European alternatives to Square
The card-reader and point-of-sale business now under Block, popular with small merchants. A publicly-traded US company on AWS, with US jurisdiction over merchant and customer data.
Company information about Square
- Company
- Block, Inc.
- Headquarters
- Oakland, United States
- Founded
- 2009
- Data jurisdiction
- United States
- Ownership
- Publicly traded
- GDPR
- No
- Open source
- No
- Infrastructure
- Amazon AWS
Why people switch away from Square
European alternatives to Square
Amsterdam-based, publicly-listed (Euronext Amsterdam) payments company built full-stack: Adyen owns and operates its entire payment infrastructure on its own data centres, and European card data is kept in Europe. A single platform for online, in-app and in-person payments used by large enterprises. PCI DSS Level 1 certified and independently audited as a licensed European bank.
Dutch payment processor trusted by 250,000+ European businesses. Founded in 2004 by Adriaan Mol who remains CEO and majority shareholder. Supports iDEAL, Bancontact, SEPA and all major European payment methods.
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Why avoid United States-owned services?
CLOUD Act
Forces US companies to hand over data stored anywhere in the world upon government request, including data on European servers.
FISA Section 702
Authorises mass surveillance of non-US persons using data held by US tech platforms, without a warrant or notification.
GDPR vs US law conflict
EU courts have repeatedly found that US surveillance law conflicts with European fundamental rights. Schrems I and II both invalidated EU-US data transfer agreements.