PayPal to launch card reader

[draig]

Just read this on the bbc news site.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-21536535

Looks interesting.

Sharon

[John G]

Interesting but they'll have to bring the initial cost down to compete with others already on the market.

[pisquee]

If it can take Visa payments in a normal fashion unlike iZettle then we're in

[Mossy88]

Im guessing the money would go to your paypal account and not bank account?

[Paul]

i wonder what is "small one off fee"?

[James990]

It was on th enews this morning as well

[Renniwano]

I have been registered for the info on this one for ages.. as like Pisquee had heard about the others including iZettle having such a pa-lava with taking Visa card payments.. due to Visa and their security..

I am hoping that Paypal not only will be able over come this before release.. but also because of the name, more people are willing to use it

Edited to add.. it will be chip and pin which should therefore allow them to take Visa the same way as everything else

[tlworkwear]

I was with iZettle before and have also registered my interest for this Paypal card reader but I am actually currently using Intuit Pay which is the company that owns Quickbooks and they sent me out a free chip and pin reader which connects to my ipad via bluetooth and has been very handy as I can now advertise with confidence that I accept all major cards. Its also the same percentage as izettle at 2.75%. I would have stuck with izettle but they wanted £60 for their new chip and pin reader!

Hope this helps someone.

[Renniwano]

I have been waiting for this for ages.. due to the fact it will be a chip and pin machine and the name, I am hoping more people will be trusting of it and also that because it doesn't require the extra Visa steps it will be more beneficial..

I just wonder what the initial payment will be hmmmm

[s31teg]

I actually know how much its going to be, the bargain price of £95, i cant wait to get one