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Mobile payments COO at Square resigns after sexual harassment accusations

Jorge Gonzalez
Square Inc. mobile payments nfc technology

The chief operating officer quit his job abruptly after an employee demanded “millions of dollars”. The chief operating officer of the highly successful mobile payments startup, Square, has resigned quite suddenly after having been accused of sexual harassment by an employee who is demanding “millions of dollars” in order to keep the issue from going to court. Keith Rabois announced this decision online after informing the company of what happened. Rabois, who has been a senior executive at Square with high regards, caused a rain of tweets from the Silicon…

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Mobile payments service launch announced by Groupon

Sam Lambert
Groupon Mobile Commerce

A new option has just been announced for Android users similar to that released in September for iPhone. Groupon has just revealed that its mobile payments service, which has been compared to that offered by Square, is now available to Android device users after having been available exclusively to iPhone customers since September 2012. This new service allows merchants to use Android devices for accepting debit and credit card transactions. The mobile payments service is made possible through a card reader that attaches to the smartphone or tablet, which now…

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Mobile payments from Square Wallet at 7,000 Starbucks locations

Jennifer Goula
Starbucks Mobile Payments

The coffee chain is now accepting transactions completed through the smartphone friendly service. Starbucks has just announced that it is broadening its mobile payments by accepting transactions through Square at approximately 7,000 of its coffee shop location. This is just the next step in a broadening partnership that exists between the two companies. The rollout was first announced in August and, three months later, it is still right on schedule with when they’d hoped it would begin. This gives customers at Starbucks the choice between two different mobile payments options…

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Mobile payments launched in the U.K. by iZettle

Stephanie Beck

The system implemented by the Swedish company has been compared to Square in the U.S. iZettle, a company from Sweden, has just announced that it has launched a mobile payments service similar to Square in the United Kingdom, and that it has now gone live for merchants to use. The service works with an app and reader device that plugs into a tablet or smartphone. iZettle is considered to be the main rival to Square in Europe as it expands into its second marketplace within the same number of weeks.…

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Mobile payments from Square step out of the U.S. and into Canada

Sam Lambert
Jack Dorsey, co founder of Twiitter

This international step was taken by Jack Dorsey, of Twitter fame. Co-founder of Twitter, Jack Dorsey, is taking Square for an international leap, expanding it outside of the American borders and into the fast moving Canadian mobile payments marketplace. This effort is to help to expand Dorsey’s vision that “commerce is easy for everyone”. It is his belief that Canada is primed and ready to use his most recent technology startup. The launch of Square, a free mobile payment credit card reader, has now made its way into Canada, two…

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