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February 11, 2020 @ 10:42 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Payments platform Square recently announced it has acquired Dessa,  which is described as a Toronto-based company building machine learning applications that address significant “real-world challenges” for all types of businesses.  According to Square, the acquisition of Dessa will help the platform further boost its machine… Read More

January 8, 2020 @ 7:56 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Digital payments service Square recently announced its instant transfer fees will be 1.5% per transfer. Square reported that as of January 7, 2020, the rate for instant and same-day transfers from a user’s Square balance to their bank account is changing to 1.5% per transfer…. Read More

December 31, 2019 @ 2:49 pm By Cali Haan  |  

Square (NYSE:SQ), maker of the popular mobile peer-to-peer payments service Cash App, is hiring a Product Manager to build out Cash App’s cryptocurrency investing services. Cash App’s new Product Manager, Crypto Investing, will focus on growth. The successful candidate will have license to, “own the… Read More

November 3, 2019 @ 7:14 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Payment process platform Square announced on Friday it has completed the sale of food delivery service, Caviar, to DoorDash. Square reported that Caviar was sold to DoorDash on October 31st for $410 million in a mix of cash and DoorDash stock. “Caviar will be included in… Read More

October 24, 2019 @ 7:14 pm By Cali Haan  |  

Cash App, a mobile payments app developed by Square (NYSE:SQ) that allows peers to transmit money between cellphones, make retail payments, and cash out via credit card, “Cash Card” or ATM, has added stock trading as a feature. The development was announced October 24th on… Read More

September 20, 2019 @ 10:14 am By Cali Haan  |  

Financial services company Square Inc. (NASDAQ:SQ), co-founded in 2009 by Jim McKelvey and Twitter’s Jack Dorsey, has announced three new hires to the company’s Bitcoin-services development division. According to the company, Wallace is a former developer from Lightning Labs, the company behind the Lightning Network,… Read More

September 18, 2019 @ 4:31 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Payment process platform Square announced earlier this week its new free tool available to small business owners all over the U.S., the EIN Assistant from Square Payroll.  According to Square, the EIN Assistant simplifies and streamlines the process of filling out the dense, legalese-filled forms required… Read More

September 14, 2019 @ 10:04 am By Omar Faridi  |  

San Francisco-based mobile payments company Square is testing a new feature that allows users to trade stocks through the company’s Cash App.  Square’s employees have been testing out the newly integrated feature, according to Bloomberg. Once it has launched, Cash App users will reportedly be… Read More

August 21, 2019 @ 9:10 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Payment process platform Square announced last week the launch of its new feature, Orders API, According to Square, Orders API enables developers to build solutions that let buyers place orders online, in-person and in-app. “Orders API enables developers to deliver an enhanced experience to merchants as… Read More

June 16, 2019 @ 2:49 pm By Cali Haan  |  

Jack Dorsey, self-taught programmer and co-founder of Twitter and Square gave two interviews this week in which he talked up Square’s recent efforts to coalesce an in-house team of developers that will contribute to coding Bitcoin and possibly other cryptocurrencies. Square began by providing credit… Read More

February 25, 2019 @ 9:42 am By JD Alois  |  

There has been growing chatter that Square (NYSE: SQ) may soon receive approval regarding their application to become an Industrial Loan Company (ILC) which is similar to a bank. The change of leadership at the FDIC has set a more positive tone for Fintechs and their… Read More

January 9, 2019 @ 2:01 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Payment process platform Square announced on Wednesday the launch of the Square In-App Payments Software Development Kit (SDK), which will now enable developers and sellers to process payments with Square within their consumer-facing mobile apps for the first time. Square revealed: “With just a few lines of… Read More

December 29, 2018 @ 7:37 pm By Cali Haan  |  

Square, providers of distinctive white-plastic and user-friendly mobile payments hardware as well as North America’s most popular (Bitcoin-friendly) peer-to-peer payment app, Cash App, have crowned a banner year by being declared Yahoo Finance’s 2018 Company of the Year, Yahoo reports. First, there was the stock’s… Read More

July 24, 2018 @ 8:35 am By JD Alois  |  

eBay (Nasdaq:EBAY)  and Square Capital (NYSE:SQ) have signed an agreement to provide up to $100,000 in credit to sellers – in as little as one day. The partnership is not only a streamlined offering of financing for small businesses that use eBay but also a… Read More

November 8, 2017 @ 4:30 pm By JD Alois  |  

Square (NYSE:SQ), a growing Fintech and payments platform, reported earnings after the bell today. Square saw “ongoing strength” in transaction, subscription and services-based revenue. Top-line revenue grew from the Q2 of 2017 increasing 33% year over year, up from 26%.  Gross Payment Volume (GPV) jumped… Read More

September 7, 2017 @ 1:47 pm By Erin Hobey  |  

The word on the street is that Jack Dorsey’s Square (NYSE: SQ) is moving into banking business with an application to form a wholly owned bank based in Utah. The unit, to be called Square Financial Services Inc., would offer loans and deposit accounts to small… Read More

August 3, 2017 @ 11:31 am By JD Alois  |  

Square (NYSE:SQ) reported Q2 earnings yesterday. The company topped expectations by posting a loss of ($0.04) a share versus an expected loss of ($0.05) a share. While the company entered its existence as a streamlined payments processor for everyone, Square has quickly morphed into a… Read More

March 27, 2016 @ 8:47 pm By JD Alois  |  

A growing number of platforms are offering credit to their consumers as it appears just about everyone is getting into the online lending business these days. Square (NYSE:SQ), in launching loans from Square Capital provided by Celtic Bank in Utah, has provided another incremental service… Read More