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 ...

It’s rare for any startup to have as symbiotic a relationship with a single hardware device as Square has had with its credit-card reader. The original version, which debuted in 2009, democratized ...

As a credit card payment-related device, the Square Reader accessory for iOS has maintained a decent track record in not falling victim to malicious hacks. Unfortunately, that might be about to change ...

Square today announced a new version of its Square Stand point-of-sale system that allows businesses to easily accept in-person payments. The second-generation Square Stand combines an iPad, the ...

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.

In 2017, Square debuted its pre-paid debit card for its mobile payment app, Cash, so people could use the money in their accounts out in the real world. Now it’s doing the same thing for business ...

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 ...

If you’re a small-business owner or you simply need a better, cleaner way of accepting payments, this is the service and device for you. The mobile-payment market has been evolving rapidly. With the ...

Mom-and-pop shops can accept next-gen credit cards early next year -- and avoid the cost of credit card fraud. Senior writer Seth Rosenblatt covered Google and security for CNET News, with occasional ...

Square is opening up its payment processing tools to developers for the first time now thanks to its new Square Reader SDK. Square’s new software development kit lets third-party apps integrate with ...

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 ...