Profits rise at Square thanks to Bitcoin sales

Profits rise at Square thanks to Bitcoin sales

Square, which is enjoying growing success with its Cash app, revealed that it had sold €1,63 billion worth of bitcoin with a gross profit of €32 million from the digital currency for the third quarter of 2020. The cryptocurrency has proven popular. between the partnership and recently purchased €50 million worth of bitcoins, underscoring his commitment to the digital currency. In its latest earnings report, the company announced that overall revenue more than doubled to €3.03 billion in the same period, with strong demand for products that let consumers spend their money. online instead of physical media. The financial services company, known for its quick and easy card reader products, has seen an increase in revenue from online payments, along with increasing use of the consumer-focused Cash app. The mobile digital wallet software managed to generate a gross profit of €385 million, and Square said this is a 212% increase from last year. Square, led by Twitter boss Jack Dorsey, processed €31,7 billion in payments for the third quarter of this year. Publishing the numbers yesterday, the company said the numbers were up 12% from a year earlier.

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Square's big draw for small businesses has been its innovative credit card reader package, which allows owners to use their smartphones as payment terminals. Despite the current pandemic, many small business owners in brick-and-mortar locations are also able to use terminals for contactless transactions, as the need for social distancing remains a large part of the sales equation. to customers. In equally encouraging news for Square, and with the coronavirus pandemic impacting businesses as a whole, Square Capital's arm of the financial services business has consistently seen success helping around 35,000 loans for the same period of the year. third trimester. However, the amount estimated at around €155 million would be reduced by 72% from 2019.