Today my early morning thoughts were all about the end-user (a.k.a. the customer). I was really disappointed to learn after yesterday’s blog, that Starbucks is most likely not going to use Square’s merchant technology to alert Starbucks baristas to a patron’s in-store presence, present the patron’s picture at the point-of-service and allow a simple vocal […]
August 9, 2012
Yesterday’s press release announcing Square’s payment partnership with Starbucks is significant for multiple reasons. Starbucks is the only true US mobile payments leader today; any move they make regarding mobile payments is truly news-worthy. Square’s actions are equally note-worthy because in just three years they have disrupted the card payment acceptance and business management space […]
August 10, 2012
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