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Starbucks announces UK contactless payment trial

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Starbucks: trialling contactless payment in UK stores

Starbucks is to follow rivals such as Costa Coffee and McDonalds by offering contactless payments in its UK stores. The coffee-shop chain has signed a deal with Barclaycard, in partnership with Visa Europe, allowing consumers to pay for products by scanning their contactless credit or debit card over a payment terminal.

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2 responses to “Starbucks announces UK contactless payment trial”

  1. Andrew Spiers

    Kevin,

    Have you seen this review of contactless;

    http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/06/01/quick_tap/

  2. Kevin Harrington

    Thanks, Andrew. An amusing tale.

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