Amy Nichol Smith is a former Product Review Editor at Forbes Advisor. She has more than 20 years experience as a journalist and editor, writing on a range of topics, including tech products and ...

NFCGest lets credit cards unlock terminals with gesture passcodes—adding security without extra hardware or PIN codes.

CardFlight has updated its SwipeSimple mobile point of sale device, which allows merchants to take payments and manage their business from smartphones and tablets. The 2.0 version of SwipeSimple ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. (WIS) - In South Carolina, skimmers have been found at gas station pumps, ATM’s, retail and grocery stores. Skimmers are devices that criminals attach to point of sales or card readers ...

NEW YORK (AP) -- Need to accept credit cards for your small business? You have more reader options than ever. Online retailers Amazon and Etsy are the latest companies to offer the devices, which plug ...

The Wall Street Journal looks at swipe-card readers, a technology that could change medical billing practices in the future. The paper examines units made by Companion Technologies, a subsidiary of ...