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Looking Forward to 2012: The Continued Demise of Cash

Okay, so cash isn't going to disappear anytime soon, but 2012 looks to be a pivotal year in the transition towards a world where we have options besides just cash and credit.

Salvation Army Bell Ringers Now Take Credit Cards Using ‘Square’ Card Readers and Android Phones

While you’ll still hear the Salvation Army’s jingling bells this year, you may hear less change jangling into its red collection buckets.

GoPayment Goes ‘Freemium,’ Gets Back in the Mobile Payment Game

Intuit’s mobile payment service, GoPayment, which allows users to accept credit card payments on their smart phones, is trying to swipe its way back into the spotlight this week by going “freemium.”

BlackBerry Users Get "Roam" Credit Card Reader Attachment

BlackBerry users now have a secure way to quickly capture credit card transactions on their handsets. The newly-announced Roam attachment is “the world’s first encrypted audio coupled card reader for BlackBerry devices,” according to the company’s press release.

Square: Your iPhone Now Takes Credit Cards

Internet darling Kevin Rose and Twitter co-founder/CEO/Chairman Jack Dorsey (among many others) have been toiling away at Square – an iPhone credit card payment app coupled with a peripheral. The self-contained system e-mails receipts, donates a penny from every transaction to your charity of choice and unclutters your wallet of customer appreciation cards. The dongle [...]

Twitter Founder Unveils New Mobile Credit Card Payment Device “Square”

Twitter founder Jack Dorsey previewed his new tech start up “Square” Wednesday in Paris – a device that allows iPhone and iPod Touch users to accept credit card payments.