Square will be debuting new APIs, according to a company blog, which it says will help developers and partners build eCommerce solutions.
The two APIs are Bookings API and Checkout API.
Bookings API is already available, and will help developers leverage the functionality of Square Appointments within the app, letting developers make and manage bookings, search availability of staff members, send automated text and email reminders and other things.
Checkout API is a way to integrate Square through a checkout page hosted by the company which works through text, website, internal dashboard, in-store and other things.
The new version of that API comes with features like “flexible configuration; supports new payment methods like Afterpay, Cash App Pay, and Square Pay; and is available in more countries than before,” the blog noted.
Square also debuted Cash App Pay for developers, which enables developers use the Square checkout flow to support payments with Cash App.
Square has also debuted new beta features for Terminal API and will unlock new omnichannel uses. It will come with order itemization for the Terminal device, delayed capture to authorize a payment upfront and app fees to let developers monetize.
Said Mark Stinson, CTO at Kura Sushi. “We integrated Square Terminal API so our staff could accept payments on Square’s beautiful Terminal hardware and so all payment data could sync with our custom, in-house POS.”
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Square has reportedly been doing well with buy now, pay later (BNPL) services, PYMNTS wrote. Jack Dorsey, head of the company, said the latest results have indicated that BNPL has been helping get younger customers to use the services.
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