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Nomad 2.0, a second-generation mobile EMV chip-and-PIN card reader from AnywhereCommerce, is designed to be a smaller and less expensive version of its 18-month-old predecessor.

Jusp, a mobile point of sale provider, announced a flat monthly fee ranging from 39 to 69 euros (approximately $53 to $93) to target midmarket merchants and large corporations.

The mobile point of sale vendor ShopKeep POS has updated its tablet-based point of sale with several new features designed to streamline its use.

Payments processor Cardis USA and mobile commerce vendor Spindle are joining with vending machine manufacturer Multi-max to enable mobile payments at its machines, where most consumers still buy coffee with cash.

NCR Corp. has updated its NCR Silver point of sale system for iPad, adding features that allow a small business to grow including support for multiple locations.

Square has eliminated holds and deposit limits for manually entered transactions in the U.S., and is marketing these changes to frustrated PayPal users.

The Twitter initial public offering culminated with the ringing of the New York Stock Exchange's opening bell Thursday, the social media site becoming a public company valued at more than $14 billion. But Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey isn't done with Wall Street yet, as he's reportedly begun exploring an IPO for Square, the mobile payments startup he co-founded in 2009.

Payments processor Elavon will handle mobile payment transactions generated through iZettle mobile card readers in Europe.

Square Inc.'s new partnership with Staples treats the office supply seller as both a distribution channel and a showroom for its Square Stand point of sale system.

Mozido LLC is providing a Coca-Cola bottler in Mexico with a mobile payment system for storeowners to use to pay for deliveries of soft drinks.

Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz has stepped down from Square Inc.’s board, to be replaced by former Goldman Sachs CFO David Viniar.

Heartland Payment Systems is making investments in tablet technology to attract merchant clients while combatting mobile payments startups.

Square Inc. has added American Express and JCB credit card acceptance in Canada, expanding its payment options a year after launching in the country.

Merchant Warehouse is trying make the differences between competing mobile payments technology – such as Near Field Communication chips and QR codes – invisible to merchants.

Digital content providers will have more options to accept payments through Live Gamer Inc.'s Pay+ product.

LevelUp is launching a "connected app" technology that lets merchants tap into its mobile payment system for online commerce and a variety of other uses.

Flint has released an Android version of its swipeless mobile card acceptance product, which relies on the smartphone's embedded camera to scan an image of a card to accept payments.

Two payments industry veterans have come up with a way to make mobile phones and terminals communicate wirelessly without a conventional wireless or Near Field Communication signal.

Amazon.com Inc.'s new "Login and Pay with Amazon" is designed to let merchants accept payments from online shoppers without requiring them to create a dedicated account.

Nearly a year after making its mobile card reader available in Canada, Square Inc. has decided to locate a permanent office in the country.