{"id":1392,"date":"2022-12-05T18:26:35","date_gmt":"2022-12-05T12:56:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/638ddfbd1ccf4ea64cafe150"},"modified":"2023-07-19T17:04:49","modified_gmt":"2023-07-19T11:34:49","slug":"the-bank-with-a-bean-licence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/qistaging.com\/whitesight\/the-bank-with-a-bean-licence\/","title":{"rendered":"The Bank with a Bean Licence"},"content":{"rendered":"Tall, Grande, Venti, Trenta \u2013 it all begins with choosing from the all-too-familiar cup sizes at your neighbourhood Starbucks. Only to be followed by a series of other decisions to make: A cold brew? A pink refresher? Perhaps a cheesecake frappuccino\u2026 or maybe even a matcha tea latte?Yes, we\u2019ve all bean there, done that.With a menu featuring a delicious range of vibrant quenchers, Starbucks prides itself on bringing a little more joy to the everyday cup of coffee \u2615. But the options don\u2019t just end there \u2013 Starbucks has carefully crafted superior and seamless experiences for customers by embedding financial and lifestyle products that extend customer engagement, both before and beyond the purchase event at the store. These embedded services come in various forms \u2013 mobile payments, stored value cards, gift cards, reward programs, contactless payments, wearable payments, and even Bitcoin payments and digital collectables for the Web3 generation.In her a16z Summit talk, Angela Strange shared her belief of how \u201cevery company will be a FinTech company\u201d in the not-too-distant future. Starbucks has been masquerading as a FinTech company for a while now.By introducing the My Starbucks Reward platform, the coffee firm implemented virtual wallets and branded cards, enabling users [&hellip;] \t\t<div class=\"woocommerce\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"woocommerce-info wc-memberships-restriction-message wc-memberships-message wc-memberships-content-restricted-message\">\n\t\t\t\tThis post is only available to members.\t\t    <\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\"><\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\">5<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">mins read<\/span><\/span> Tall, Grande, Venti, Trenta \u2013 it all begins with choosing from the all-too-familiar cup sizes at your neighbourhood Starbucks. Only to be followed by a series of other decisions to make: A cold brew? A pink refresher? Perhaps a cheesecake frappuccino\u2026 or maybe even a matcha tea latte?Yes, we\u2019ve all bean there, done that.With a menu featuring a delicious range of vibrant quenchers, Starbucks prides itself on bringing a little more joy to the everyday cup of coffee \u2615. But the options don\u2019t just end there \u2013 Starbucks has carefully crafted superior and seamless experiences for customers by embedding financial and lifestyle products that extend customer engagement, both before and beyond the purchase event at the store. These embedded services come in various forms \u2013 mobile payments, stored value cards, gift cards, reward programs, contactless payments, wearable payments, and even Bitcoin payments and digital collectables for the Web3 generation.In her a16z Summit talk, Angela Strange shared her belief of how \u201cevery company will be a FinTech company\u201d in the not-too-distant future. 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