Mobile Payment Company Square Raises $100 Million in Series C Financing

Square, the company revolutionizing everyday transactions between buyers and sellers, announced today that it has secured $100 million in Series C financing. The round was led by new Square investor Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers with participation from Tiger Global Management, LLC. Square launched in...

Apple and Square to Partner for iPhone 5 Mobile Payments?

One of the most common iPhone 5 rumours is about Near Field Communication (NFC), the technology that allows mobile payments with a wave or “tap” of a device. Jack Dorsey, the founder of Twitter and mobile payment company Square, is now officially available in the iPhone store. Radu Tyrsina at IT...

Jack Dorsey’s Mobile Payment Company Square Gets Times Square Billboard

Square, the mobile payment company co-founded by Jack Dorsey, has fittingly put a big billboard up in New York’s Times Square. Such aggressive marketing is a big change from the San Francisco-based company’s past strategy. Last week, COO Keith Rabois told Fast Company of the difficulties of...

Square Inc. Signing Up 30,000+ New Accounts Per Month

Jessica Guynn of the Los Angeles Times interviewed Square COO Keith Rabois about Square’s latest round of funding,  which according to some sources puts the company valuation at over $240 million. According to Rabois, the company has “been signing up 30,000 to 40,000 new accounts per month and...

Square Versus Intuit GoPayment: Mobile Payment Comparison

For business that want to accept credit card payments through their smartphones, there are quite a few choices available. Two leading contenders are Square and Intuit’s GoPayment. Both services offer this feature, but there are some differences that may sway your decision on which one is best for...

Jack Dorsey’s Square Mobile Payments Company Raises $27.5 Million in New Funding

Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey’s mobile payments startup, called Square, is in the process of raising a new round of funding at a valuation of more than $200 million, according to TechCrunch. The online technology blog cites Square’s general manager Keith Rabois as indicating that Square raised $27.5...

Mobile Payment Players to Watch in 2011

As consumers increasingly adopt smartphone technology and all the new app’s that go with it, mobile payment is becoming much more used and accepted, and companies including Google, Apple, and other smartphone players are providing mobile-payment enabling technologies such as near-field communications...

Square

Square is a revolutionary service that enables anyone to accept credit cards anywhere. Square offers an easy to use, free credit card reader that plugs into a phone or iPad. It’s simple to sign up. There is no extra equipment, complicated contracts, monthly fees or merchant account required. Co-founded...