Square has responded to the research, noting that its official app will not continue to work with a tampered reader. Also, even with the stored credit card data, a second, fake swipe can only be ...

When cashiers at the Groundswell cafe and restaurant use a little Square credit-card reader to process payments, they sometimes have to wrap the card in a bit of wax paper before swiping it.The ...

Square Card Reader: Credit Transactions Go Mobile. By Armando Rodriguez. Nov 8, 2010 12:50 pm PST. ... Once you sign up and your bank account information has been verified, ...

Headline updated to acknowledge that Square is a US-only service for now. Remember the Square card reader and payment service from our first hands-on video in January at Macworld Expo 2010?

T here’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 ...

Square’s credit card reader for iOS/Android devices is pretty awesome—it lets anybody quickly and easily start taking credit payments. But according to Douglass Bergeron, the CEO of competing ...

This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links. See About archive blog posts. Square, the small gadget that can enable a cellphone to accept ...

Customers who sign up for Amazon Local Register before October 31 will also receive a low promotional rate of 1.75 percent per card swipe on all major credit and debit cards until January 1, 2016.

Businesses that use Square's credit-card reader to process payments are in for a treat, as the company released an upgraded version today that's twice as thin as its predecessor and promises to ...

T-Mobile USA says it will start offering the Square mobile credit-card reader in selected stores as part of an effort to court small business customers. The company says it’s the first wireless ...

Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey just flicked on the public spotlight over his new venture: Square. It's a tiny plastic blob that gives smartphones the ability to act as secure credit card readers.