U.S. banks are steadily shipping more secure chip-embedded credit and debit cards to consumers, but industry attention is also focused on whether merchants have installed updated payment terminals to ...

Accepting credit cards requires a payment processor like Square or Stripe, a merchant account, and hardware like POS terminals. Fees range from 1.5% to 4%.

Shopify is approaching merchants on two different fronts, launching a new card reader and a "Shopify Pay" app that are both free to current clients. The company announced Shopify Pay, which enables ...

Mobile credit card payment processing apps for Android include PayPal, Square, SumUp, QuickBooks and Shopify, offering varied ...

With mobile card readers and the advent of point-to-point encryption, merchants don’t have to think twice about where and when they’re swiping a credit card. Mobile POS technology has blown the doors ...

Since the introduction of the new chip-enabled debit and credit cards, many consumers have expected to pay for purchases by inserting the chip into a card reader. While several merchants do have chip ...

Mobile point of sale devices typically clip onto phones to allow the handsets to read card payments, but this approach is not the only option. Particularly for mobile card readers built to accept ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about finance and technology. Jim McKelvey, who co-founded Square with his pal Jack Dorsey, hasn’t been content to merely ...

Merchant accounts are essential if you want to run a business that accepts debit and credit card payments. Not doing so can impede on your ability to attract customers and grow your business. Luckily, ...