Articles about Square

Cuts at Jack Dorsey’s fin-tech company Block impact 43 workers in Washington state

Block, the financial services and mobile payments company founded by former Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey, has laid off 43 workers… Read More

Gravity Payments invests $500K in Joe Coffee to help startup enhance service and take on Square

Dan Price, the high-profile co-founder and CEO of Seattle-based credit card processing and financial services company Gravity Payments, has been… Read More

Widespread climate walkouts expected at Amazon, Microsoft, Google, Facebook and other tech companies

Climate change will take center stage in the technology industry today as thousands of employees at some of the world’s… Read More

Square doubles down on Seattle, leasing downtown office space with room for 100 people

Square is putting down permanent roots in Seattle, scooping up a new downtown office space with room to grow as… Read More

Square takes aim at Stripe, PayPal with new payments kit for mobile software developers

Betting that users of its in-store payments hardware and web services want to use Square across their mobile apps as… Read More

Square reveals location of its stealthy Seattle office, right across from the Amazon Spheres

Square is just getting settled in Seattle, and it is already planning to grow. GeekWire reported on Square’s Seattle office… Read More

Square’s secret office: Payments company’s Seattle outpost is the stealthiest tech outpost in town

There have been a parade of big California-based tech companies coming to Seattle over the past few years, as most… Read More

GeekWork Picks: Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence seeks director for Semantic Scholar search engine

The Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence (AI2) has been working on an intelligent search engine for the past two years.… Read More

The no-power lunch: Seattle food trucks used Square’s Offline Mode to make sales during outage

The power outage in downtown Seattle on Wednesday wasn’t going to keep office workers from eating, and thanks to one… Read More

Amazon sends Square credit-card readers to former Local Register users

Amazon’s capitulation to Square now appears final. Re/code is reporting that Amazon is giving Square credit-card readers to business owners… Read More

GeekWire 200 update: Where are the IPOs?

A lot of “unicorns” have been spotted in recent months in the tech industry, but not many IPOs. Despite strong… Read More

Square’s stock jumps 45 percent in opening hours as the IPO-weary tech world watches on

All eyes were on payments company Square on Thursday morning, as one of the Silicon Valley’s many so-called unicorns ventured… Read More

Starbucks turns to J.P. Morgan to process transactions after Square partnership unravels

Starbucks and Square have officially ended a long standing relationship that we learned earlier this month was costing Square millions.… Read More

Square lost more than $70M on deal to process Starbucks transactions, filing reveals

The world got a glimpse inside payments processing startup Square’s financials on Wednesday, as the company filed for its much anticipated… Read More

Snapchat, WhatsApp, Expedia and Amazon: What 15 tech brands could have been called

Choosing the right brand name can be a make-it or break-it experience for a lot of startups. Finding something that… Read More

Is PayPal’s strong public market reception fueling interest in Stripe and Square?

On its first day of trading as a publicly held company, PayPal’s value soared to $50 billion following its spin-out… Read More

Square Cash launches a low-cost payment alternative for small businesses

Square Cash is launching a new easy-to-use payments platform, targeting small businesses looking to replace cash and checks with debit cards.… Read More

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Square launches Android app for meal delivery service Caviar

Square expanded its Caviar meal delivery service today by launching its first Android app on the Google Play Store. The… Read More

Square launches old-school physical gift cards, replacing digital ones sent via email

Two years after Square announced it was offering a virtual gift card service, it’s nixing the program in favor of physical ones. That… Read More

Snapchat teams with Square for mobile payment service Snapcash

Snapchat released an update to its popular ephemeral messaging app today that enables “Snapcash,” a new service that allows friends… Read More

Square brews up a way to let you order coffee from your phone (but not at Starbucks)

Square plans to announce a new location-based service today that will let customers place coffee orders from their phone and have… Read More

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Square raises $150M to achieve a $6B valuation

Square has raised an additional $150 million in capital, valuing the six-year-old San Francisco payments company at $6 billion, reports… Read More

Square Cash app update lets users send and receive money via text message

Mobile payment giant Square updated its Cash app today and it may change the way you make payments. The app now allows you… Read More

Mobile payments: Retailers weigh cost of using Amazon’s system, even if price is right

Will book sellers, bike shop owners and electronics stores use Amazon as its payment provider if they are already worried about it stealing their business?… Read More

Amazon unveils credit card reader, takes swipe at Square

Continuing its quest to dominate nearly every corner of the retail experience, Amazon.com today unveiled a new $10 credit card… Read More

Get it while it’s hot: Square fuels food delivery frenzy with Caviar acquisition

Update, 10:10 a.m.: Now it’s official: Square announced this morning that it has indeed acquired Caviar. Terms of the deal… Read More

Square bails on Wallet app in latest fallout from troubled Starbucks partnership

Square, the San Francisco-based mobile payments company, is changing course in a major part of its business — giving… Read More

Square’s deal with Starbucks is costing the payments startup millions

Square lost at least $20 million as a result of its partnership with Starbucks in 2013, according to a report in the WSJ,… Read More

Tech Moves: Amazon exec leaves for Square, Edifecs expands leadership team, and more

—Alyssa Henry has joined Square as its head of Engineering, the company announced today. Prior to her work at the payments… Read More

How the Starbucks and Square payments venture ran out of steam

Two years ago, Starbucks promised to change the way people pay for coffee when it invested $25 million into Square,… Read More