As helpful as a Square Reader may be for purchases at trendy stores, you'll want to watch out -- in the right circumstances, they can also be used to steal your credit card info. Security researchers ...

The Square Reader has helped lower the barrier to entry for many small retailers keen to take payments on card. Now, though, new research reveals that it’s possible to turn one of the readers into a ...

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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. It’s ...

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 ...

Update: Square has provided us with the following statement on the matter, stating that its products have special security measures and that the described problems are more of an industry-wide issue: ...

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 ...

Ten years after Square launched its credit card dongle that plugs into a smartphone, Chase is introducing a competing product. More than ten years after Square introduced its infamous credit card ...

Apple today announced a new partnership for Apple Pay with Square, which will release a new card reader designed to allow small businesses to take Apple Pay payments as well as credit card chip ...

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.

Square wants to refresh the often unloved credit card reader. The payments company on Thursday introduced its newest piece of hardware, Square Terminal, a card reader that looks more modern than the ...

Square is one of the best-known credit card processing companies on the market today thanks in part to the Square card reader that allows customers to accept credit cards straight from their mobile ...