Following rollouts in Ireland and France, Square launched an early access program in Spain, where it can capitalize on rising digital payments use.

Namely, responsibility for regulation falls on a handful of countries, some of which may not be equipped or inclined to hold Big Tech companies to the law. 70% of the total complaints in the EU end up in France, Germany, Ireland, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Spain, and Sweden.

Intel pledged to dedicate production in Ireland for car chips to mitigate shortages. It’s also establishing a chip design team to help other companies adapt designs to use Intel’s manufacturing capabilities. The overall market for car chips is expected to expand to $115 billion in the next decade, more than doubling its current size, said Geslinger.

It was revealed in September that Ireland is the “bottleneck” slowing down the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) enforcement, exposing the weakness of tasking a handful of countries to enforce GDPR rules. What’s next? The US and the EU planned to take a more unified approach in their Big Tech regulation efforts and held a meeting last month, per Reuters.

This year alone, Square moved into Spain, Ireland, and France and also expanded its product offerings in Canada and the UK. These expansion efforts can help Square compete with PayPal, which has built a substantial global merchant base, and also increase the company’s revenue potential.

Just last month, Square began testing the waters in Spain after moving into Ireland and France. And PayPal recently brought its in-store QR code payment offering to Germany, with plans to enter other markets, through a tie-up with Euronet. These expansion efforts may have influenced SumUp’s decision to foray into the US.

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