Square Competition Concern Intensifies as Key Customer Bails

A customer inserts a credit card into Square device while making a payment in San Francisco.

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Square Inc.’s loss of Joe & the Juice A/S as a customer has sparked concerns on Wall Street that competition for larger sellers is heating up.

While the revenue contribution from the closely-held Danish company is "relatively immaterial" for Square, it has previously been cited as a "key customer case" of how Square is gaining larger customers, Morgan Stanley analyst James Faucette wrote in a note.