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Wednesday, August 8, 2012, 12:57 AM ETStarbucks (SBUX) will equip nearly 7K stores with Square's tiny card readers, and invest $25M in the payments juggernaut. Starbucks will also support Pay With Square, an app-based solution that lets users set up a tab, later this year. Now that Square, already very popular with small businesses, has landed its first big retail chain, time is running out for card-reader rivals (I, II) such as PayPal (EBAY), Verifone (PAY), and Groupon (GRPN) to gain critical mass. (SBUX mobile apps)
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Sheesh, next Starbucks will be announcing "Pay With PreyPal", after eBay agrees to pay for the whole clunky roll out, of course ...
Comical ...
It is as if Eisenhower had attempted to assure secrecy around D-Day by promulgating standards for every soldier to follow while giving them each a copy of their part of the plan.
There is no reason for a merchant to be involved in security for banks' transactions. There is no reason for every merchant to be have all the keys to every customer's account on file just in order to receive a payment.
The technology has been on the counter top a long time. But never used. Obviously, the credit card should be secured with some sort of authentication, and the authentication should be between the card holder and the payment processor, not through the merchant as a trusted agent.
Obvious to me, anyway. However, for whatever reason, the credit card companies are dead set on maintaining a high level of fraud. Perhaps it's the chargeback fees. Perhaps it's just laziness. Perhaps it's incompetence. For whatever reason, simple and obvious solutions are ignored.
Even tokenization is lagging. It's a no-brainer, unless you prefer fraud and large and costly requirements on the merchants for some reason.
Why does Bret have 3,843 posts with 4,716 followers???
THAT, my son, is FEEDBACK.
Feedback is NOT something you give yourself -- It's something that is given to you by others. Stop flapping your lips about how high your feedback is...
Your feedback is NOT high. <<< Re-read until it sinks in.
Your number of posts is high, but your investment advise is complete crap. You told everyone the sky is falling in over 1,000 posts in the past year when the stock has soared 50%+. Loser.
have been that last hit in the head with the Boomerang.....You're
slipping up... You forgot to mention your case study #5...What gives??
I thought you would have kept on blathering on and on.....You
disappoint me...I needed a good laugh....OH well Maybe next time.
**********************... THE E BAFIA **********************...
And for those of you that are curious as to what is causing this eBay shill so much anxiety, it’s a demonstration of the utter unscrupulousness, indeed criminality, of her employer, eBay ...
“Shill Bidding on eBay: Case Study #5”
http://bit.ly/N1nTlc
Maybe all your inane remarks will yet bring the matter to the attention of a federal or states’ US Attorney … We can only hope …
eBay / PayPal / Donahoe: Dead Men Walking
Why do you have 1,578 posts with 5 followers???
Why does Bret have 3,843 posts with 4,716 followers???
THAT, my son, is FEEDBACK.
Feedback is NOT something you give yourself -- It's something that is given to you by others.
Stop flapping your lips about how high your feedback is...
Your feedback is NOT high. <<< Re-read until it sinks in.
Your number of posts is high, but your investment advise is complete rubbish.
You told everyone the sky is falling in over 1,000 posts in the past year when the stock has soared 50%+. Loser.
$$$$$$$$$$ E-BAFIA $$$$$$$$$$$$
“Shill Bidding Fraud on eBay Auctions: Case Study #5”
http://bit.ly/N1nTlc
That's for anyone that wants an understanding of just how utterly corrupt eBay is, and here are a few others the eBay shill would like potential eBay investors to read ...
“When Do We Start Calling eBay A [Failed] Payments Company?”
http://bit.ly/KCQt78
And, some comment on PayPal’s off-eBay products: "The New Way To Pay In-Store" (at Home Depot), PayPal Here, SmartPay, PayPal Digital Wallet, PayPal Debit MasterCard, PayPal Local and Watch With eBay ...
http://bit.ly/MqwRY0
eBay / PayPal / Donahoe: Dead Men Walking
Why do you have 1,578 posts with 5 followers???
Why does Bret have 3,843 posts with 4,716 followers???
THAT, my son, is FEEDBACK.
Feedback is NOT something you give yourself -- It's something that is given to you by others.
Your feedback is NOT high. <<< Re-read until it sinks in.
Your number of posts is high, but your investment advise is complete crap. You told everyone the sky is falling in over 1,000 posts in the past year when the stock has soared 50%+. Loser.
“Shill Bidding on eBay: Case Study #5”
http://bit.ly/N1nTlc
eBay / PayPal / Donahoe: Dead Men Walking