overview

Mobile application are becoming increasingly popular. In 2012 over 1 billion dollars worth of Starbucks gift cards were purchased. 20% of these were purchase using the mobile application. Offering an mobile application is a great way to attract customers and promote a more progressive image for a merchants business. The Mobile API is a robust payments and customer data solution that is designed to optimize the mobile experience. Mobile payment applications generally have a focused set of functions available in comparison to web or retail environments. Some of the common functions are:

• - Typically swiped Card data
• - Quick registration for new users
• - Generally used when customer pays with card*
• - Quick way to view recent payments

* Our API is able to accept cash and check transactions as well.

Target Audience:

• - Mobile/App Developers

Features and Benefits

Developers integrating the Mobile API may reduce time spent with tasks such as developing security, customer tracking, inventory modules or may be able to eliminate this entirely.

We have built many timesaving resources that developers have come to depend on but, understand if you want to run you must first walk. So take a minute to check out our console and explore the resources we offer before building them!