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Square, Inc. (NYSE: SQ)
Square, Inc. is a financial services, merchant services aggregator, and mobile payment company based in San Francisco, California. The company markets several software and hardware payments products, including Square Contactless and Chip Reader, Square Stand, Square Register and Square Magstripe Reader, and has expanded into small business services such as Square Capital, a financing program, Cash App, a person-to-person payments service, Appointments, Gift Cards/eGift Cards, Invoices, Virtual Terminal, Marketing, Loyalty, Employee Management, and Square Payroll.
Why Tivoli Audio Is Trying To Make Brick-And-Mortar Retail Waves
April 19, 2019
To let shoppers experience their products in person, brands are opening brick-in-mortar stores in major shopping destinations, even as major retailers are closing stores across the country. Tivoli Audio, which ... Read moreProduct Returns Get A New Look At Walgreens And Nordstrom
April 19, 2019
When it comes to retail and digital commerce, it’s not just about the purchase, and it probably hasn’t been for more than a few years at this point. It’s about ... Read moreWill Telling A Story Drive Foot Traffic To Macy’s?
April 18, 2019
2019 got off to a bumpy start for Macy’s, as holiday sales slumped when they were expected to soar.
“The holiday season began strong – particularly during Black Friday and the ... Read moreRetail Sales Mark Comeback, Rising 1.6 Pct In March
April 18, 2019
Spring has sprung, as March marched to the best showing of monthly retail sales data in a year and a half.
In terms of headline numbers, the data released by the ... Read moreIs This The End Times For Brick-And-Mortar Retail?
April 16, 2019
Retail apocalypse? Mere culling of the herd? Whatever you want to call the decline of brick-and-mortar retail – and it’s getting worse, according to a few recent reports – it’s not ... Read moreWhen Loyalty Is Unattended Retail’s Key Feature
April 15, 2019
To help build customer loyalty, eCommerce and brick-and-mortar retailers have a myriad of tools on hand: Cashiers can sign customers up for loyalty cards at brick-and-mortar stores, and eCommerce sites ... Read moreManolo Blahnik Opens New Display Space In Selfridges
April 12, 2019
Luxury women’s shoe brand Manolo Blahnik has opened a new dedicated boutique inside of Selfridges, according to reports.
The 560 square-foot space in the London department store will offer some ... Read moreAlexa, Stolen Fingerprints And The Rest Of The Week’s News
April 12, 2019
It’s the end of a busy week, one full of news about payments and commerce. We here at PYMNTS are as excited about the weekend as you are, but before ... Read moreWill Medical Services Be Pharmacies’ Secret Weapon?
April 12, 2019
The U.S. faces a physical shortage today that some are predicting will turn into a crisis over the course of the next decade. According to a report by the Association ... Read moreWegmans To Open In Brooklyn; Whole Foods Brings Eateries To 500th Store
April 12, 2019
Grocery retailers are opening new stores in cities that aren’t only designed as places for consumers to pick up their weekly groceries: They’re turning them into culinary destinations with eateries ... Read more
How Retailers Are Gearing Up For Contactless Payments Via mPOS
April 10, 2019
With the use of contactless payments heating up around the world, small and mid-sized businesses (SMBs) and their solution providers have to prepare for their acceptance. Mobile point-of-sale (mPOS) terminals ... Read moreData Dive, Spring Blooms Edition: Apple, Citi And Square
April 1, 2019April has arrived, and once we’ve sorted out the various pranks, we can all take a minute to appreciate that winter is over. Granted, depending on how far north one ... Read moreSquare Teams With Washington Nationals On In-Seat Concessions
March 29, 2019Payments company Square has partnered with the Washington Nationals and Levy Restaurants to let fans order concession menu items right from their seats, according to reports.
Fans can use the Square-owned ... Read moreSquare To Pay Bitcoin Engineering Team In Bitcoin
March 21, 2019Square, the digital payments company owned by Jack Dorsey, is boosting the number of engineers it hires to work on cryptocurrency efforts.
According to a report in CoinDesk, citing tweets ... Read moreGoogle Pay Is Coming To eBay
March 21, 2019Very soon, eBay shoppers will be able to choose Google Pay as their payment method when checking out. The move comes as the latest expansion of its newly redesigned payments ... Read moreWhy Retailers Are Making mPOS Technology A Top Priority
March 11, 2019In the age of digital payments, mobile point of sale systems (POS) are making inroads with the promise of time-saving conveniences for merchants. These systems can provide restaurants with the ... Read moreGrowing Strong: The Theme Of Early 2019
March 1, 2019While worries about the domestic and global economies loom large, the story on the Street in early 2019 is mostly about growing forward, instead of shrinking back. Firms like Airbnb are ... Read morePayPal’s Hit And Miss For Q4
January 31, 2019PayPal kept its 2018 earnings beat streak alive, notching its fourth consecutive earnings beat with its Q4 results announcement yesterday (Jan. 30).
Revenue, however, was a slight miss for both the quarter and the ... Read moreNew Square Card Promises Instant Funds To SMBs
January 17, 2019You know your stature by the enemies you make, right?
That’s the old saying at least. Well, “enemy” might be too strong a term — business is not war — but Square ... Read moreSquare Launches In-App Payments Kit For Sellers
January 9, 2019Payment company Square, popular for its square-shaped mobile card reader, has released an in-app payments software development kit (SDK) that will give developers and sellers alike a new way to ... Read more
Spring Break Goes High-Tech
April 20, 2019From smart bags to social media, spring break is becoming a surprisingly digital and high-tech travel period in the U.S.
The words “spring break” evoke all kinds of mental images. Beaches, ... Read moreMarket Love For ‘A Tech Firm Delivering Pizzas’
April 18, 2019Domino’s got a big boost in its share price, care of a big up-vote from Morgan Stanley Analyst John Glass in the form of a raised rating to overweight from ... Read moreWorld Bank, IMF Debut Private Blockchain And ‘Quasi-Cryptocurrency’
April 15, 2019The International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank are partnering up to launch a private blockchain and “quasi-cryptocurrency.”
The asset, “Learning Coin,” will be accessible only within the Washington-based multinational ... Read moreSmall Banks Grow Frustrated With Core Providers
April 12, 2019Small banks that rely on technology providers Fiserv, FIS and Jack Henry & Associates are starting to revolt, arguing the companies are making it more difficult for them to compete ... Read morePayments Execs On 2019’s Payments Innovation Watershed
April 12, 2019 One decade draws to a close, the next one looms. Only a few months into 2019, the year is already shaping up to offer a bit of a watershed in ... Read moreCanvas Technology Acquired By Amazon
April 11, 2019Amid its endeavors in robotic technology, Amazon has reportedly bought Canvas Technology. The Colorado-based startup, which was started in 2015, has offered such devices as a fully autonomous cart system, ... Read moreMeasuring Technology’s Promise Against Its Progress
April 10, 2019There is no shortage of wonders in payments and commerce, which are advertised as the next big disruption in how consumers transact. Instant payments, voice and visual search, AI/ML digital ... Read moreMorgan Stanley: Apple Healthcare Could Bring In $313B By 2027
April 9, 2019Morgan Stanley analysts predict healthcare to emerge as a key market for Apple, reports in CNBC said Monday (April 8).
Apple’s offerings in the healthcare space could generate $15 billion in ... Read moreSamsung Galaxy S10 Fingerprint Sensor Tricked By 3D Printer
April 8, 2019A Samsung Galaxy S10 user was able to show how he could trick the in-display fingerprint sensor using a 3D printer.
According to a report in The Verge, citing a post ... Read moreOn National Burrito Day, Chipotle Serves Up Signs Of QSR Innovation
April 4, 2019As far as made-up, non-holiday holidays go, you could probably do worse than National Burrito Day, which takes place on Thursday (April 4). No doubt you’ve been planning for this ... Read more
Bitcoin Daily: FinCEN Penalizes P2P Currency Exchanger; Binance Announces Its Own Blockchain
April 19, 2019A new report has found that ransomware payments increased nearly 90 percent in the first quarter of the year over the previous quarter.
According to ransomware support firm Coveware, the first quarter ... Read moreEY Secures Biz Transactions On Public Blockchains
April 18, 2019A new technology protocol announced by corporate accounting and auditing firm Ernst & Young (EY) aims to secure transactions made over public Ethereum blockchain.
EY announced this week that its zero-knowledge ... Read moreBitcoin Daily: Rebuilding Notre Dame With Bitcoin; Assange Arrest Leads To Bitcoin Donations
April 18, 2019Bitcoin users might soon be able to donate to help rebuild Notre Dame Cathedral.
The French government just launched a website with links to four approved organizations collecting money to repair ... Read moreIBM Q1 Shows Systems Drag While Firm Reaches Toward The Cloud (And Blockchain)
April 17, 2019Blockchain got a few mentions during IBM’s conference call with analysts after earnings were released Tuesday (April 16) after the markets closed. Artificial intelligence (AI) got more exposure, tied in part ... Read moreFrench Gov’t Sees Blockchain As A ‘Priority’
April 17, 2019France joins the roster of governments examining blockchain as a conduit to changing how services and payments are rendered. Elsewhere, blockchain sees increasing adoption in the insurance vertical. Read moreBitcoin Daily: Electrum Hackers Steal $4M With Bitcoin Phishing; US Crypto Startup Chainalysis Raises $6M
April 17, 2019eToroX — the blockchain division of social trading platform eToro — is launching a new cryptocurrency-only exchange desk for pro traders that will support six cryptos: bitcoin, Ethereum, Bitcoin Cash, ... Read moreCan Regulating Wearables Protect Data Privacy?
April 16, 2019The Intelligence of Things (IoT) has become a fixture of everyday life, with more than 14 billion connected devices expected to be in use by the end of 2019. However, ... Read moreBitcoin Daily: SEC Cracks Down; BitPay Partners With Corporate Traveller
April 16, 2019The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is cracking down on exchange-traded funds (ETFs) that misleadingly use blockchain in their names.
According to Bloomberg, issuers cannot use “materially deceptive or misleading” ... Read moreWorld Bank, IMF Debut Private Blockchain And ‘Quasi-Cryptocurrency’
April 15, 2019The International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank are partnering up to launch a private blockchain and “quasi-cryptocurrency.”
The asset, “Learning Coin,” will be accessible only within the Washington-based multinational ... Read moreBitcoin Daily: WikiLeaks Bitcoin Donations Spike; Harvard Backs Crypto Co
April 12, 2019A new survey shows that most companies are not using blockchain technology.
Stack Overflow’s annual developer survey asked around 48,175 developers about blockchain’s adoption within their organizations, with 80 percent saying they are ... Read more
