'Square Card Case' Rebranded as 'Pay With Square'

Over the weekend, mobile payment company Square released an update to their Card Case app that overhauled the entire UI and came with a new name: Pay With Square. The new interface does away with the wallet metaphor, and not only looks sleeker but is much faster and even easier to use than before. Here's a comparison of the interfaces, before and after:

Before:

After:

Clearly, the focus is now on business discovery. Upon opening the new app, it loads the list of places near you that use the Square Register platform. You can swipe left/right on any one of these entries to display options (à la Twitter for iPhone) for adding it to your list of favorites or sharing it via SMS/email/tweet. You can also swipe through various businesses that appear as images at the top of the screen, seemingly chosen for that space based on popularity rather than distance from you.

I love this update and I'm excited about what Square is doing in this space. Now I just need more merchants in my area to jump on board!