$4 Billion? Maybe Not
By Sarah McBride SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - As Silicon Valley scrambles to assess the impact of the Facebook <FB.O> IPO mess, all ...
By Sarah McBride SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - As Silicon Valley scrambles to assess the impact of the Facebook <FB.O> IPO mess, all ...
The Huffington Post | Catherine New | Posted 05.25.2012
Groupon is making cash registers and PayPal has a new ATM? It's just another week in the growing market for mobile payments and alt-banking services, ...
The Huffington Post | Courteney Palis | Posted 04.03.2012
While one might assume that the wizened minds of older Silicon Valleyites were responsible for some of the hottest web startups in recent memory, many...
Brett King | Posted 04.03.2012
In its purest form, this will be simply a challenge to the branch-led distribution model. How so? Ultimately, with mobile banking and payments, the branch and resultant paperwork processes becomes a convenience "penalty" for transactional and basic onboarding.
Bill_Robinson | Posted 01.20.2012
With all of the deflating noises of Groupon and Zynga, is it possible Square might find themselves going the way of PayPal; downhill?
Posted 11.17.2011
After dusting off their traditional red aprons and donation pots, Salvation Army bell ringers will modernize their getup this giving season with a dig...
Reuters | Posted 01.08.2012
By Alexei Oreskovic SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Square, the mobile payment startup that counts former U.S. Treasury Secretary Lawrence Summers on its...
Posted 01.08.2012
By Alexei Oreskovic SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Square, the mobile payment startup that counts former U.S. Treasury Secretary Lawrence Summers on...
The Huffington Post | Bianca Bosker | Posted 01.02.2012
Thanks to the latest app from Square, you can now pay for things without your wallet, your credit card or even your hands. Square, a mobile payment...
Posted 12.20.2011
By John Paczkowski Jack Dorsey has been called "the James Franco of the Internet," and with good reason -- his calendar is easily as jam-pa...
The Huffington Post | Ramona Emerson | Posted 12.18.2011
From inventing personal card-readers that let you set up a small business anywhere to mapping our genetic makeup, tech companies do a lot of cool stuf...
HuffingtonPost.com | Carly Schwartz | Posted 11.22.2011
It's a good time to be Biz Stone. The 37-year-old Berkeley resident, who just five years ago co-founded a little microblogging service you may have he...
HuffingtonPost.com | Alex Wagner | Posted 08.22.2011
NEW YORK -- Former Treasury Secretary and former Director of the White House National Economic Council Lawrence Summers will be taking a position on t...
The Huffington Post | Amy Lee | Posted 07.23.2011
Square CEO Jack Dorsey unveiled two new products that aim to radically change how small businesses accept payments from their customers, as well as ho...
Brett King | Posted 07.10.2011
When the 5 launches it needs to be much more than just NFC-enabled, Apple needs to 'change everything' again. The only viable way of doing this is taking a first mover payments capability.
The Huffington Post | Amy Lee | Posted 06.27.2011
Square, the mobile payments startup, just got a big boost from Visa, which has made an unspecified investment in the company. Square uses a device...
Navarrow Wright | Posted 05.25.2011
The common denominator for all of the apps expected to shine at this year's SXSW is that almost all of their activity will take place on a mobile device.
HuffingtonPost.com | Amy Lee | Posted 05.25.2011
Mobile payments startup Square just announced they're cutting the 15 cent processing fee other mobile payment systems collect--but are they poised to ...
The Huffington Post | Bianca Bosker | Posted 05.25.2011
During an interview with Charlie Rose, Jack Dorsey, the founder of Twitter and Square, said he believes the immediacy and accessibility of Twitter, es...
Brett King | Posted 05.25.2011
The biggest risk to the finance sector today is not from other banks, it's the growing gap between the institution and the customer.
Brett King | Posted 05.25.2011
2010 was a bumper year for innovations in the banking and payments space. Here are some of the top innovations.
wired.com | Posted 05.25.2011
Did your Girl Scout cookie sales drive flop because nobody carries cash anymore? If so, you may need to get Square, the mobile payment solution from T...
Shelly Palmer | Posted 05.25.2011
Twitter is unveiling a new feature today that will allow users to embed Tweets onto websites. The company hopes that Tweets will soon be as easy and appropriate to post as YouTube videos.
Brett King | Posted 05.25.2011
Reformists and regulators in the US, in the EU and in other jurisdictions are grappling with the problem of massive banks and how their financial heal...
Ben Arnon | Posted 05.25.2011
I had the opportunity to try out Square this evening while attending a Tech Crunch: Disrupt party at the NYC office of charity:water. In this picture...
Reuters | Posted 05.31.2012