A compact battery-powered bluetooth mobile reader for accepting chip, swipe, and contactless payments.

After a customer swipes a card, the SDK returns a token that represents the data or an error if the swipe fails. Use this token in your integration to refer to the data.

Feb 16, 2025 · Learn more about how credit card swipes work, what tools businesses need for swipe payments, and how to upgrade to EMV or contactless payments.

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Mar 12, 2024 · Interchange fees, also known as swipe fees, comprised 70% to 90% of these card processing fees. For businesses that accept card payments from customers, interchange fees affect …

Mar 3, 2025 · Card reading: When you swipe a customer’s card, the swiper reads the magnetic stripe (or chip in more advanced models) and transmits the payment information to the app. When you tap a …

You can accept a swipe transaction with Stripe Terminal readers only if a card doesn’t have a chip or as a fallback if chip reading fails. When swiping a card, a three-digit code embedded in its magnetic …

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