If you have a smartphone -- be it an iPhone or an Android-powered phone -- you can use a portable card reader to take credit card payments anywhere you can get an Internet connection.

Venmo Unveils Digital Credit Card to Leverage Smartphone Use. ... Before it’s here, it’s on the Bloomberg Terminal. LEARN MORE. By Mark Gurman. October 5, 2020 at 8:00 AM ...

NetSecure's Kudos payment kit retails for less than $100; transactions cost the merchant 2.7 percent plus 20 cents per transaction.

No longer would credit card users need to carry around a bulging wallet filled with myriad credit cards — their smartphones could simply be waived in front of a payment terminal.

Process Credit Cards Anywhere: 5 Smartphone Alternatives. By Zack Stern. Dec 1, 2010 5:00 pm PST. ... In the past, you were pretty much tied to a land-bound credit card terminal.

We use our smartphones in place of maps, ... Tap to pay: Hold your fob (or ChargeCase-sheathed iPhone) by the credit card terminal, then swipe your phone screen or press the fob button to pay.

Contactless payment refers to tapping your credit card on a payment terminal to pay or holding a smartphone or smartwatch near the terminal to pay using a system such as Apple Pay, Google Pay or ...

With this system, the credit card company will simply check the location on your smartphone to see if you’re in the same place as your card. To keep calls to banks at bay ...