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Square's goal seems to be removing as many barriers as possible to accepting CCs; they aren't aiming for people who already take them as much as those who otherwise couldn't (easily). The hardware needed to accept chipped cards is far more complex than the simple mag-stripe reader they're currently using (not to mention likely not universal); it'll take time to start production on those. The incumbents will still be around to displace once they're ready to.


They could buy iZettle ;)




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