latimesblogs.latimes.com— Jack Dorsey announced his new start-up, Square, which will let anyone with a cellphone or iPod become a merchant and accept credit card payments. And he wants to give them away for free.
Dec 2, 2009View in Crawl 4
cool, will this finally get rid of pennies? I wonder how chargebacks would be handled? And the thought of a shared iPhone touch screen experience in an H1N1 world sorta creeps me out...but they are smart guys, am sure they will sort it all out.
Sorry, this is a little too late, what with most of the world moving away from the magnetic strip and using the chip for transactions. Most of Europe is now accepting what's called chip'n'pin with the majority no longer using the strip or accepting a signature.I also agree, that I'll never be typing my PIN or even writing my signature on someone's phone.
unfriendlyfireDec 2, 2009
Cash-less society one step closer.
laughtearsDec 3, 2009
cool, will this finally get rid of pennies? I wonder how chargebacks would be handled? And the thought of a shared iPhone touch screen experience in an H1N1 world sorta creeps me out...but they are smart guys, am sure they will sort it all out.
Closed AccountDec 3, 2009
How about pin-only cards?Who in his/her right mind would type credit card pin into someone else's phone?
mag1coDec 16, 2009
The sooner the better, this is awesome.
taomynDec 17, 2009
Sorry, this is a little too late, what with most of the world moving away from the magnetic strip and using the chip for transactions. Most of Europe is now accepting what's called chip'n'pin with the majority no longer using the strip or accepting a signature.I also agree, that I'll never be typing my PIN or even writing my signature on someone's phone.