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 ...

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 ...

If you’re a small-business owner or you simply need a better, cleaner way of accepting payments, this is the service and device for you. Update: As of 11/11/2010 Square updated their reader’s design, ...

Square knows that while its mobile payments system is increasingly popular, if its credit card readers fail, potential customers are less likely to continue using it. One of the most common failure ...

Mobile payment company Square on Monday released a new version of its credit card reader that's tinier and more powerful than ever. I'm PCMag's managing editor for consumer electronics, overseeing an ...

The payments technology company Square has launched it's Square Reader product in Australia. The square-shaped reader is a small device that attaches to a phone or tablet to process credit and debit ...

When a gadget company sells its products for big bucks, it has every reason to refine its designs on an ongoing basis, making them ever more tempting to paying customers. But if the gizmo in question ...

Last year, Square debuted Stand, a piece of hardware that turns a merchant’s iPad into a card-swiping register. The idea was to provide a simple and elegant way to allow merchants to accept Square for ...