Square

The San Francisco-based mobile payments company, founded in 2009 by Jack Dorsey and Jim McKelvey, develops credit card reader apps for mobile and tablet users. The company’s end goal is to connect sellers with customers wherever they may be, and Square has sought to develop products and services in this vein for half a decade […]

The San Francisco-based mobile payments company, founded in 2009 by Jack Dorsey and Jim McKelvey, develops credit card reader apps for mobile and tablet users. The company’s end goal is to connect sellers with customers wherever they may be, and Square has sought to develop products and services in this vein for half a decade now. The company has released various products and services in the past 12 months, among them Square Stand, Square Cash and Square Market. The company had processed upwards of $21bn in transactions as of September 2013.