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Square Opens Reader Hardware To Developers
Square Opens Reader Hardware To Developers
August 03, 2018  |  Point of Sale

Square announced it is opening its Reader hardware to developers, enabling them to build their own custom checkout and point of sale experiences. “While we’ve...

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Transaction Volumes, Subscription Services Boost Square’s Q2 Earnings
Transaction Volumes, Subscription Services Boost Square’s Q2 Earnings
August 02, 2018  |  Earnings

Square managed to beat Wall Street estimates on both earnings and revenue when second quarter earnings went live yesterday — powered largely by higher-than-expected transaction...

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Clover Vs. Square: What’s Next In This POS Competition?
Clover Vs. Square: What’s Next In This POS Competition?
August 01, 2018  |  Earnings

Clover, the point-of-sale operation owned by First Data, keeps growing, and that could present more challenges for Square. First Data reported its Q2 financial results...

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Square Stock, Falls 6% as it invests more in Bitcoin
Square Stock, Falls 6% as it invests more in Bitcoin
July 31, 2018  |  Earnings

Ahead of the company’s earnings call this week, Square’s stock fell 6 percent. According to TheStreet, financial services firm William Blair released a note on...

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Phishing Scam Masquerades As Square To Target Businesses
Phishing Scam Masquerades As Square To Target Businesses
July 30, 2018  |  Security & Fraud

A phishing scam making the rounds and targeting businesses is using the Square name to fool its targets. Reports in the Victoria Advocate said scammers are...

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Snapchat Exits P2P
Snapchat Exits P2P
July 23, 2018  |  Mobile Payments

Snapchat is closing down Snapcash, its peer-to-peer payment space, on August 30. According to reports, there is code buried in Snapchat’s Android app that has...

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Square Cash Crypto Trading Soars Despite Bitcoin’s Decline
Square Cash Crypto Trading Soars Despite Bitcoin’s Decline
July 12, 2018  |  Mobile Payments

Despite bitcoin’s fall, Square‘s mobile payment app, which launched crypto trading in late January, is surging. In fact, Square Cash is growing roughly three times...

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Global Payments Industry Sees Surge In Acquisitions
Global Payments Industry Sees Surge In Acquisitions
July 09, 2018  |  Payment Methods

Mergers and acquisitions in the global payments industry have hit record highs in 2018, especially in the payments technology market. Financial Times (FT) reported that there were...

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Square Pulls Banking Application
Square Pulls Banking Application
July 06, 2018  |  Banking

Though Square has reportedly withdrawn its application to create a deposit-taking bank, the payments processor intends to file the application again in the future. The firm...

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