Jul 15, 2021 11:44:00

'Square', which uses smartphones and tablets as a cash register, has acquired the messaging application development company 'Crew', and what kind of functions will be available?

'Square Reader, ' a small terminal that enables credit card payments simply by attaching it to a smartphone, and 'Square, ' which develops payment-related services such as 'Square Stand, ' which quickly transforms an iPad into a POS cash register, will develop in-house communication tools. Announced the acquisition of ' Crew'.

Square Acquires Crew to Strengthen Workforce Management Offerings
https://squareup.com/us/en/press/square-acquires-crew

A New Chapter
https://blog.crewapp.com/a-new-chapter

How Crew helps Square expand beyond payments --Protocol — The people, power and politics of tech
https://www.protocol.com/fintech/square-crew-workforce-messaging

Square was founded in 2009 by Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey as a company that provides a small terminal 'Square' that adds payment functions to smartphones. After that, the service in Japan started in May 2013. In the following article, you can see how the iPhone is actually used as a payment terminal using the 'Square Reader' that appeared in Japan in 2013.

I actually tried using 'Square Reader' that can use iPhone, iPad, etc. as a cash register for credit payment --GIGAZINE

At the time of writing the article, Square is developing

a stand-alone payment terminal 'Square Terminal ' in addition to 'Square Stand' for iPad and 'Square Reader' for smartphones and tablets.

We also offer online services such as

'Square Online Business ', an online shop opening support service, and 'Square Online Checkout ', a payment link creation service that enables online sales of products without the need for a website.

In addition, we also provide

staff management tools with functions such as 'shift management,' 'time card,' and 'sales report by staff.'

Crew, announced for its acquisition by Square, is a developer of messaging apps that enable employee-to-employer-to-employee communication. In a statement announcing the acquisition, Square said, 'Crew's participation has strengthened Square's ecosystem, allowing users to use a one-stop service with features such as messaging apps, shift management, sales reporting and reward management. In the United States, multiple means such as break room bulletin boards, SMS, chat apps, etc. are often used for team communication, and information is often fragmented. Therefore, Square is unified. There was a need for a team communication function that was provided, 'he said, revealing that he plans to incorporate Crew's messaging app-related technology as a function of Square.

Crew's messaging app also includes task management, document management, employee training, and more that could be incorporated into Square's services.

In the announcement of the acquisition, Crew stated that 'Crew users will continue to have access to the industry-leading communications platform,' and stated that Crew will continue to serve the service.