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Semi-protected edit request on 20 January 2019

In the Business Model subsection under the Business header there's a typo: "In some instances, Square may withhold payments to its users pending issues related to chargebacks.[62]the fSquare also"

That "the fSquare also" should just be "Square also". Gray hat (talk) 05:11, 20 January 2019 (UTC)

 Done I've changed it to "The firm" because Square is already used several times in the same paragraph. Gulumeemee (talk) 09:27, 20 January 2019 (UTC)

Tristan O'Tierney

Was wondering if he should be talked about in the article considering he was a founding member and the one to build the original iPhone app for the company. HapHaxion _{(talk / contribs)} 04:43, 3 March 2019 (UTC)

Timeline

not encyclopedic, put here per WP:PRESERVE

trash follows: This is a timeline of Square, Inc., a payments company that was founded in February 2009 and became publicly traded in November 2015.

Year	Month and date	Event type	Details
2009	February	Company	Square is founded by Jack Dorsey on February 1, 2009.
2009	November	Funding	Square raises $10 million in a Series A round.
2009	December	Product	On December 1, Square unveils its website (squareup.com) for the first time. The first device that Square launches, the Square Reader, allows people to easily accept physical credit card payments from their mobile phone, but without contracts or monthly fees. It is compatible with both iPhone and Android devices.
2010	November	Product	After ten months of a private pilot limited to just 50,000 users, Square opens its doors to the public.
2011	March	Product	VeriFone claims that Square is insecure and a "reasonably-skilled" programmer could use Square to skim a credit card and return its details.
2011	May	Product	On May 23, Square announces the release of two new apps, Square Card Case (later rebranded as Square Wallet) and Square Register.
2012	March	Competition	PayPal launches PayPal Here on March 15, a competitor for mobile payment. It has a small dongle that can be used to accept credit card payments.
2012	August	Product	Starbucks invests $25 million in Square and makes Square its exclusive processor of debit and credit card payments.
2012	September	Funding	Square closes $200 million in Series D financing.
2013	May	Product	On May 13, Square unveils Square Stand - which turns an Apple iPad into a more complete point of sale system.
2013	May	Product	On May 20, Square announces Square Cash, which allows people to send money to their friends via email.
2013	June	Product	On June 26, Square launches Square Market, which allows sellers to create a free online storefront with online payment processing functionality.
2013	October	Company	Square moves out from its cramped office in the San Francisco Chronicle building and into new 150,000-square-foot digs in the SF Central Market district. By now, it has 600 employees.
2014	March	Product	Square announces it will start allowing sellers to accept bitcoin on their own storefronts through Square Market. The seller will take no risk on bitcoin value fluctuations.
2014	May	Product	On May 12, Square launches Square Order, which lets people order from nearby eateries, pay for it, and then get a ping when it is ready for collection.
2014	May	Product	Square launches Square Capital on May 28, which offers business financing to merchants using Square.
2014	July	Product	Square announces a card reader that accepts chip cards. It supports both traditional magnetic stripe card transactions as well as chip-and-signature transactions.
2014	August	Product	On August 4, Square acquires Caviar, a startup that delivers meals from high-end restaurants.
2014	August	Company	Square secures an investment from Victory Park Capital, an asset management firm, to extend "hundreds of millions of dollars" to small businesses via Square Capital.
2014	August	Competition	Amazon launches Local Register on August 13, a competitor to Square with lower transaction rates. Amazon later shuts down Local Register on October 30, 2015.
2015	March	Product	In March 2015, Square introduces Square Cash for businesses, which allows individuals to use a username to send/receive money.
2015	March	Product	Square shuts down Square Order.
2015	April	Product	Square launches Customer Engagement, a set of CRM tools that allows email marketing services.
2015	May	Funding	Square secures additional outside investments for Square Capital, with Victory Park Capital tripling its initial investment.
2015	June	Product	Square launches Square Payroll in California, a tool for small business owners to process payroll for their employees.
2015	June	Product	Apple announces that Square will release a new Square Reader that can accept Apple Pay and other contactless payments.
2015	June	Company	By now, Square has 1,171 employees.
2015	September	Competition	on September 1, PayPal launches PayPal.me to compete with Square’s Cashtags.
2015	October	Funding	Square Inc. files an IPO to be listed on the New York Stock Exchange. Shares were priced at $9 on November 18, 2015, and on November 19, 2015 Square officially began trading.
2017	October	Product	The Square Register standalone point-of-sale system is launched in the United States for medium-sized businesses.
2018	April	Product	Square announced that it will acquire Weebly for ~$365 million, a deal expected to close in the second quarter of the year.

References

Thanks! Jtbobwaysf (talk) 21:18, 18 April 2019 (UTC)

Requested move 8 September 2021

The following is a closed discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a move review after discussing it on the closer's talk page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

The result of the move request was: Withdrawn by nominator. Sahaib3005 (talk) 14:52, 8 September 2021 (UTC)

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Square (financial services company) → Square (company) – This company is more notable and has more long term significance than the video games company. Square (video game company) can be mentioned in a hatnote. I also think that Square, Inc. or Square Inc. are bad names because the logo calls it Square. Sahaib3005 (talk) 06:47, 8 September 2021 (UTC)

• Oppose, recentism. First preference leave everything as it is. Second preference move this article to Square Inc.. Stifle (talk) 08:19, 8 September 2021 (UTC)
• Oppose as WP:INCOMPLETEDAB. Better to just keep it where it is. —⁠ ⁠BarrelProof (talk) 13:10, 8 September 2021 (UTC)
• Oppose per User:BarrelProof. 162 etc. (talk) 14:46, 8 September 2021 (UTC)

The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

Name change, page structure

What is the best way to proceed after the name change of Square Inc to Block Inc? The article has been moved back to "Square (financial services company)" but the lead section still begins with "Block, Inc. (formerly Square, Inc.)". I checked the pages for Google/Alphabet and Facebook/Meta to see what has been done in those situations.

Google is a company owned by a parent company, Alphabet Inc. Facebook is a platform operated by Meta Platforms. Their lead sections reflect this - "Facebook is an American online social media and social networking service owned by Meta Platforms...." and "Google LLC is an American multinational technology company..."

Does this mean that there should be an article titled "Square (point of sale platform)" and a separate article titled "Block (financial services company)"? As I understand, there is now no company named "Square, Inc." so "Square (financial services company)" seems wrong.

This seems like the way to match what's been done in these other articles; is there a reason to do it differently here? TheMadDesperado (talk) 17:35, 13 December 2021 (UTC)

I think it could be a good idea to convert Square into a different page and restructure the page to reflect the service. Perhaps something like what we've seen with Alphabet and Meta when it comes to the holding companies that operate such services. WE MAY need some admin to approve the move though. Which I think its the best time to do so. 20chances (talk) 04:03, 14 December 2021 (UTC)

Requested move 14 December 2021

Square (financial services company) → Block, Inc. – Back in December 10, 2021, Square, Inc, the holding company that owns Square, has been renamed to Block, Inc. Square as a product would have its own page while the holding company itself that was formerly named Square, Inc. would be renamed to Block, Inc. and will be reformatted to reflect such changes. 20chances (talk) 04:17, 14 December 2021 (UTC)

• Oppose. I was the one who moved it back after an earlier move. This move may well make sense if Block-the-holding-company does something relevant unrelated to Square, but so far they haven't really. It'd be like moving Facebook to Meta or Google to Alphabet. I don't think there's so much information that a split makes sense yet, but I agree that if the article does expand, separate articles on Block and on Square might make sense. However, in general, if there's only a single article, it's usually placed at the better known product that people see, not the corporate entity that owns the relevant product. SnowFire (talk) 04:47, 14 December 2021 (UTC)

Actually both Facebook and Google have separate articles for the parent companies at Meta Platforms and Alphabet Inc..--65.93.193.134 (talk) 06:11, 14 December 2021 (UTC)