????移動(dòng)支付技術(shù)公司Square

????Square的電子支付應(yīng)用軟件幫助信用卡公司滲透進(jìn)入小微商貿(mào)活動(dòng)。農(nóng)貿(mào)市場(chǎng)、街邊食品車以及二手書店這些過(guò)去根本不接受信用卡的地方如今也都能刷卡了。自從2012年6月聘請(qǐng)莎拉·弗萊爾擔(dān)任首席財(cái)務(wù)官以來(lái)，Square不時(shí)傳出IPO的消息。弗萊爾曾在Salesforce.com擔(dān)任過(guò)副總裁，并在高盛（Goldman Sachs）工作過(guò)十年，如此經(jīng)驗(yàn)豐富的首席財(cái)務(wù)官正是擬上市公司的最愛(ài)。2012年8月，Square與星巴克（Starbuck）達(dá)成合作，推動(dòng)公司2013年底的估值升至最高55億美元。

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????Square's electronic payment app has helped credit card companies infiltrate small merchant businesses. Farmer's markets, food trucks, and hole-in-the-wall bookstores -- locations where credit cards were practically non-existent -- are now able to accommodate customers with plastic. Square has been a staple of the IPO rumor mill since it hired Sarah Friar as CFO in June. Formerly a vice president atSalesforce.com?(CRM), Friar also worked for 10 years at?Goldman Sachs(GS,?Fortune 500)?and is the kind of experienced CFO companies need to make their way through an IPO. Square's partnership withStarbucks?(SBUX,?Fortune 500) in August pushed its end-of-year 2013 valuation estimate as high as $5.5 billion.