

Overview of Mobile Payment options:

  • Venmo
  • Zong
  • Square
  • iZettle
  • Google Wallet
  • Starbucks
  • TabbedOut

Red full article, via Tech Cocktail.

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Google Wallet, iZettle, MobilePayments, Square, Starbucks, Tabbedout, Venmo, Zong

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