Intuit is introducing the QuickBooks Card Reader, which integrates with QuickBooks Payments. The reader can accept card payments via insertion, tapping or digital wallet.
The Card Reader features smart tipping functionality with three tip options displayed either as a percentage of the total amount or a flat dollar amount. The device also has connectivity and battery level indicators and adheres to mandates in some areas that require a business owner to show a customer the total charge amount.
This summer, the company is also rolling out the QuickBooks Power Stand which can wirelessly charge the Card Reader. It has an integrated USB port offering the ecapability to charge USB-compatible devices like a phone or tablet.
Bob Scott has provided information to the tax and accounting community since 1991, first as technology editor of Accounting Today, and from 1997 through 2009 as editor of its sister publication, Accounting Technology. He is known throughout the industry for his depth of knowledge and for his high journalistic standards. Scott has made frequent appearances as a speaker, moderator and panelist and events serving tax and accounting professionals. He has a strong background in computer journalism as an editor with two former trade publications, Computer+Software News and MIS Week and spent several years with weekly and daily newspapers in Morris County New Jersey prior to that. A graduate of Indiana University with a degree in journalism, Bob is a native of Madison, Ind
