SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Financial services startup Square is trying to turn the swipe of a credit card into an act of generosity. To pull it off, Square is unveiling a red credit card reader that will ...

Apple has been a long time supporter of Project RED by selling special edition products that help the charity, but now you can help fight AIDS just by swiping credit cards on your iPhone. Project RED ...

It’s rare for any startup to have as symbiotic a relationship with a single hardware device as Square has had with its credit-card reader. The original version, which debuted in 2009, democratized ...

Square wants to reinvent payments, but don't call it a "disruptor." While Ben Pfisterer, country manager for the payments technology company, admits Square's terminals are "somewhat" in competition ...

When a gadget company sells its products for big bucks, it has every reason to refine its designs on an ongoing basis, making them ever more tempting to paying customers. But if the gizmo in question ...

Square, the payments company that makes it easy for small businesses to accept credit card payments wherever you go, is finally catching up with the times today by updating its tiny card reader.

Square Inc., the mobile-payment startup founded by Jack Dorsey, is giving small merchants more flexibility in how they pay for credit-card transactions, increasing competition with PayPal's rival card ...

If you buy something from a Verge link, Vox Media may earn a commission. See our ethics statement. Much like Square, the Chip & Swipe is ideally designed to work at a cashier station or out and about ...