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 ...

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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 ...

In launching the Lighting Connector this week, Square has switched its focus back to its original magstripe card reader after focusing much attention the past few years on EMV-enabled readers. The ...

Ben Fox Rubin was a senior reporter for CNET News in Manhattan, reporting on Amazon, e-commerce and mobile payments. He previously worked as a reporter for The Wall Street Journal and got his start at ...

In a highly unusual move, electronic payment vendor VeriFone Wednesday said it found a “gaping” security hole in a free plug-in mobile credit card reader from Square, a startup launched by Twitter ...

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 ...

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 ...

Square combines in-person and online payment processing with a full range of mobile, retail and online sales, and business management tools in one package. In other words, if you have a small business ...