Apple Pay technology continues to advance by leaps and bounds in the United States, for something it has been in operation in the country for more than a year and should spread by example, before the intentional expansion that it will undergo next year, finding Spain among the three countries originally chosen to welcome Apple Pay with the help of American Express.
Square announced at the last developer conference that it was working on a device that would allow payments to all small business users through Apple Pay before the end of the year. Well said and done. The firm has just announced that around 100 businesses they already have this device With which, in addition to being able to make payments via Apple Pay, by integrating a card reader, they can also make payments with traditional credit cards with magnetic stripe.
Square says that at the moment it has only been able to distribute 100 devices but that during the announcement at the last conference for developers, it had such a number of requests, that they cannot cover all the demands but are working to cover it. This device that it has a cost of 45 dollars It is being a complete success, but as with this type of hardware, it is difficult for us to see it outside of the American territory.
This device works with a rechargeable battery to work wirelessly or with a power supply via USB to avoid power supply problems during use. Square is made up of an NFC chip, to receive payments, a magnetic stripe reader and is compatible with both credit and debit cards.
One option to Square is PayAnywhere, which reached an agreement with Apple to try to meet the needs of small businesses. PayAnywhere is available at Apple Stores in the United States at a price of $ 39,95 and the first 5.000 transactions are free for the merchant, without having to pay any commission to Apple.