Balanced News: Online payment platform Square experiences widespread outage

Small businesses in Australia and internationally have been affected by a widespread outage of online payment service Square. The outage has caused difficulties in processing sales, leading some businesses to ask for cash payments only. Smartronic owner Tim Webbers reported losing hundreds of dollars in sales, while Junee Licorice and Chocolate Factory had to replace their hardware, only to find that the problem was more widespread. Square has acknowledged the disruption and is actively working to fix the issue, with engineers still working on a resolution.