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Square Trying To Help Small Businesses Meet October Deadline For New Chip & PIN Credit Cards

Square Trying To Help Small Businesses Meet October Deadline For New Chip & PIN Credit Cards

A survey released last week by Wells Fargo found that a majority of small business owners aren’t prepared for the October deadline to switch from traditional swipe-and-sign credit card transactions to the supposedly more secure chip-and-PIN card system. Now, one mobile payment company says it wants to take some of the burden off the shoulders of these companies by offering to pay for any charges incurred from a breach — as long as the business owner has ordered its new card reader. [More]