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 ...

Are you looking to showcase your brand in front of the gaming industry’s top leaders? Learn more about GamesBeat Summit sponsorship opportunities here. Square has announced that it has cut its chip ...

Square, Inc. (NYSE: SQ) is all about speed, and today the company announced it has delivered on its promise of making EMV transactions even faster for business owners and buyers in the U.S. Sellers ...

The 5 Best Credit Card Readers for iPhone in 2024 Your email has been sent The best credit card readers for iPhones are: The statement “iPhones are popular products” might be a bit of a truism, but ...

Down from a 4.2-second milestone in 2016 Down from a 4.2-second milestone in 2016 Nick Statt is a Senior Producer on Decoder. Previously, he reported on the technology and gaming industries for more ...

Square wants to reinvent payments, but don't call it a "disruptor." While Ben Pfisterer, country manager for the payments technology company, admits Square's terminals are "somewhat" in competition ...

Square is trying to speed up transactions for credit and debit cards that use chip technology. Credit: matt cardy/Getty Images Square knows that chip credit cards are annoying. That's why the payment ...

Hackers in the US have shown how to turn the latest model Square mobile payments readers into crime tools. Independent security researchers and self-described hackers Alexandrea Mellen and John Moore ...

The new credit cards with embedded chips may be a whole lot more high-tech secure than their mag-stripe predecessors, but paying with one can be so excruciatingly slow that it sure doesn’t feel like ...

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 ...

If you’ve made any payments with a chip card, you’ve probably had awkward moments — those long seconds after you’ve inserted the card and everyone behind you is (literally or metaphorically) tapping ...