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Willem Ave

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Decoder with Nilay Patel
Square's product chief on the death of the penny and the future of money

And then now tap to pay is really blowing up, right?

Decoder with Nilay Patel
Square's product chief on the death of the penny and the future of money

So if you get started, you can just click a button, get registered with Apple or Google.

Decoder with Nilay Patel
Square's product chief on the death of the penny and the future of money

And easily just, boop, take a payment.

Decoder with Nilay Patel
Square's product chief on the death of the penny and the future of money

And we're seeing a huge amount of adoption, particularly in the smaller sellers that value portability and value being able to take payments easily.

Decoder with Nilay Patel
Square's product chief on the death of the penny and the future of money

As far as an open ecosystem, ecosystems evolve.

Decoder with Nilay Patel
Square's product chief on the death of the penny and the future of money

And I think it's important to realize that and be able to lead through those changes.

Decoder with Nilay Patel
Square's product chief on the death of the penny and the future of money

Not as much as you'd think, right?

Decoder with Nilay Patel
Square's product chief on the death of the penny and the future of money

I mean, it's in Apple's best interest, I believe, to provide APIs and accessibility to let kind of sellers, people use products on their devices.

Decoder with Nilay Patel
Square's product chief on the death of the penny and the future of money

Apple's in a lot of news around a lot of other things that they're doing with the app store.

Decoder with Nilay Patel
Square's product chief on the death of the penny and the future of money

On the business side of software and the business side of payments, we haven't really felt kind of a lot of those constraints.

Decoder with Nilay Patel
Square's product chief on the death of the penny and the future of money

And Apple's a fantastic partner of ours as we continue to innovate.

Decoder with Nilay Patel
Square's product chief on the death of the penny and the future of money

So when, when you talk to sellers and you listen to the challenges that they have, you know, running a small business is one of the hardest things ever, right?

Decoder with Nilay Patel
Square's product chief on the death of the penny and the future of money

These are the true definition of entrepreneurs, right?

Decoder with Nilay Patel
Square's product chief on the death of the penny and the future of money

You're putting your livelihood on the line many times to start something that you're passionate about and they kind of reach for software and technology to help them run their business.

Decoder with Nilay Patel
Square's product chief on the death of the penny and the future of money

Right?

Decoder with Nilay Patel
Square's product chief on the death of the penny and the future of money

So in the beginning, it's just an idea, right?

Decoder with Nilay Patel
Square's product chief on the death of the penny and the future of money

I want to sell something, right?

Decoder with Nilay Patel
Square's product chief on the death of the penny and the future of money

And you get started small and you start, start taking payments.

Decoder with Nilay Patel
Square's product chief on the death of the penny and the future of money

very quickly you struggle with, okay, I need to manage my inventory better or I need to hire my first staff member.

Decoder with Nilay Patel
Square's product chief on the death of the penny and the future of money

manage schedules and manage payouts and all those other good things.