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Square credit card processing

2009-12-02 05:13:29.845862+01 by Dan Lyke 4 comments

Square makes a little credit card reading dongle that plugs into the headset jack on a cell phone.

[ related topics: Wireless ]

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#Comment Re: made: 2009-12-02 16:15:19.803598+01 by: meuon

Thank you God. That's brilliant.

#Comment Re: made: 2009-12-02 17:49:09.846534+01 by: Dan Lyke

Tech Crunch: What a Square receipt actually looks like (not sure where in the process they're getting the signature).

I think the other thing that's cool about this is that this is a step towards those online receipts that I asked for.

#Comment Re: made: 2009-12-02 20:21:11.476448+01 by: Dwayne

I got a sneak peek at SquareUp's next offering: http://twitpic.com/rrtof

#Comment Re: made: 2009-12-05 00:34:35.305095+01 by: Shawn

I haven't found anything definitive on how they get the signature yet, but one commenter said

The signature with your finger can’t be any worse...

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