The new piece of hardware secures an iPad in place and also includes an integrated card reader for secure credit card swiping.
Square launched in 2009 as a way for people to take credit-card payments by swiping cards in a small plastic reader that plugs into the headphone jack of a cell phone.
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Swiping a card, pinching a map, or tapping a photo are all based on actions we know from the physical world.
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Immediately after swiping the card, Seibu salespeople can view customer information drawn from the data warehouse and suggest additional purchases to the shopper.
AmEx eliminated the hassle that comes with paper coupons or special codes at the point of sale by making redemption as easy as swiping your card.
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It features a silicone sleeve that conforms to the phone or tablet to provide stability support to keep the reader from moving or spinning when swiping a card.
Square believes the future of payments isn't swiping a card but merely giving a cashier your name, which is stored within the company's database and linked to a credit card.
For items that cost money, you pay by swiping a credit card in the built-in display.
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Swiping a credit card through the phone to finalize a transaction make that mobile device even more indispensable.
Anyone could pick up a car by swiping their credit card and picking up the first car from the stack, much like a luggage trolley from an airport.
That is partly due to there being few phones equipped with the necessary technology, slow adoption by merchants and the fact that swiping a physical card is easy, analysts say.
Now they are increasing their focus on technology consumers can use to make purchases by simply entering a password or other easy-to-remember information on an e-commerce website, or by tapping a smartphone against a merchant payment terminal instead of swiping a physical card.
When these residents catch a train or bus, or take out money from an ATM, they will scan their irises, rather than swiping a metro or bank card.
The software, which interacts with physical ID card readers via an application or by swiping it near a reader, could eventually replace the plastic badges that millions of people worldwide use to securely enter their offices and other facilities.
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Did the collective then take another turn for the extreme, swiping the personal information and credit card details of millions of PlayStation Network users?
Passengers on the city's 8, 500 vehicles will be able to buy tickets by swiping a credit, debit or charge card by a reader.
Passengers on the city's 8, 500 vehicles will be able to buy tickets by swiping a credit, debit or charge card by an NFC (near field communication) reader.
Members of the program locate a vehicle by smart phone or on the Web, hold a special card at the base of the windshield kind of like swiping one of those new room keys above the door knob at fancy hotels then drive off.
Similar products typically spin on the audio jack, causing misreads of the credit card and requiring the user to awkwardly hold the product in place while swiping.
And passengers are being warned to be careful about swiping their wallet against readers if they own more than one contactless payment card as the reader will reject all of them.
However, users are being warned to be careful about swiping their wallet against readers if they own more than one NFC-enabled card.
The application, which can be downloaded for free, charges vendors a credit card processing fee of 1.8 percent plus 15 cents per transaction, assuming you're swiping plastic from MasterCard, Visa or Discover.
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