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Features enhancing reliability, tools for restaurants and expanded financial access are on\u00a0Square<\/a>\u2019s product roadmap.<\/p>\n The business technology platform highlighted these upcoming offerings in a Monday (Aug. 25)\u00a0article<\/a> announcing that it has made its product roadmap public<\/a>.<\/p>\n Willem Av\u00e9<\/a>, global head of product at Square, wrote in the article that the company did so to increase transparency, build trust, allow customers to\u00a0plan ahead and enable them to share ideas.<\/p>\n \u201cYour feedback shapes this roadmap,\u201d Av\u00e9 wrote. \u201cIt shows how we\u2019re acting on your needs and how you can grow with Square, whether you\u2019re just starting out or expanding.\u201d<\/p>\n Reliability is one of the areas Av\u00e9 highlighted on the Square\u2019s product roadmap. The company plans to streamline printer setup, enable offline payments by default and expand offline payments to more tools, according to the article.<\/p>\n Restaurants are another area of focus, with upcoming additions set to include combo meals, self-serve kiosks, centralized menu management across locations and channels, new back-of-house tools designed to improve order accuracy, the ability to automatically apply surcharges to credit card orders, and enhancement reporting, the article said.<\/p>\n In terms of financial access and choice, upcoming features include the ability for sellers to qualify for a loan as early as the first week they process payments with Square, the ability to apply for a credit card without pre-approval and the launch of Bitcoin Payments, which will include payments, a bitcoin wallet and the ability to convert a percentage of card sales into bitcoin, per the article.<\/p>\n In another\u00a0article<\/a>\u00a0posted Monday, Av\u00e9 wrote that by making its product roadmap public, Square aims to let sellers know what the company is working on, enable them to see what new tools and features it is developing, and see both the horizontal and vertical-specific features that are on the way.<\/p>\n \u201cSquare\u2019s internal product roadmap has always been a living, breathing, evolving entity\u2014and the same is true for the public roadmap as well,\u201d Av\u00e9 wrote. \u201cWe\u2019ll update it every quarter going forward, and make changes or prioritization shifts based on what we\u2019re hearing sellers need.\u201d<\/p>\n Square\u2019s owner,\u00a0Block<\/a>, said during an Aug. 7 earnings call that the company plans to expand beyond payments to help\u00a0sellers<\/a>\u00a0of any size operate with the sophistication of much larger players.<\/p>\n As it does so, Square is leaning on its hardware, robust software and knack for making small businesses feel like\u00a0they\u2019re using enterprise-level tools, PYMNTS reported at the time.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Features enhancing reliability, tools for restaurants and expanded financial access are on\u00a0Square\u2019s product roadmap. 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