PayPal Trumps Square’s Deal With Starbucks by Partnering With Discover

Post by joshu » Wed, Aug 22, 2012, 9:44 PM UTC

Zimahl wrote: post #21

nrj wrote: post #20

Fry: Do you take Visa? Clerk: Visa hasn't existed for 500 years. Fry: American Express? Clerk: 600 years. Fry: Discover Card? Clerk: Sorry, we don't take Discover.

Customer: Do you accept the Discover Card? Peter Griffin: Ha! Hey, Lois! Diamond Jim Brady over here just asked if we accept the Discover Card. Lois Griffin: Ohhhh! They're in an exclusive club that's called 'anybody'! Peter Griffin: Yeah! No, no, no! I don't think so. You know, you know, I'd rather take two live chickens than your fly-by-night credit card. I would rather take a jar of pennies which value was less th…

Post by erikpukinskis » Sat, Aug 25, 2012, 9:15 AM UTC

CountHackulus wrote: post #37

paulsutter wrote: post #9

Starbucks using pay-by-name will be a breakthrough, assuming that's where the Square partnership is going. Since Starbucks is already asking for your name when you order coffee, it could turn into a great customer experience that would build broad momentum for pay-by-name. Is this PayPal agreement just adding a new and more complicated option to the existing terminal base? Will retail clerks even know what it is, and…

Pay by name would be terrible for me, I have a very French name, and no Starbucks barista around here speaks enough French which means I have to spend quite a while spelling out my name for them. I've taken to just telling them my name is "G". Now pay by NFC...