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Square Cash 2.0 Adds Free Money Transfer By Text Message, Payment Notes And More

August 1 payments Square has a new update out for its Cash app that lets users send cash by text, greatly improving the versatility of the mobile payment app. The update also improves the user interface for sending, reducing steps and increasing speed, and offers a host of new features like putting notes on payments and a new reward system that provides $1 each time someone you invite via text message signs up.… Read More

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Amazon Launches Local Register, A Square Competitor With Lower Transaction Rates

amazon-local-register Amazon has launched a Square and PayPal Here competitor called Local Register, which provides users with a free app and a $10 card reader, and charges merchants and anyone selling services who use it just 1.75 percent per swipe on both credit and debit transactions, so long as users sign up before October 31. That’s a special rate, and is a full percentage point lower than… Read More

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Square Reveals A Reader For Chip Payment Cards Ahead Of Coming U.S. Launch

hero.medium-0517f5b8087c297d54fc6be57a71666e Square is set to bring its payment card reader for mobile devices in line with modern tech used most places in the world outside of the U.S. – today it revealed its upcoming EMV and chip-compatible dongle, which will be available soon for pre-order with an estimated ship date of sometime in 2015.
The new reader looks very similar to the existing one, but it’s designed to read… Read More

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