Square, a small business banking platform, reports disruptions with several services

8 Sep 2023

Square, a banking platform designed for small businesses, is currently looking into a disturbance in their banking services that led to inconveniences for customers on Thursday.

Block Inc., the company behind the financial services platform, experienced service disruptions in the early hours of Thursday.

As per the platform’s official webpage, engineers have notified about interferences affecting Square Time Cards, Square Stands and Readers, Data Centers, and numerous other Square amenities.

Square also addressed the worries of its customers regarding X, stating, "We are presently encountering problems with various Square services. We comprehend the significance of ensuring that our services are operational for your business, and we are actively striving to rectify the situation. As we gain more information, we will provide you with updates through http://issquareup.com."

Several companies and clients using Square expressed their inability to carry out transactions and conveyed that the outage had adversely affected them for an extended period of time.

In the wee hours of Thursday night, the platform made a statement stating that the technical team is persistently striving to discover the underlying reason behind this ongoing disturbance.

"We understand that this interruption is affecting numerous businesses presently," the platform additionally stated. "We have competent individuals working on this issue and we are fully dedicated to resolving the issue as promptly as possible."