Hip to be Square!

By Jim Hleba

Hip to be square?  It is now with the new easy to use credit card scanner! MDI now has the ability to take credit cards for all sales.  Square is a system designed for iPhone, iTouch, iPad, and some Android phones to take credit card payments.  MDI is now able to utilize this amazing payment system to help simplify and also make payment more convenient for our customers. Created by the co-founder of twitter, Jack Dorsey, in response to the lack of stable dependable credit card transactions for small businesses. The service has been tested and has passed security standards set by PCI. PCI sets the national standards of saftey for transactions of credit cards and other digital forms of payment.  Representatives at Square say that they monitor every transaction to ensure no fraud is happening by either party. It is an excellent new payment method available to anyone who would like to make a purchase with MDI, for no extra charge. Square is reliable, stable, and safe for all parties involved in the transaction. The use of square presents opportunities to all parties, making payment more convenient, and in some cases more affordable.  With the flexibility of credit card payment, customers no longer have to worry about having a little wiggle room if they go over budget. With square it is possible to have business transactions away from the office.  Even on shoots and services deep in the field credit card payment is available. Also, the customer no longer has to worry about their information being shared or recorded. Although an email address or phone number is required for each transaction, it is neither stored nor visible by the merchant. It goes straight to square.  Square doesn’t store any of your information, except a picture of you for merchant verification, if you choose.  It is audited every six months and has a former member of PayPal security on the security board. Square has made it a point to be secure as possible and has a couple of fraud prevention programs and measures in place. When you make a purchase using square, you can be 100% confident that your payment, and information is safe. The under writing of the software encrypts your card information to the same strict standards used by bank transactions.

Check out their site: https://squareup.com/