Starbucks Corp. now includes PayPal Inc.’s payment system as a funding method for its mobile payment application.
The update, which went live on Apple Inc.’s App Store Nov. 18, adds PayPal as a funding method alongside conventional payment cards. The coffee shop chain’s customers can use the app to add funds to the Starbucks stored-value card that is connected to the app, which can then display a bar code to scan at the point of sale at some Starbucks locations, eliminating the need for a separate plastic card.
Seattle-based Starbucks has said one of the clearest benefits of its mobile payment app is the ability to add funds at any time, speeding customer checkout lines and improving efficiency at the point of sale.
Starbucks’ payment system can be used at some stores on the West Coast and in New York and on Long Island as well as at all Starbucks stores within Target Corp. retail locations, which have special bar-code scanners that work with the app (
PayPal, a unit of eBay Inc., has been pushing to become a funding method for mobile payment products.
Notably, PayPal is also a funding method for Bling Nation Ltd.’s contactless payment stickers, which are meant to be adhered to mobile phones.
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