Apple's planned update for accepting contactless payments on its handsets is as disruptive as it is inevitable. Companies like Ingenico, which makes point-of-sale hardware, have strategies in place to ...

Tap your phone on the reader at the cash register, and like magic, you’re done. The charge will be processed using the debit or credit card you entered into your digital wallet.

If you have a telephone, an internet connection and a virtual terminal, you can start taking payments over the phone today.

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Square wants to refresh the often unloved credit card reader. The payments company on Thursday introduced its newest piece of hardware, Square Terminal, a card reader that looks more modern than ...

What are you supposed to do when you pull out plastic to buy something at a store these days? You've probably noticed that plenty of stores have terminals that obviously have a slot for inserting ...