Apple Pay to Hit Starbucks Stores This Year
October 08 2015 - 7:20PM
Dow Jones News
Apple Inc.'s fledgling mobile-payment service is getting a boost
from Starbucks Corp.
The coffee retailer will begin accepting Apple Pay in some U.S.
stores this year, Jennifer Bailey, Apple's head of payments, said
Thursday at a tech conference in Half Moon Bay, Calif. All 7,500
U.S. coffee stores owned by Starbucks will accept Apple Pay by the
end of 2016, Ms. Bailey said.
The rollout could help Apple broaden consumer appeal for its
mobile payments, a technology that has failed to gain wide adoption
despite many high-profile efforts by numerous tech giants. Apple's
service, launched a year ago at about 220,000 U.S. locations
including McDonald's and Macy's, prompts shoppers to ditch their
wallet and make purchases with an iPhone.
Instead of swiping a card and signing a receipt, shoppers using
Apple Pay wave an iPhone—or, soon, an Apple Watch—in front of a
wireless reader and complete the transaction with a
fingerprint.
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