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Rampell: Starbucks Pay was designed to avoid per-transaction payment processing fees
“That's why Starbucks invented Starbucks Pay, because they wanted to stop having to pay. It's like these prepaid, they only have to pay one time. You chart, you put 50 dollars on your Starbucks account, well, they only have to pay Visa, MasterCard, and everybod…”
Alex Rampell Sep 3, 2026 ▶ 6:37 Why AI Agents Could Finally Reinvent the Credit Card
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Chan: China Has Fewer Than 436 Million Credit Cards for 1.36B People
“Now, if I look at the number of people in the US and how many credit cards we have, there is more than one credit card for every person in the US. But then if I look at the Chinese population of 1.36 billion people, and I add up all the American Express cards,…”
Connie Chan Jul 16, 2017 ▶ 5:44 A Whirlwind Tour Through Tech Trends in China
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