Your local Starbucks has a new gizmo in stock, that you can buy alongside your morning latte. As part of the ongoing partnership between Starbucks and Square , you can now pick up a Square card reader in-store. As with purchasing from Apple, it'll cost you $10 to pick one up, but they come loaded … [Read more...]
You Can Now Pay For Starbucks With Square
November 8, 2012 by Leave a Comment
Remember how Starbucks dropped $25 million on Square? The first stage of that partnership has now kicked in, and you can pay for your daily frappuccino by using Square Wallet at 7,000 Starbucks stores. … [Read more...]
Starbucks Signs Up With Square, Invests $25 Million
August 8, 2012 by Leave a Comment
The mobile payment Square has just made it's biggest expansion by getting up close and personal with Starbucks. The enormous coffee chain is pumping $25 million into Square, and turning to the company to process transactions. Here's what the deal entails: … [Read more...]
Square Expands At Point Of Sale With Square Register
March 5, 2012 by Leave a Comment
We've been reporting on Square since we first heard about the cool little dongle back in 2009 — and in the intervening years it's spread like wildfire, and can now be found just about everywhere. Now Square plans to keep on expanding, and has announced a new iPad app called Square Register — a … [Read more...]
Square Card Case Makes Paying By Phone Even Easier
August 23, 2011 by Leave a Comment
We love Square, the awesome little dongle that plugs into your iPhone or iPad, and lets you pay by card at food trucks, farmers markets, hot dog stands and craft fairs. The most recent change to their modus operandi is the introduction of Square Card Case for heavy users. It remembers the places … [Read more...]
Card.io Will Let You Pay By Photo Of Your Credit Card
June 24, 2011 by 1 Comment
Square? Psssh, who has time to swipe their credit card in a dongle. How old fashioned! Meet Card.io, which takes a photo of your credit card, reads off the numbers, encrypts them and sends them out to whomever you're buying things from — without saving any of the information. Would it be any … [Read more...]
Payfirma Copies Square In Canada
June 17, 2011 by 4 Comments
The incredible Square credit card reader has taken America by storm, allowing anyone, anywhere to take credit cart payments — just last week I was at an Etsy-laden craftfair, and just about every seller had one attached to an iPhone or iPad. However, one downside of the system is that it's USA … [Read more...]
Square Overhauls App, Becomes Your Cash Register
May 23, 2011 by Leave a Comment
Square has expanded their plans, and with a major update to their app, it's bigger and badder than ever. There are two killer new features in the update: their iPad app now has "Square Register", and is designed to completely replace the cash register for a small business, and allow them to have … [Read more...]
Square Promises More Secure Readers This Summer
April 29, 2011 by Leave a Comment
With very little fanfare, Square has promised to beef up the security of their card reader with the next hardware iteration this Summer. Last month, competing credit card reader manufacturer VeriFone complained that Square was not encrypting the credit card information of its users, and was begging … [Read more...]
Visa Invests In Square
April 28, 2011 by 2 Comments
Visa has just invested an undisclosed amount in Square's miniature POS service says Reuters. We don't know how much capital Visa is putting behind the service, but a statement from the companies indicated they're doing it for a place on the board: In return, a Visa executive gets to sit on the … [Read more...]
