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Square begins roll out of its Apple Pay-accepting card reader

Tuesday 24 November 2015 13:08 CET | News

Square has launched a contactless card reader that allows customers to pay merchants using Apple’s mobile payment service via iPhones and Apple Watches.

The new Apple Pay-compatible Square reader works wirelessly with a rechargeable battery, or can optionally plug into a Square Stand USB hub for power.

Apart from Apple Pay and other NFC payment solutions, the new reader can take payments from new debit and credit cards that use chip-and-PIN (or EMV).

While Square has geared up 100 local businesses with the new readers, several customers who signed up to pre-order Apple Pay-ready devices earlier in 2015 were recently notified that some orders would not ship until early 2016.


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