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Plug and Pay: A Gallery of 26 Mobile Card Readers

Philip RyanbyPhilip Ryan
August 20, 2013
in Banking, Payments, Risk & Security
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Dongles, dongles everywhere. Since the launch of Square’s lozenge-shaped credit card reader in 2010, dongles to process credit card transactions have proliferated with ecstatic abandon. Many are free. Some are odd-looking. Most are black.

We’ve corralled a wide sampling of them here for your viewing pleasure. Have we missed a few? Quite likely! There’s always room for more (presumably).

Take a break from the August grind and stroll through our menagerie of dongles.

 

First up is the iconic Square reader. And a category was born.
square_cardreader

 

Also available in black at Target, just $9.99.
aquare_blackreader

 

Chase Mobile Checkout from Chase Paymentech is a new entrant to the field aimed more at larger mobile sellers rather than micro merchants.

chase_checkout

 

IDTech’s UniMag mobile magstripe reader comes with clips to fit a variety of mobile devices.
unimag_cardreader

 

Roampay G4X mobile card reader. An alternate version exists for EMV cards rather than magstripe.
roampay_g4x_mcr

 

 

 

ProPay Jak. ProPay was acquired by TSYS in 2012.
propay_jak

 

PayPal Here. PayPal is the leader in mobile payments volume and its triangular dongle works in the US and several Asian countries.
paypal_here

 

If you live in Canada, you may have paid for maple syrup or gravy fries with Vancouver-based Payfirma.
payfirma_mobilepayments

 

PayAnywhere is a retail play, available at Amazon, Walmart, Home Depot, OfficeMax and more.
payanywhere_mobilecardreader

 

This dongle is sadly unidentified. If you would like to claim it, please contact Bank Innovation at 1-800-DONGLE.
mystery_mobilereader

 

mPowa‘s handsome dongle hails from London and turns your mobile into a “sell phone.” We’re told it has a nice accent, too.
mpowa_reader

 

Mophie, a maker of battery cases and other add-ons, put out its card reader with input from Intuit. It is currently “out of stock.”
mophie_cardreader

 

Moblized PhoneSwipe is an ISO/MSP of HSBC Bank.
moblized_phoneswipe

 

MagTek iDynamo is a substantial reader with a focus on security.
magtek_idynamo

 

Swedish company iZettle is big in Europe — literally big. Look at that thing.
izettle_european

 

Intuit GoPayment has a distinctive cylindrical shape.
intuit_gopayment

 

An older version of Intuit GoPayment. Note the cylinder below the Intuit logo, which will grow in the newer version.
intuit2_gopayment

 

Fiserv’s SpotPay can be whitelabelled for individual FIs.

fiserv_spotpay

 

 

EverPay from Puerto Rico’s EverTec is the Square of Latin America.
everpay_evertecreader

 

The Breadcrumb card reader from Groupon is part of a complete POS package called Breadbox.
breadcrumb_groupon

 

Bank of America launched Mobile Pay in late 2012. The reader has its own holder and fits on a keychain — bonus!
bofa_mobilepay

 

BluePay, based in the Bay Area, is a registered ISO (Independent Selling Organization) of Wells Fargo.
bluepay_cardreader

 

The AppNinjas card reader is a serious piece of hardware that, uniquely, stands on end when not in use.
appninjas_ucharge

 

POS kingpin VeriFone entered the mobile card reader market with SAIL, now defunct.
verifone_sail

 

Capital One bought SAIL and rebranded it as Spark Pay, while keeping the swooping sail shape on the back of the dongle.
cap1_sparkpay3

 

Swipely is a Rhode Island-based startup banking on better analytics for merchants
swipely2

Tags: AmazonAmerican Expresscredit carddongleiPhoneiZettleJPMorgan ChaseMobile PaymentsSquarestartupsTargetVeriFonewalmart
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