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 ...

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 ...

Square has on Tuesday launched its Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) contactless payments reader in Australia. The new near-field communication (NFC)-enabled device allows users to pair their smartphone over ...

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 ...

If mobile-payment technology providers stub their toes with security, or if merchants deem a vendor’s mobile payments too complex, another company likely is working to resolve the problem. Paythatway ...

In 2009, when Square unveiled its original credit-card reader, one meaningful fact about it was the connector it used. The tiny white doohickey commandeered a smartphone’s headphone jack as means of ...

Merchants that are interested in using Square Inc's Square Reader only have to take a few steps to get it up and running. The first is to buy a Square Reader, which will cost them £39. They then ...

Card payment firm Square is expanding its reach into Europe, with the launch of the Square Reader in the U.K., offered as a way for small businesses to easily accept card payments using chip and PIN, ...

If you buy something from a Verge link, Vox Media may earn a commission. See our ethics statement. Much like Square, the Chip & Swipe is ideally designed to work at a cashier station or out and about ...

Square has updated their free magstripe card reader with a Lightning connector to finally work on the latest iPhone's without using an adapter. Now both a Lightning and 3.5mm audio jack version are ...