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Jack Dorsey Talks About Square and Twitter On Charlie Rose
Square and Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey went on Charlie Rose to talk about the two companies he runs. He also briefly talked about Facebook’s acquisition of Instagram. During the interview Dorsey said that mobile payments company Square is growing fast and is planning to expand internationally.
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Square Is Now Processing $5 Billion In Annual Payments
Mobile payments company Square has released some new numbers today. Square is processing $5 billion in annual payments ($416 million in payments per month), which is up from $4 billion in annual payments in March. Payment volume has been up 25% over the past month.
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Square Expected To Be Put At A $4 Billion Valuation
Square is preparing to raise another round of funding that would put them at a $4 billion valuation according to sources with AllThingsD. This would quadruple Square’s valuation since 10 months ago when they raised $100 million, putting them at a $1 billion valuation. Square was founded by Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey and the service focuses on accepting credit card payments through smartphones and tablets.
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Square COO Keith Rabois Says Mobile Apps Are Killing The Web
Keith Rabois, the chief operating officer of Square, was interviewed by BusinessInsider and the answers he gave were slightly controversial. Especially when asked about whether he believes that the desktop based browsing was dying. “So for example, which is going to be more important to the future of society: a website with www-dot-url or one of these? [pulls out his iPhone].”
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Square Hires Ricardo Reyes From Tesla and Rob von Behren From Google Wallet
Square has hired two major executives recently. They have hired Google Wallet co-founding engineer Rob von Behren and Ricardo Reyes of Tesla Motors. Reyes previously worked in communications at Tesla Motors and he will now be working as Square’s vice president of communications and brand marketing. Von Behren worked at Google for 8 years and started working on Google Wallet’s NFC initiatives back in 2009. Square competes head-on with Google Wallet and the hiring of Von Behren may lead the mobile payments company to get into NFC themselves.
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Square Launches iPad Register App
Square, the mobile payments company founded by Jack Dorsey, has launched an iPad app for their Register service. The app is supposed to replicate the actual experience of a register similar to Square’s existing iPad app. Now if you sign up, Square will send you a free credit card reader.
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Salvation Army Red Kettle Ringers To Start Accepting Credit Cards Through Square
During the holiday season, the Salvation Army usually rings bells and collects donations in front of restaurants and grocery stores. One of the problems I have is that I always use my credit card and almost never have spare change or cash. The Salvation Army is solving that problem for me by accepting credit cards by using Square credit card readers.
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Square Launches Hands Free Payments Feature In iPhone App
Mobile payments company Square has added a new feature to the Card Case digital wallet application. This allows users to walk into a store and pay without having to take out their phone. All they have to do is say their name and their order.
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Square Launches Store Locator Feature
Square No Longer Requires Signatures For Transactions Under $25
Mobile payment company Square has updated its iPhone and iPad applications today. The company also redesigned their website. The mobile applications are faster in speed and the number of screens for transactions have been reduced.
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