Square's Profit Forecast Misses Estimates on Increased Spending

A customer inserts a credit card into Square Inc. device while making a payment in San Francisco, California, U.S.Photographer: David Paul Morris/Bloomberg
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Square Inc. gave a profit forecast for the current quarter that missed analysts’ estimates, hampered by a jump in spending on newer services beyond its main payments-processing business, including its fast-growing peer-to-peer cash-transfer app. The shares slipped in late trading.