Accepting credit cards requires a payment processor like Square or Stripe, a merchant account, and hardware like POS ...

The number of new businesses launching in the UK in 2023 surpassed 900,000, according to the New Startup Index from NatWest and Beauhurst. That compares to 790,390 in 2022. So it follows that more ...

With a free Chip & PIN card reader, Swedish mobile payments company iZettle is lowering the threshold for small companies to start accepting card payments. The Card Reader Lite, released Tuesday, ...

WARSAW, Poland & BROOKFIELD, Wis.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--In a move that is expected to boost the worldwide use of smartphones and tablets as point-of-sale terminals, First Data, now part of Fiserv (NASDAQ: ...

The Accel/Exchange electronic funds transfer network has signed up a handful of issuers for an Internet-based PIN debit pilot that processed its first transaction, for $9.49, on Wednesday, according ...

Momentum is building fast for card acceptance on ordinary mobile phones. And now Apple could be the next player in this increasingly important game. The drive to turn mobile devices into point-of-sale ...

Smartphone card payments startup Payleven will start accepting chip-and-PIN transactions in Europe from Oct. 15, enabling small and medium-size businesses there to accept payments from major credit ...

In November 2018, a bit of "helpful advice" circulated via social media promoting the claim that consumers could stymie the theft of money from their debit cards via card readers through the use of a ...

Industry efforts to shore up payment card security after the massive data breach at Target appear to be devolving into a battle over chip vs. PIN technology between retailers and credit card companies ...

Amy Nichol Smith is a former Product Review Editor at Forbes Advisor. She has more than 20 years experience as a journalist and editor, writing on a range of topics, including tech products and ...