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Square: company research
Last checked Oct 8, 2026
Square is Block's seller business: card readers, point-of-sale software, payroll, lending and commerce tools for small and mid-sized merchants. Founded in 2009 by Jack Dorsey and Jim McKelvey, it became a division of Block when the parent company renamed itself in 2021. (from our editorial profile)
Key facts
- Industry
- Merchant payments & commerce
- Headquarters
- Oakland, CA
- Founded
- 2009
- Size
- Part of Block (5,000+ employees)
- Website
- squareup.com
(from our editorial profile)
Technology and AI
Square's Japanese business provides merchant commerce software and hardware: cashless payments, POS registers, payment terminals and store-operations software, covering credit cards, e-money, QR codes, contactless payment, invoicing and e-commerce payments. Terminals include Square リーダー, Square ターミナル, Square レジスター, Square スタンド and Square ハンディ. The POS register manages products, inventory, orders, customer lists, reservations, shifts, restaurant menus and sales data, while Square オンラインビジネス handles online shop creation, prepaid takeout, delivery and in-store pickup, and inventory sync with physical stores. It also publishes payment, order, customer and reservation APIs, webhooks and SDKs for…
Source: compalyze.co.jpRecent moves
In November 2025 the company added UnionPay support and launched "Square Releases" in Japan for the first time. In December 2025 it began offering an "instant deposit service" described as the industry's fastest. In March 2026 it launched the free interactive AI assistant "Square AI" in Japan and announced the second-generation "Square レジスター". In April 2026 it started a "cashless switching campaign", and in July 2026 it began providing the second-generation "Square レジスター" to "SHIBUYA BASE".
Source: compalyze.co.jpLikely challenges
The company states that it pursues innovation, collaboration and learning for the growth of both its merchants and Square itself, and cites its global expansion, an industry-leading distributed work style and its talent as strengths, describing itself as offering an easy place to work.
Source: squareup.comLeadership
- Jack DorseySquare Head
- Samant Nagpalリスク管理責任者
- Christina Riechersバンキング責任者
- Matthew O’Connorバーティカル・プラットフォーム責任者
- Zac Augerグロース責任者
- Saumil MehtaPOSレジ・オムニチャネル責任者
- Michael MacLennanハードウェア責任者
- 瀧﨑章夫代表取締役
In the news
- 第2世代「Square レジスター」を「SHIBUYA BASE」に提供開始
compalyze.co.jp, 2026-07-01
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