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 […]
How to Set Up a Square Card Reader with Your Phone
Setting up a Square Card Reader takes about ten minutes: charge the reader, download the free Square Point of Sale app, create and verify your Square account, then pair the reader inside the app rather than through your phone’s Bluetooth menu. Run one small test transaction before your first real customer, and refund it. That […]
Different POS Systems for Different Business Needs
A few years ago, picking a POS felt simpler because the category was smaller and the feature sets were more similar. In 2026, that is no longer true, and choosing the wrong system can hurt you in two ways. You can either lose functionality you actually need, or you can overpay for a platform you […]
Getting More Restaurant Business In 2026
Restaurant owners heading into 2026 are not short on advice, but they are drowning in advice that does not match how restaurants actually function. Every week there is a new tactic, a new platform, or a new “must-do” trend being pushed as the answer to slow nights and rising costs. Most of it ignores the […]
Visa 2025: Updated Visa Acquirer Monitoring Program (VAMP)
Visa is rolling three older rulebooks (VDMP, VFMP, and the first version of VAMP) into one stronger Visa Acquirer Monitoring Program. The new VAMP tracks fraud, disputes, and card-testing attacks with a single score. This shift means every merchant, acquirer, and ISO in the payment chain will need to act faster and smarter to stay […]
