Apple Pay Coming To Starbucks, KFC, And Chili’s

Bailey said KFC “has a special place in my heart-it was my first job ever” and that Apple is “seeing a lot of support for quick-service restaurants with a need for fast payment”.

Outside of the U.S stores, there are already a handful of Starbucks stores that accept the tap-to-pay option, including Apple Pay.

“Chili’s is focused on bringing guests the most innovative technology, and Apple Pay is transforming mobile payments with an easy, secure and private way to pay”, said Chili’s in a statement.

Chile’s will be on the menu for Apple Pay next year as well, according to Bailey, “allowing people to pay at their tables”.

HALF MOON BAY, Calif. – You’ll soon be able to pay for your Starbucks latte with your Apple Watch, as well as your KFC chicken and Chili’s Southwestern egg rolls.

For now, company representatives haven’t given any details regarding members of Starbuck’s Loyalty Program. “You’ll see many more large merchants adopt Apple Pay because of our ability to support store cards”, she said.

“Starbucks has shown they can integrate rewards and mobile payments in a highly successful way”, IDC’s head of mobile payments James Wester told Quartz. Additionally, Bailey announced that Best Buy has already begun accepting the payment system at its 1,400 US stores, USA Today reported. By 2016, Bailey says all 7,500 Starbucks locations in the United States will accept Apple Pay.

Other telephone producers have presented installment systems for their own’s: Google Pay is found on a few Android gadgets, while Samsung as of late presented Samsung Pay, which utilizes innovation that works at a more prominent number of retailers. The coffee giant released an update for its app that gave customers the option of reloading their Starbucks Cards using Apple Pay.

We recently talked about Apple’s tokenization system and what it entails.