• Square By The Numbers: 500K Card Readers Shipped; 1 Million Transactions In May

    Leena Rao

    Leena Rao is currently a Senior Editor for TechCrunch. She recently finished graduate school at the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University, where she studied business journalism and videography. From 2004 to 2007, she helped lead Congresswoman Carloyn Maloney’s community outreach and relations efforts in New York City. She graduated from Columbia University in 2003, where she was... → Learn More

    Monday, May 23rd, 2011

    It’s no secret that disruptive mobile payments startup Square is growing fast. And today, CEO Jack Dorsey revealed a few more milestones for the company—500,000 Square card readers shipped, 1 million Square transactions in May, and as we reported over the weekend the startup is now processing $3 million in mobile payments per day.

    Fresh off $27.5 million in new funding, and a strategic investment from credit card company Visa, Square is pushing the envelope when its comes to mobile and now local payments.

    And with the massive growth in merchants adopting Square, is now in track to process $1 billion in payment volume within a year.

    Company: Square
    Website: squareup.com
    Launch Date: February 2009
    Funding: $341M

    Square is making commerce easy for everyone. Starting with a free credit card reader for the iPhone, iPad, and Android devices, Square Reader allows anyone to accept credit cards anywhere, anytime, for a low transaction rate of 2.75 percent per swipe, with no hidden fees. Square Register serves as a full point-of-sale system for businesses to accept payments, manage items, and share menu and location information. Square Wallet, available in the US, is the most seamless way to pay,...

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