Starbucks has started its roll-out of Square Wallet, a mobile payment application, at 7,000 of its stores in the US, following the coffee chain’s USD 25 million investment into Square in August this year.
Through the app customers can not only pay for their purchases in-store on their phone by scanning their QR code, but also view transaction history, the store’s menu and opening hours as well as explore nearby businesses.
Square Wallet will run alongside Starbucks own mobile payment applications available on iOS and Android, which is used more than two million times each week.
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