Business
Square Inc. co-founder Tristan O’Tierney died on Feb. 23, his mother, Pamela Tierney, said on Saturday.
March 2, 2019
Technology and the Internet
Square Inc. unveiled a device that competes with old-school keypad-based credit-card machines, part of the payment company’s broader effort to attract new merchants.
Oct. 18, 2018
Visa Inc. took a significant stake in mobile-payments company Square Inc. prior to its initial public offering, according to a regulatory filing Thursday with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Feb. 12, 2016
Square Inc.’s stock climbed after Chief Executive Jack Dorsey said the company is introducing bitcoin trading for almost all users of its cash payments app, signaling support for the volatile cryptocurrency.
Jan. 31, 2018
Real Estate
Southland builders, architects and developments once again dominated the design competition at this year’s Pacific Coast Builders Conference, winning two-thirds of the top awards in a contest that drew 500 entries from 14 western states and several Pacific Rim nations.
May 24, 1992
A small beach cottage made a big splash in the Gold Nugget design competition at the 1997 Western Building Show, which ended Saturday at the Moscone Convention Center.
June 22, 1997
Square Inc. will pay $297 million in cash and stock to acquire a majority stake in Tidal, the streaming music service led by rapper Jay-Z.
March 4, 2021
Square Inc. is rolling out a feature that enables developers and sellers to process payments within mobile apps, deepening the company’s push into online commerce and increasing its competition with rivals Stripe Inc. and PayPal Holdings Inc.
Jan. 9, 2019
By changing his company’s name from Square to Block, CEO Jack Dorsey is signaling a push beyond sales and payments products into businesses like music, cash transfers and the blockchain.
Dec. 1, 2021
Square Inc. named Activision Blizzard Inc. executive Amrita Ahuja as chief financial officer, replacing Sarah Friar, who stepped down from her role as Jack Dorsey’s No. 2 at the digital-payments company last month.
Jan. 3, 2019