Square’s payment and merchant services are down [Update: It’s fixed]

Square’s merchant authentication service is currently down, meaning that if you want to buy that coffee or get lunch from a food truck, you might want to carry some cash with you. The company has identified the cause, but does not have an estimated time for when a fix will be implemented.
Only Square Cash is unaffected by this outage, which has lasted for more than an hour. Payments, Point of Sale, and dashboard services worldwide are experiencing issues as are Square’s appointments,