Episode 80

Apple Pay & Starbucks + Lyft & Stripe instant payout.

Head of Apple Pay Jennifer Bailey Shares How Apple is Winning Local

Jennifer Bailey – retail experience expert and head of apple pay discloses that Apple is using the existing merchant sales people, 370,00 in the US to distribute and educate the merchants across the country. Also we discussed the impact of immediate payouts for marketplace companies.

• APPLE
  • Using Apple Pay at Starbucks, KFC and Chili’s (OCTOBER 8, 2015, nytimes.com)

• Apple Pay Makes Inroads for Everyday Purchases (October 6, 2015, eMarketer.com)
• Stripe + Lyft Instant pay out https://stripe.com/blog
• Apple Pay Faces Tough Crowd in First Year (October 4, 2015, bloomberg.com)

Our speakers in this week’s episode:

• Mike Townsend
• Brian Roemmele

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