Square Inc. now faces a class action lawsuit claiming the mobile payments company sends unauthorized texts to consumers as part of its SquareUp loyalty program.

According to a lawsuit filed Monday in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, the company uses cellphone numbers that customers enter into Square card readers in order to receive digital receipts to later send unsolicited texts for loyalty programs from separate vendors.

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