How to Build a POS and Payments Channel Without Being Locked into One Platform
Building a POS and payments channel that is not hostage to a single platform comes down to four decisions: decouple the software from the payment gateway using semi-integrated architecture, carry hardware across more than one tier, own the merchant relationship rather than renting it under someone else’s brand, and monetise the software and the processing […]
Why Credit Unions Should Offer More Than Basic Merchant Services
A basic countertop terminal is no longer a merchant services programme. Business members now choose their financial partner partly on the operating software that comes with it, and a credit union offering only card acceptance is competing on rate against processors competing on the whole business. Offering full point-of-sale platforms changes three things at once: […]
Square POS App Not Working? Fixes for Busy Merchants
If the Square Point of Sale app is frozen, crashing or refusing cards, check four things in this order: Square’s status page, your internet connection, a full force-close and reopen, and your app permissions. That sequence resolves the overwhelming majority of outages in under two minutes. One warning before you do anything drastic — never […]
Why Your Square Reader for Phone is Not Connecting and How to Fix It
A Square Reader that will not connect is almost never broken. In order of how often it is the cause: the battery is flat, your phone is holding a stale Bluetooth pairing, the app is missing a permission, or the plug-in reader is not seating properly in the port. Work through those four before you […]
How to Accept Contactless Payments with Square Tap on Your Phone
To accept contactless payments with Square Tap to Pay, download the free Square Point of Sale app, open Settings › Account, and switch on Tap to Pay for iPhone or Android. Setup takes under a minute, and there is no hardware to buy. From then on, you ring up the sale, hit Charge, choose Tap […]
