By Brandon Russell |
Square wants to replace everyday cash registers with new Square Stands. The company, which currently offers a mobile dongle for processing credit card payments, announced the new iPad-equipped stands aimed at larger establishments, such as restaurants and bars. The company has sold more than three…
By Adriana Lee |
Politicians and Hollywood actors aren’t the only ones who get caught in sex scandals. Turns out, the technorati aren’t immune to it either. Chief Operating Officer Keith Rabois resigned from his position at mobile payment processing company Square after being accused of sexual harassment. New…
By Roy Choi |
Square announced on Twitter Wednesday that it is processing $10 billion payments annually. “We’re processing $10B in payments annually, an amazing and humbling milestone. To the small businesses growing with Square, thank you.” An amazing feat for a company that has only been around since…
By Brandon Russell |
Starbucks is preparing to give its customers a way to digitally tip baristas. The Seattle-based company will add the option to a mobile payment app next summer, and also implement similar functionality to Square, which Starbucks plans to start using in November. All to further…
By Brandon Russell |
Despite rising Google Wallet adoption, a new survey suggests consumers aren’t all that anxious to ditch their leather bifolds to go digital. Out of a pool of 1,200 people, nearly 70 percent said they prefer to stick to the more traditional cash and credit/debit card…
By Eric Frederiksen |
Japanese publishers love their countdown sites. Square Enix has a new one up, set to expire in just under a week (as of this writing), teasing what seems to be a sequel to the handheld title The World Ends with You. The URL includes the string…
By Brandon Russell |
There’s a new alternative to Square in town, and it’s coming from the minds of PayPal. Dubbed PayPal Here, the iPhone compatible electronic payment service will allow small businesses and casual sellers alike to accept practically any form of payment – checks, debit and credit…
By Killian Bell |
T-Mobile U.S.A. has become the world’s first carrier to offer its customers the Square credit card reader for smartphones. The accessory, which plugs into your smartphone’s headphone jack and allows you to process card payments on the go, is available in T-Mobile stores throughout the…
By Adriana Lee |
If you’ve been reading TechnoBuffalo for a while, then you know there’s nothing we like better than a tasty infographic. And here’s one that touches on a very hot topic these days: mobile payments. The writing has been on the wall for a while now,…
By Emily Price |
By now you’ve probably heard of Square. The service allows you to insert a small square card reader into your iPhone, iPad or Android device and receive credit card payments on the spot. The card readers are free, or you can buy one at your…
By Jack McGrath |
When the announcement came that incumbent Mahmoud Ahmadinejad had again won the Iranian presidential election in 2009, protesters took to the streets to denounce his regime, calling the election corrupt and a misuse of clerical power. Communication would have been near impossible for liberal demonstrators…
By Travis Harvey |
Earlier this week, Jack Dorsey and the folks at Square announced their mobile payment platform that’s headed to mobile phones. It allows anyone to accept credit card payments without contracts or monthly fees and sends receipts directly to email. The same day Square was announced,…
By Armin Talic |
In case you missed it yesterday, the blogosphere was a flame with the news of Jack Dorsey’s new stealth startup de-cloaking and rearing it’s head. Jack Dorsey just so happens to be the original brains behind a little known platform called Twitter. If you haven’t…
