You can now start using Apple Pay at independent shops across the country, if they are set up with Square’s newest device. On Monday, Square began rolling out its new contactless reader to 100 local ...

Square, the payments company that makes it easy for small businesses to accept credit card payments wherever you go, is finally catching up with the times today by updating its tiny card reader.

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We reported on the dongle-based audio signal credit card reader for iPhone and other connected mobile devices a short while ago, which has been pioneered by Twitter creator Jack Dorsey. Square uses a ...

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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 Inc. co-founder Jack Dorsey remains confident in the payments startup’s future despite mounting frustration among some early customers over delays in the processing service and the revelation ...

Ten years after Square launched its credit card dongle that plugs into a smartphone, Chase is introducing a competing product. More than ten years after Square introduced its infamous credit card ...

Accepting credit cards requires a payment processor like Square or Stripe, a merchant account, and hardware like POS terminals. Fees range from 1.5% to 4%.