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Obama Campaign Nominates Square To Gather Mobile Contributions

By Tom Krazit Jan. 31, 2012, 2:47am 1 Comment

It’s an election year, which means politicians are frantically trying to raise money for their campaigns. President Obama’s re-election camp… Read More »

Does Square Have A Doppelganger In The UK? Meet mPowa

By Ingrid Lunden Jan. 25, 2012, 12:01am Comments Off

Square, the high-profile mobile payments company started by Twitter’s Jack Dorsey, has yet to launch outside the U.S. But in the meantime, a… Read More »

Branson's Next Mobile Act: An Investment In Mobile Payments Startup Square

By Ingrid Lunden Nov. 8, 2011, 9:47pm Comments Off

Richard Branson is no stranger to investing in mobile media: among his more notable moves have been establishing *Virgin Mobile* years ago,… Read More »

The NFC Dance: One Step Closer With PayPal; One Step Further With Square

By Ingrid Lunden Nov. 2, 2011, 8:30pm Comments Off

We are still far from seeing simple, wave-and-pay NFC as a ubiquitous technology for mobile payments, and even further from seeing consumers… Read More »

Confidence In Anti-Fraud Tech Has Square Ready For No-Limit Mobile Payments

By Tom Krazit Oct. 11, 2011, 12:01am Comments Off

As companies like Square and Google (NSDQ: GOOG) pitch themselves as the future of payment processing, they’ll need to remove as many obstac… Read More »

Why Mobile Payments Might Still Be A Few Years Away In A Few Years

By Tom Krazit Sep. 27, 2011, 2:00pm 3 Comments

Are mobile payments the new speech recognition technologies? One of the bigger stories in mobile this year has been the growing investment a… Read More »

Mobile Lowdown 8-9-11: Apple/HTC/Lodsys; ZTE; Twitter/Square; Mobile Ads

By Ingrid Lunden Aug. 9, 2011, 2:12pm Comments Off

A look at some of the big stories in mobile today: – Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) patent cases: The ITC is launching its investigation of Apple’s pa… Read More »

Mobile Lowdown 6-29-11: Amazon, Rovio boost WP7; Square; Google+ Mobile

By Ingrid Lunden Jun. 29, 2011, 3:43pm Comments Off

A look at some of the big stories in mobile today: – Windows Phone 7: Couple of good-news boosts for the Windows Phone 7 apps platform. A… Read More »

Not So Square Anymore: Dorsey’s Payment Startup Gets $100M, Valued At $1Bn

By Ingrid Lunden Jun. 29, 2011, 10:46am Comments Off

The game is on for mobile payments. Square has announced that it has picked up $100 million in a third round of funding, which now values th… Read More »

Updated: UK Mobile Carriers Team Up For M-Payments Push

By Ingrid Lunden Jun. 16, 2011, 3:22pm Comments Off

Big news today in the world of mobile payments: the three largest operators in the UK have announced a joint venture to offer mobile wallet… Read More »

Mobile Lowdown 5-24-11: iPhone 5; Square; T-Mobile; Apple; Sony Ericsson

By Ingrid Lunden May. 24, 2011, 2:00pm Comments Off

Our look at some of the big stories in mobile today: More confirmation of the iPhone 5 being smaller and thinner; some doubt cast on Square’… Read More »

Square’s New Mobile Payment Apps Let You Ring Up A Tab

By Tom Krazit May. 23, 2011, 11:36pm Comments Off

While the big players in the payments industry haggle over the best way to turn mobile phones into credit cards, Square is doubling down on… Read More »

Visa Invests In Mobile Payment Startup Square

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