GigaomSquare moves from the smartphone to the browser, building its own online market
Square is taking its mobile payments circus to the online world, launching a e-commerce marketplace that integrates with its other merchant tools. Read more »
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Square is taking its mobile payments circus to the online world, launching a e-commerce marketplace that integrates with its other merchant tools. Read more »
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Punchey hopes to carve off a piece of mobile credit card payments market by charging lower fees for high-dollar transactions. Read more »
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Square has launched an under-the-radar payments service that lets customers transfer cash through email. It’s certainly not a new concept, but it’s another tool in Square’s arsenal as it delves deeper… Read more »
NCR is the top supplier of retail point-of-sale software for U.S. restaurants, so for LevelUp, getting its mobile payments app to work with NCR’s systems for dining transactions is key. Read more »
Francoise Brougher was in charge of Google’s mammoth small business advertising unit, which should serve her well in growing Square’s customer base at home and internationally. Read more »
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