This is a simple Android (Java) project to read Track 2 magnetic stripe data from the audio (mic) jack of a mobile device and display it to the screen. You can build your own reader to use with this, ...

This device can disable chip and PIN, wirelessly, by forcing the downgrade to magstripe ... ‘larger’ version (still less than an inch square). A smaller, credit card-sized version used ...

Square is best known for its small, white magstripe credit card reader that plugs into your smartphone’s headphone jack. But the company also offers a full POS system as well as a contactless ...

Square’s POS software is free, and you won’t pay a monthly fee. Instead, pay for your hardware (get your first magstripe reader for free, contactless is $69 CAD and processing fees of 2.65% ...

“If you took your card today and used it in a magstripe reader from 1970, it would still be able to read it,” he says. His firm has worked on a variety of systems - including one designed to ...