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Starbucks was the only Swedish merchant lacking mobile payment support

Charlie Wurzel · a16z Podcast | Fintech Revolution or Evolution? · Jan 2, 2019 · at 5:25

Charlie Warzel, technology reporter at BuzzFeed News, contrasts Starbucks' mobile payment support in Sweden versus the United States during a 2016 panel discussion.

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“When I went to Sweden, you know, as a cashless society, supposedly the only place that didn't accept a mobile app was Starbucks”

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