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Australian hospitality tech platform Liven is aggressively recruiting restaurants and cafes affected the recent Square outage, promising free migration and zero-fee options to businesses which swap to its new Android point-of-sale (POS) system.

A deli and pasta bar based on Victoria's surf coast and a premium blow-wave salon that has partnered with retail giant Sephora are among the Australian businesses to feature in Square's inaugural Seller Awards.

Businesses, councils, and banking representatives will speak at public hearings held by the Senate Standing Committee on Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport.

Square says it has upgraded its internal systems and will expand 'offline' payment capabilities after Friday's major outage, which left merchants across Australia and the world unable to process card transactions for most of the day.

Payment tech and point of sale platform Square appeared to suffer a major and widespread outage on Friday morning, leaving many small businesses unable to process transactions through the peak hour rush.

We’ve talked about the benefits of building resilience in retail through omnichannel selling, increased efficiency, and catering to emerging consumer trends. But how exactly to get started?

Square plans to roll out 30 new features using generative AI this year, as the company moves further beyond physical point of sale systems to expand its small business technology platform.

To stay competitive in 2023 and beyond, retail businesses need to face emerging consumer trends head-on and focus on creating compelling, loyalty-winning, omnichannel experiences.

With staff shortages, rising operational costs, and a potential tightening of retail spending, 2023 is all about increasing agility and building resilience.

It’s been more than 12 months since the RBA began raising interest rates to combat inflation, and consumers are really starting to feel th…

American payments fintech Stripe has launched a new suite of products Australia, challenging incumbents like Square and Zeller by offering small businesses access to Tap to Pay on Android and its own Terminal POS system.

Square now allows Australian merchants to accept payments on Android smartphones, extending the reach of the next-generation payments technology on home soil and the offerings of a company synonymous with physical card readers.