Q: I’m using a Square credit card reader that attaches to my smartphone, but I’m finding that the transactions don’t always go through properly. Is there a certain smartphone or cellular service ...

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.

Last week when I was mentoring a local small business owner, she said "I would really like to give my customers the option of using a credit card to pay me, but those machines are so expensive and I ...

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When a gadget company sells its products for big bucks, it has every reason to refine its designs on an ongoing basis, making them ever more tempting to paying customers. But if the gizmo in question ...

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Square and PayPal are disrupting the commercial banking industry. Now, the United States' largest bank is fighting back. On Wednesday, JPMorgan Chase released a card payment provider, QuickAccept, as ...

VeriFone CEO Doug Bergeron’s appears to have touched a nerve with his statement Wednesday that startup Square should recall all the mobile credit card readers it has distributed for free so far ...

LAS VEGAS — Square sells its own cash register replacement for the iPad, but the mobile payments company has yet to debut any iPhone-compatible accessories for its card reader. Well, until now.

Square says the new portable card reader is ‘one of the thinnest and lightest’ POS devices on the market. Square says the new portable card reader is ‘one of the thinnest and lightest’ POS devices on ...