Square

The deactivation of my account without any notification or explanation is the most shocking and unethical things that Square did to me. I still do not have any idea why my account was deactivated. I think giving notification in advance would be the proper thing to do by Square. Square deactivated my account in the middle of the business day leaving me without any means of accepting cards from my customers. After multiple emails and calls, they still did not explain to me what is the issue for my account closure. It seems like the company does not give a damn about their customers, and that's very sad. I will do my best to share my experience with all of my friends and other business owners and encourage everyone to switch to a different merchant. I really wish it didn't go like this...

The worst experience ever! Worst can be maybe Stripe. Review my account after very first transaction and lock account after I sent out all the docs asked! They said, “We can’t no longer support your business because of high risk." I have charge my client for private lessons and now I have to refund money for lessons I have already gave. Lose money and time!

As pissed as I am, I am sharing my experience so that other small businesses don't get screwed like I did. I'm a mom and a small business owner. After a year of using PayPal to accept my payments I decided to branch out to credit cards. Everything went well with Square to begin with... until I needed to contact them. It's not easy, it involves research and jumping through hoops. I received a large order and was excited, but I also decided to be smart and reach out to AMEX to make sure the card was legit. Amex told me because I didn't have the full credit card number they could not check on their end and I should contact Square to get the information needed.

We have registered on SQUARE to accept online credit card payment. We have done all they asked us to do at the beginning except the business registration papers and bank statement but gave business number HST number, bank information and all. They said, "Congrats you can now start accepting payment." We had processed 3 payments total of $11,745CAD and they said our transaction under review. We have uploaded our official business registration papers and bank statements. 2 days after uploaded all (8-10 days after initial transactions) at 2 AM in the morning I have receive an email saying that "we cannot process your transaction please refund it cards" after my client has gone back their country. We are Toronto, Ontario based medical tourism consulting company and, our clients are from all over the world.

We're a commercial cleaning company and we signed up for Square payroll for direct deposit to pay our contractors on Monday 1/7/19. We submitted all the required information and received a congratulatory email welcoming us to their payroll. After that we submitted all of our financial information for our bank and the financial information for the individuals we had to pay. We processed the complete payroll as instructed by Square. Square immediately took the money out of our account to cover the direct deposit payroll.

We are a small business in East Texas. We work with a lot of oil companies and receive very large credit card payments. Square notified us and stated we were in review in November 2018. They requested many docs, which we immediately submitted. They did not release our funds. In December they did not release our funds and we were not aware of that until we received our bank statement this week. I called them and got NOWHERE! Their answer is they would escalate the problem and try to get us an answer.

I have a Square account and am able to sign in. However, I tried reaching out in several different ways to Square (No email, ineffective "chat", etc.), only to find their "Chat" option using AI technology that is a circular NIGHTMARE and their average phone wait is almost 2 HOURS EVERY time I try - UGH! The customer service automated phone message requires existing customers to have a customer code, but there is no such account on my webpage/account. I actually owned their stock until this experience, when I SOLD ALL THEIR STOCK I OWNED! Initially, their products were easy to use, but God help you if you ever need assistance from Square.

Square processed several small transactions for my business. Then when we actually implemented it into use they held our funds. Collected it from my customer and held it. The account said “under review”. I danced around with their request all while 20k+ sat in hold. They provided no phone assistance and kept putting my account into further review. I will never use this service again and hope that for the sake of your business you stay away as well.

Got Square because I needed a credit card processor in order to accept Spa Finder gift cards for my business but Square shut me down after I had already accepted and provided services to several clients. Square involuntarily refunded their money when no one asked them to. It's a nightmare.

Just last week I discovered this acronym, *SQR, appearing several times in my bank accounts records. There were 13 charges for "small" amounts, first 50 to 90 dollars, then a steady stream of 115.00, 116.00 charges. In total, in just a week, *SQR had siphoned almost 2000.00 from my checking account. I had a Square Cash account on the app that I haven't used in years, connected to my bank card, so either there's a hack or there's something funky going on with the company. Thankfully, my bank stopped the card, I disconnected and deleted the app, and they are in the process of doing an investigation. If this happens to you, get your bank on the case ASAP.

Please stay away from Cash App. They took money out of my account and no one is responding to my emails. There is no phone number to contact anyone. This is crazy. They took $320.00 of my money and cannot tell me what happen.

Please stay away from Cash App. It’s scammers and fraudulent, I wish I don’t give them any star at all. My account was hacked and I reported to them to cancel the payment as it is stated on their app that you can cancel a payment. I reached out to Cash team to report and requested them to investigate the matter which they have in their policy that they have all the right to cancel or hold a payment if it’s suspicious. Since they don’t have human customer service and they don’t reply back to your email I ADVISE YOU TO STAY AWAY FROM THIS APP. Not good people to do business.

We got the square about 6 months ago for our small business. We were doing good business and they were take crazy fees out on the money we were depositing I need. They took thousands. It was crazy. Then all of a sudden I got a email this week saying our account was being deactivated without a explanation. They say it was because of fraudulent. There was not fraud going on on our end that’s for sure and I try to get in contact with the fraud team or whatever they call their selves. The customer support would not tell me nothing other than what the email said which it didn’t say hardly anything.

I had a deposit of $4000 through Square and 1 week later still no money, this company holds your money up for their own benefits. I called them up here in Australia to ask them what they were doing? And the customer representative was the rudest unprofessional person I have spoken to, her name was Kelsey working from the call centre in Melbourne. She was a power-tripping nutcase just like the company she works for. The whole company is a sham and I am warning everyone out there do not use them, they will rip you off.

I realized a weird thing about Square. When customers pay with their card or Apple Pay when they ask for a receipt I saw that Square gives them an option to email or text the receipt. This information is kept in Square's database and the small-business owner can never see its own customers number. The number or email is always hidden like John Smith 20*-33*-***8 . The only way you can have access to your own customers information is when you sign up for email marketing and that is $39/mo and Square thinks that they have a right to collect data from customers they never saw or met and you or me as business owners can't have access to our own customers. Is That legal? Not sure about it.

One of my best business tools. The website is easy. No hidden charges or fees. Updated information. This is everything you need for a small business or just starting out like I did 4 months ago. You won't be disappointed.

We got set up with Square. Card reader sent out. They was happy to take money then when the funds was due to be in our account. They spend the account and hold your hard earned money for 90 days. You will find the service is the worst. No help. No reason apart from your business does not fit their needs. Well why send the card machine and take payments? We filled the forms out. Sent everything they needed. The reason they send it is to rob your money for 90 days. The worst company ever. Should not be allowed to supply this type of service. Now my customers are waiting for refunds. This does damage to your business. Go with Worldpay, etc. not these cowboys. Would have given no star if I could. Please do not use. Read the online review. This happens a lot.

Although I don't personally use the app as a point of sale; I send invoices. My customers get offered cash, check or charge and when they say charge I use Square. Square is a pay only for what you use provider meaning I don't have to worry about monthly charges for the privilege of accepting card payments. I send invoices to customers within the app and they pay thru a link in the email. I usually send invoices while I'm standing next to customer and they pay me before I leave. We both get confirmation emails of the payment and I never touch the customer's card. Simple, easy and straightforward terms.

We used to only accept cash as we never would pay the outrageous card fees, then along came Square and voila, a few years into Square one of our clients backed out of their agreement and attempted to cancel their deposit through the bank. Square jumped in and covered it. What a peace of mind knowing we are covered.

Before using Square I used another company and started having problems. Since using Square I have not had any problems. My credit card processing cost has gone down and they have fast deposits. Their website/dashboard is easy to use. I would recommend Square to anyone wanting to accept credit card payment.

I have used Square point of sale for many years now without one problem! I can count on their customer service if I have a question. I have just added the calendar this year and it has made it so easy to schedule my clients in a timely manner. I love that it sends reminders for their appointments too. This has made my business run so much smoother!

I do many vendor events with my home business and offer cash & carry. So many people use their credit cards/debit cards. Square has been very important for me to run my business and accepting payments. I like the instant deposit options and the referral bonuses.

I've used Cash App for months. My card was stolen and money was fraudulently stolen. November 27th 2018. I reported the card stolen and asked that Cash App refund my money back to me. It is December 3rd 2018 and they have not refunded me nor have they responded to various emails I've sent them. I am a single mom and will take legal action and they will not get away with letting this happen to me and not do anything about it! I reached out to Square online since it seems they own Cash App. The rep told me they couldn't do anything and that I had to continue to reach out to customer service via the app on my phone! I've been getting the runaround but I won't give up! Once I get this resolved I will forget this company exist. I'd rather pay WU - at least they're a reputable company.

Really bad customers service. No one on the phone to help you. After I miss my deposit from almost 2 weeks they say that is a bank problems I went to the bank with the reference # that they provide but the bank can’t not locate the deposit. They keep claiming that the deposit went through. This is the third time happens. I suggest go with another card reader even if you spend a bit more. At the end you will save money.

For the first time our my company bought a Square hardware at a local Walmart. The next day we charged a customer for an initial deposit for a lump sum of $3,000, the next day the Square fraud team (better to call them like that) sent us an email with deposit suspended notification and requested documents like our company EIN number, contract and the type of business we practice, long story short. After sending them all the above requested documents, the next day they sent us another notification saying account deactivated in which notification states that the funds deposited will be held for a period of 90 days.

I had a customer “forget” that we provided services and they disputed a $5,400 charge. I contacted them as soon as Square notified me of the dispute. The customer immediately ended the dispute with their bank and I provided Square with all the requested documents including emails from my client proving the charges were valid, a signed service agreement, written invoice, and a SIGNED credit card authorization! It’s been over a month and they have more than enough to prove the charge is valid!

Bad customer service. I have bad experience with Square. I mean they just came, take money out my account so call customer disputed. When I clearly offer service. BE CAREFUL with this company because nobody like to work for money and be taken away by these crooks.

I used Square in 2018 for my small business, the company literally stole around 450 Canadian dollar from me. When I tried to contact them; they never replied to emails nor my phone calls; I kept calling for a month and sending multiple emails until I got sick; they ignored me.

I used the Square at a recent craft fair. They have charged my customers' visas but will not release the money to me until I send them copies of the last 3 months of my bank statement. They are committing fraud or theft. I have written them twice online and keep getting told I have to send them a copy of my bank statements. I won't be using them again.

Thanks to SQUARE. My client really disappointed with my payment service because SQUARE charged their credit card but didn't transfer the money to me. SQUARE hold my money and doing some stupid verifications back and forth...and accusing me as doing fraud. SQUARE CS team also not helping. They basically told me to ** off and deal with the payment some other way. Now I have to refund the payment, customer need to wait for 5-7 business days. And they can't book my service, I also can't secure the date for them because I haven't received any payment. This makes my business look bad. ALL THANKS TO SMART ** SQUARE.