Square introduces digital gift cards
Apparently you can use the service either via Square Wallet or via a QR code if you don’t have Square Wallet, which is generous to the consumer but can’t be going to drive much takeup of Square.
Here’s a video, and below that are the headlines.
Square’s New Gift Card Service Integrates With Apple Passbook
Forbes – 6 hours ago
Mobile payments company Square is releasing a new gift card service that integrates with Apple’s Passbook. The gift card service works with Square Wallet, the company’s mobile payment app. People can choose from any of Square’s 250,000 local …
Square Debuts Mobile Gift Cards in Challenge to PayPal
Businessweek – 9 hours ago
Square Inc., the mobile-payments startup founded by Jack Dorsey, is giving small merchants the ability to sell gift cards to shoppers on the go, stepping up competition with EBay Inc. (EBAY)’s PayPal business. A new version of the Square Wallet app, which …
Square gets into gift cards with digital version
USA TODAY – 13 hours ago
5:35PM EST December 9. 2012 – SAN MATEO, Calif. — Square just got thousands of small merchants into the holiday spirit. The mobile-payments company said it is now offering digital gift cards, so anyone can purchase a card from the 250,000 merchants …
Square launches gift cards
CNET – Dec 9, 2012
New service lets anyone give gift cards to friends or family, and have the value stored in Square Wallet. The initiative could be aimed at attracting would-be Apple Passbook users. Daniel Terdiman. by Daniel Terdiman. December 9, 2012 4:00 AM PST Follow …
