Nick Statt is a Senior Producer on Decoder. Previously, he reported on the technology and gaming industries for more than a decade. Square made two small product announcements today that should make ...

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 ...

Square today announced that it has updated its original free Square Reader for Magstripe with a new Lightning connector, so sellers with the iPhone 7 and above will no longer need to use an adapter to ...

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 ...

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’s hugely practical card reader can be used on its own or to supplement your static business by allowing the processing of mobile card or contactless payments on the go. Why you can trust ...

San Francisco startup Square which makes tiny card readers for smartphones that enable virtually anyone to process credit card transactions, has received an undisclosed strategic investment from Visa.

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 ...