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by us0r 4490 days ago
That's not how this works.

Square gets 2.75%. They pay their acquirer (I think Wells Fargo) Interchange+maybe a small fee. For example a swiped (card present) debit card purchase at a retail store is 0.80% + $0.15 (an example - this varies wildly). On $100 that's $0.95. They get $2.75. That's a 60% or so margin. It can also go down quite a bit depending on the type of card used which they really have no control over. For example it could drop to 20% on a corporate rewards card. I would say overall they probably have a very good margin.

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I don't think you understood my comment. The 20-30% gross margin refers to the business using Square, not Square.