Square, the point-of-sale and e-commerce unit of Block Inc., is the latest technology provider to turn up the heat in the already hotly competitive restaurant POS market. It announced Tuesday the launch of Square KDS, a kitchen-display system on the Android operating platform, and the debut of Square for Franchises, …

Square, the point-of-sale and e-commerce unit of Block Inc., Wednesday announced the launch of Tap to Pay on Android for merchants in the United States, Australia, Ireland, France, Spain, and the United Kingdom. The technology will enable Square merchants to accept contactless payments with a compatible Android device, such as …

Square, the in-store and online commerce arm of Block Inc., says Square Subscriptions is in tests for Square Online users. The feature is one of nearly 100 updates the company announced Wednesday. Other notable features include Waitlists in Square Appointments and an integration with reservation provider OpenTable in Square for …

In a major case whose effects could ripple widely across the payments industry, Block Inc. has sued Visa Inc. and Mastercard Inc., alleging the global networks worked together to fix interchange fees paid by Block’s Square operation. Square, which processes card transactions for millions of mostly small sellers, pays interchange …

Payments platforms have worked for years to find the key to winning and keeping merchants while also holding on to independent sales organizations, the agents that are key to signing up merchants. Now Netevia Group LLC thinks it’s found that key in banking. “It’s a pretty simple strategy,” says Vlad …