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5 Signs Your Business Has Outgrown Square

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Introduction of the Per-Transaction Fee When Square launched in 2009, it took the processing world by storm. The original flat rate was a simple 1.75% for all card payments through its smartphone credit card reader.

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Celebrating International Women's Day: The Benefits and Advantages of Female CFOs

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companies from 2009 to 2019, and found that female CFOs in general gave more concise responses backed by numbers- making them more straightforward and to the point. It was originally developed for previous research to analyze quarterly earning calls and in order to find the different patterns for men and women.

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FDIC Approves Square For Banking License

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Square Financial Services will originate commercial loans to the retailers that use Square for payments. was formed in 2009 as a payment services provider to enable businesses to accept card payments. The headquarters will be in Salt Lake City, Utah. Square, Inc.

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Square Said To Mull Buy of Jay-Z’s TIDAL Music-Streaming Service

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While TIDAL doesn’t give out subscriber, user or financial data, its website claims to have more than 70 million songs and 250,000 high-quality videos in its catalog, along with original video series and podcasts. Sound Is Booming. Square Music.

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Whatever Happened To … NerdWallet?

PYMNTS

Back in 2009, that’s what NerdWallet did. Seeing NerdWallet grow from a singular credit cards tool in 2009 to providing content and tools across 11 personal finance topics today is something I have great pride in,” said Tim Chen, CEO and cofounder of NerdWallet. So, what’s a good startup idea? A personal finance site. Its mission?

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Average U.S. FICO Score Ticks Up to 706

FICO

Since bottoming out at 686 in Oct 2009, there have been nine consecutive years of increases in the national average FICO Score. As a result of these developments, consumer credit profiles and financial health have shown significant improvement since bottoming out in 2009. 1] “Risk in Bankcard Originations on the Rise”, [link].

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MoneyGram To Settle With FTC For $125M

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MoneyGram also settled with the FTC — which had said MoneyGram violated a 2009 order that stipulated the company needed to cut down on fraud. In that case, the FTC said MoneyGram did not address fraud that had originated from its large agents, and instead had focused its lower-volume, smaller agents known as “mom and pop” agents.

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