The profusion of apps for smartphones certainly seems to know no bounds, and while NFC based payment seems set to become the dominant form of cashless transaction, smartphone peripherals that allow ...

PayPal Holdings Inc. plans a challenge to Square Inc. as it launches a physical card reader in the U.S. The move represents the latest attempt by PayPal PYPL to take a bite of in-store commerce, ...

PayPal just debuted its new chip-and-pin solution, and it’s NFC enabled — making it one step ahead of Square. The new capability means that PayPal Here merchants will be able to accept mobile payments ...

Square and PayPal both have mobile credit card readers that storefronts can use to ring up payments, but Amazon is getting in on the action with a card reader of their own for iPhone. The giant online ...

The PayPal Here card reader, PayPal’s hardware device that lets merchants accept credit and debit card payments through a dongle attached to their iOS or Android device, is being updated with support ...

This marks the first time PayPal Here will be available on Windows, and Microsoft is taking advantage of the move to market its Surface Pro 3 as a complete point-of-sale device that sellers can use to ...

PayPal Zettle delivers the essentials at a relatively low cost with a small commitment. But consider other options if you want features like customer loyalty and email marketing programs. Although ...

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To keep up with consumers’ demands, business owners rely on online processing providers to process digital payments, including credit card payments, swiftly and securely. With many providers to choose ...

If you have a smartphone -- be it an iPhone or an Android-powered phone -- you can use a portable card reader to take credit card payments anywhere you can get an Internet connection. Smartphone card ...

Square and PayPal are disrupting the commercial banking industry. Now, the United States’ largest bank is fighting back. On Wednesday, JPMorgan Chase (JPM) released a card payment provider, ...