Headline updated to acknowledge that Square is a US-only service for now. Remember the Square card reader and payment service from our first hands-on video in January at Macworld Expo 2010? Square ...

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 ...

Earlier this year around WWDC, Square announced that it would be selling new hardware that will allow small businesses to easily accept Apple Pay later this year. Now Square is setting up 100 small ...

If you buy something from a Verge link, Vox Media may earn a commission. See our ethics statement. Square has opened pre-orders for the next version of its credit card reader. The new device, an ...

Today, Square announced a new version of its popular mobile payment system that will support EMV chipped credit cards. EMV is a joint effort from MasterCard and Visa to help improve security credit ...

Mobile payments company Square is known for its signature glossy white credit card readers that plug into iPhones, iPads and Android devices. Credit cards in the U.S. will have embedded computer chips ...

Square Reader now supports payments on Mac and Chromebook, too Square Reader now supports payments on Mac and Chromebook, too is a Senior Producer on Decoder. Previously, he reported on the technology ...

Californian-based payments technology firm Square has partnered with transactional banking services company Cuscal to launch Square Reader in Australia. The Square Reader is a credit and debit card ...

When we talk about the design of a piece of hardware, we usually default to observations about its outward appearance–its form, its color, the materials it's made of. Often, though, that's only half ...

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 has launched its new contactless and chip card reader in Australia. Australia is to become the second global marketplace after the US to have access to Square’s new contactless and chip card ...

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 ...