U.S. banks are steadily shipping more secure chip-embedded credit and debit cards to consumers, but industry attention is also focused on whether merchants have installed updated payment terminals to ...

Shopify is approaching merchants on two different fronts, launching a new card reader and a "Shopify Pay" app that are both free to current clients. The company announced Shopify Pay, which enables ...

Since the introduction of the new chip-enabled debit and credit cards, many consumers have expected to pay for purchases by inserting the chip into a card reader. While several merchants do have chip ...

Mobile credit card payment processing apps for Android include PayPal, Square, SumUp, QuickBooks and Shopify, offering varied ...

With mobile card readers and the advent of point-to-point encryption, merchants don’t have to think twice about where and when they’re swiping a credit card. Mobile POS technology has blown the doors ...

Mobile point of sale devices typically clip onto phones to allow the handsets to read card payments, but this approach is not the only option. Particularly for mobile card readers built to accept ...

A business.com editor verified this analysis to ensure it meets our standards for accuracy, expertise and integrity. Credit card payments accounted for 40 percent of in-store retail sales in 2024.

Christine Sharp-Crowe, an artist and owner of downtown shop Made in the Philtower, said credit card payments used to be a pain to accept at craft shows. "You'd use those awkward devices that rubbed on ...