Above: The old (unopened) reader is on the left; the new reader is on the right, with encryption and a battery. Square has added encryption technology to its Square reader. Competitor VeriFone tried ...

Square seems to be building up defenses in anticipation of future slugfests with new competitor PayPal. Square has recently updated it’s app, and the company has also reportedly enabled encryption for ...

Of all the iPhone credit card readers that are available for mobile card payments today, the one that is most visible is the Square card reader. This is the one you can get now in the Apple Store and ...

San Francisco startup Square which makes tiny card readers for smartphones that enable virtually anyone to process credit card transactions, has received an undisclosed strategic investment from Visa.

Square is running into some problems with its new investment partner Visa. An executive at the mobile payments company confirmed it is re-working its system to encrypt credit card data on the fly.

Faced with the security concerns of storing sensitive data in the cloud, many organizations’ first response is, “let’s encrypt everything.” Encryption can be necessary to satisfy data residency ...

Square, the iOS payment system that’s recently been made available to purchase in Apple Stores, has announced they have now added extra security to their device via encryption. The new security has ...