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Better Watch Out Square, Flint Is Here And It Doesn’t Need A Card Reader

Better Watch Out Square, Flint Is Here And It Doesn’t Need A Card Reader

December 11, 2012
Want to accept payments using your iPhone, but don’t want the hassle of carrying around a separate card reader? Say hello to Flint Mobile Pay, which recently launched in the App Store. The free app works by scanning a card number using the phone’s camera. It does so without actually storing the data or image on the phone. Key entry is also supported as a backup mode. Other features include:
  • Social Marketing: Generate word-of-mouth marketing by empowering your customers to easily share reviews and recommendations with friends and to simultaneously post on your business page on Facebook (if you have one).
  • Customizable Business Tools: Personalize receipts with your own messaging, send simple loyalty offers, configure your items menu, enable sales tax and tipping, and view transaction details, all right from the mobile app.
  • Online Reporting: View and manage transactions, customer contact info, social media activity, and your profile through our user-friendly web portal.
  • Zero-Friction Setup: Start processing payments within minutes—there’s no merchant account needed and no waiting to get a card reader.
  • iPhone 5 Friendly: Since all you need with Flint is the mobile app, it doesn’t matter that the jack for card readers is now on the bottom of the phone.
  • Low Fees: 1.95% + $0.20 per transaction for debit cards and 2.95% + $0.20 per transaction for credit cards.
Take a look:

The Flint Mobile Pay app looks extremely promising. As such, it could prove to be a worthy competitor to Square, which set the standard for transforming an iPhone into a mobile payment device. See also: Square Wallet Updated: Adds Digital Gift Cards In Time For The HolidaysLevelUp Is Now Offering $5 For New Mobile Payment Customers, and I'll Pay For My Starbucks Coffee Using Square, Please.

Mentioned apps

Free
Flint Mobile Pay
Flint Mobile Pay
Flint Mobile, Inc.
Free
Square Register
Square Register
Square, Inc.

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