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CNet reports on new data from eMarketer saying that Starbucks has the biggest mobile payment platform in the US - bigger than “ Apple Pay or Google Pay or Samsung Pay. Not a single one of the biggest mobile payment platforms is bigger than coffee, in terms of user base. And those 23 million people buying Starbucks with their phones only account for 12 percent of Starbucks transactions in the US, according to the company.”
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