Many Choices for Micro Merchants
Published May 25, 2012 1:12 PM
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Updated October 20, 2016 10:47 AM
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Square
Square is pushing past its original market of babysitters and gardeners with its Register app, which it says is robust enough to replace conventional point of sale systems.
Intuit GoPayment
Intuit's latest update to its GoPayment card reader uses the phone's GPS to calculate the proper local sales tax. Cash can't do that.
VeriFone PayWare
Why didn't they call it the Ver-iPhone? PayWare was VeriFone's first attempt to compete with Square for small merchants.
VeriFone Sail
VeriFone's smaller Sail reader will eventually include open-source software so that tech-savvy merchants can use it with their existing systems.
PayPal Here
The card reader isn't even a necessary component for PayPal's Here. The app can read cards using the phone's camera.
Card.io
Card.io provides the tech behind PayPal's camera-based card reader.
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Flint
Flint uses an optical character recognition system to read card account numbers using a phone's camera. (Image: ThinkStock)
Jumio
Jumio isn't strictly mobile. Desktop computer users can also read cards with a webcam using Jumio's tech.
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Checks
Merchants can also use a bank's remote deposit capture service to deposit checks on the go. (Image: ThinkStock)
