Starting today, Verizon Wireless retail stores will start selling Square hardware — the nifty credit card-reading dongle for smartphones and tablets. The craziest part: The iOS and Android dongles are ...

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Christine Sharp-Crowe, an artist and owner of downtown shop Made in the Philtower, said credit card payments used to be a pain to accept at craft shows. "You'd use those awkward devices that rubbed on ...

Square’s popular magnetic stripe card reader plugs into an iPhone headphone jack, giving small business owners who would otherwise go cash only the ability to accept debit and credit cards. But Apple ...

There’s a certain charm in retaining a cash-only checkout policy—if you’re a mom-and-pop still actually run by (aging) Mom and/or Pop. Under any other circumstances, there is, of course, an app for ...

In a highly unusual move, electronic payment vendor VeriFone Wednesday said it found a “gaping” security hole in a free plug-in mobile credit card reader from Square, a startup launched by Twitter ...

Last year we reported how Apple’s former accessory hardware division leader Jesse Dorogusker redesigned the Square reader to make it 45% thinner than the original version. The updated card reader will ...

The new tagline and campaign, "See You In The Neighborhood," emphasizes the brand's importance to small business owners and ...

This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links. See About archive blog posts. Square, a mobile payment start-up, has responded to allegations from a ...

Merchants may have some difficulty switching to EMV cards next year, but at least they’ll have a range of options when it comes to payment terminals. Square is debuting its affordable chip card reader ...

As we approach the one year anniversary of America’s switch from magstripe credit card readers over to EMV chip cards, the track record for them is not good. In fact, as I complained back in July, the ...