Square Cash launches a low-cost payment alternative for small businesses. by Tricia Duryee on March 23, 2015 at 12:36 pm March 23, 2015 at 12:36 pm ...

Square isn’t just for paying merchants using those little Square readers; it also lets you send personal payments to friends and loved ones, and that’s where Square’s “Cash” app comes in.

Square Cash also does not work with credit cards, which is one negative, but I’d prefer to do business without a credit card anyway, Dave Ramsey style, so that’s not much of a downside for me.

Using Square Cash costs 1.5 percent per transaction, a big saving over the 2.75 percent Square charges on payments through its card reader. For now, Square Cash works with debit cards only.

Square is entering the fray in the growing market for peer-to-peer online payment with Square Cash, where it will face challenges from Google Wallet and Venmo, but also from the evolving threat of ...

Speed -- Square Cash began offering virtual debit cars and allowing for instant deposits in 2016, something Venmo just started offering to users this year.; Ubiquity -- Square's payment processing ...

Square Cash allows you to add a debit or credit card to your Square Cash account, which will let you send and withdraw money to your bank account instantly. It’s ready to use in just a few minutes.

Dorsey’s new venture, Square, could help businesses–large and small–, and even consumers eliminate the need to carry cash. Square allows credit card payments to be processed directly from an ...

Vendors have an incentive to push customers to pay using Square Cash, which only accepts debit cards, because, as Re/code points out, Square only takes a 1.5% cut from the business end of the ...

The payment services Cash App and Square are experiencing outages that may affect peer-to-peer payments, cash card purchases and other transactions. The disruptions, which began Thursday, are ...

Square Cash. Square Cash has been around for some time now, and has seen a ton of improvements that have benefited consumers. First off, like most mobile payment apps, Square Cash allows you to ...