08-10-2016 04:49 via thedrum.com

How pumpkin spice lattes are evolving payment technology

Perhaps the best example of the potential for digital payment technology is young Sam Crowder’s ESPN College Game Day sign — “Hi Mom! Send Beer Money” — which included his ID for digital wallet Venmo and, as a result, netted payments from more than 3,000 strangers.
And while Crowder achieved his primary objective and his beer fridge is presumably stocked, he also unwittingly demonstrated the likelihood we will eventually live in a cash- and card-less socie
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