Friday, October 5, 2012

Starbucks To Add Digital Tipping, Kick Off Square Partnership

Seattle-based Starbucks had some good news for its employees Thursday; it will start letting customer digital tip baristas, via the company's relationship with Square. Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz said that customers will be able to use Square Wallet to digitally tip at U.S. Starbucks stores beginning in summer of 2013--part of the relationship the two companies announced earlier this year to process all of Starbucks' credit card charges through Square. The two said they expect to make Square Wallet available at Starbucks starting in early November. The announcement came at Starbucks' Global Leadership Conference for its store manager in Houston.