about that bubble ...
But, assuming you believe Square can pull off what they're trying to pull off... a billion-dollar valuation is not hard to justify. I mean, these guys could be bigger than PayPal, all things executed correctly that is.
They're literally almost the exact same thing. Instead of dealing with merchant accounts, and credit card numbers yourself, you offload it to a third party.
In cyberspace this was paypal, in meatspace it will be square.