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Square claims $10 billion in annual mobile transactions, not including Starbucks

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by Colton Kaiser on
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Mobile payment giant Square Inc. has announced today that it is now processing $10 billion in transactions annually, thanks to its widely adopted  mobile payment infrastructure. Just a few weeks back the company made it known that it was raking in $8 billion annually, equating to a $2 billion increase in less than a month.

Similar to Google Wallet, users are required to have an application installed, whereas brick-and-mortar retailers must have the company’s physical checkout system to conduct transactions. Interestingly, it’s being reported that this figure doesn’t include payments processed by Starbucks, whom the company struck a major deal with earlier this year to install its systems in 7,000 stores.

Taking into account the amount of money that flows through Starbucks stores each day, it’s entirely possible Square could see its yearly processing figure double.

Source: Square (Twitter)
Via: TechCrunch

Contest: Win one of five Starbucks eGift cards to use with My Coffee Card

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by Robert Nazarian on
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It is time for another TalkAndroid giveaway. This is one is from Birbeck, the makers of My Coffee Card, which lets you make mobile payments in over 6,800 Starbucks locations with your phone. Check out our hands on video review here.

We are giving away five Starbucks eGift cards valued at $5.00 each to use with the app.

Full rules:

  1. Leave a post in this forum thread stating what your favorite Starbucks drink is.
  2. Because Starbucks mobile payments are only available in the US, this contest is limited to US residents.
  3. Additional posts from the same user will be ignored.
  4. The contest ends 11:59pm eastern on June 28, 2011.
  5. Winners will be picked at random and contacted via email by Birbeck.

Good Luck.

My Coffee Card updates to version 1.3, brings UI enhancements, still better than official Starbucks app [Hands On Video]

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by Robert Nazarian on
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We announced last week that Starbucks launched an app that enables mobile payments in over 6,800 Starbucks using your gift card or Starbucks Gold Card. Starbucks launched it for iOS this past January with nothing for Android. Shortly after that, My Coffee Card debuted to fill the gap for Android users, but it was not some half baked short-term solution. Starbucks should have hired Birbeck, the developer of My Coffee Card, because this app is light years ahead of what the official Starbucks app offers.

Since the beginning, My Coffee Card has worked flawlessly. To me there wasn’t much need for improvement, but all good developers somehow find ways to improve what is already great. Today, version 1.3 releases which brings new UI enhancements, credit card saving for faster reloading, and a smaller widget option.

What separates My Coffee Card from the official app is that it actually works without bugs, has widget options (added a smaller size with version1.3), allows for multiple cards (PRO version), the ability to lock with a pin or password, order notepad for a list of drinks, notifications for card balances, database backup, and a lot less storage space. What is more fascinating is that all of these features have been there since day one.

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Starbucks app finally hits Android but My Coffee Card has been handling things just fine

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by Robert Nazarian on
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Back in January, Starbucks launched their app on iOS, but there was no Android love. Flash forward 6 months and the Starbucks app has debuted on Android. The Starbucks app enables you to pay, track your stars, and reload your Starbucks Card. After you have entered your card information into the application, your phone will be able to display a barcode for scanning at 6,800 Starbucks stores (and 1,000 Target locations).

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