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, ...

When cashiers at the Groundswell cafe and restaurant use a little Square credit-card reader to process payments, they sometimes have to wrap the card in a bit of wax paper before swiping it. The tiny ...

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 ...