Square Could Pass Twitter in Value

Re:Square Could Pass Twitter in Value by KGIII on Wednesday October 25, 2017 @04:52PM (#15554154)

Some of the trendier merchents have Square in my neighborhood. I'm in NW Maine. I just bought some alpaca wool and the nice lady swiped my card through a Square device attached to her phone. The pie lady takes Square too. I think the new coffee shop, down in the village, now has a real merchant account, but they did use Square. I've never even seen Venmo.

Err... I'm old, but we have hip and trendy tourists?

Ah well... Another anecdote for ya.

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Re:Square Could Pass Twitter in Value by passivepinetree on Wednesday October 25, 2017 @05:09PM (#15554287)

I believe Venmo is squarely in the market of peer-to-peer money. IIRC I don't believe they have any business offerings.

Square, meanwhile, is offering both business and peer-to-peer options.

It might be a generational thing, but it does seem like Venmo has cornered the p2p market.

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Re:Square Could Pass Twitter in Value by KGIII on Wednesday October 25, 2017 @05:15PM (#15554343)

That would absolutely explain why I've never seen it. In my generation, if I invite people out, I expect to pay the bill. There is no bill splitting. If I'm paying someone, I've probably got cash.

Yeah, I even have a landline. I did mention I'm old. ;-)

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