Verizon offering Intuit's GoPayment reader for free
<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-20097816-93/verizon-offering-intuits-gopayment-reader-for-free/?part=rss&subj=latest-news&tag=image"><img vspace="4" hspace="4" border="1" src="http://i.i.com.com/cnwk.1d/i/tim/2011/08/26/IntuitGoPaymentcardreader.jpg" alt="" /></a></div> <p class="image-caption">GoPayment is currently compatible with Apple iOS, Android, and BlackBerry devices.</p> <span class="image-credit">(Credit: Intuit)</span> <p>Verizon is now selling Intuit's GoPayment credit card reader for free at its retail stores.</p> <p>Thanks to a new partnership between Verizon Wireless and Intuit, business customers can get the mobile card reader for free after a $30 rebate and the activation of a GoPayment account. The card reader and its app can be found at all of Verizon's retail stores and as well as its business-to-business outlets.</p> <p>Intuit's <a href="http://gopayment.com/">GoPayment</a> system is geared toward small and midsize businesses that need to process credit cards on the go. The reader itself plugs into a smartphone or tablet. After customers swipe their credit or debit card through the reader, the payment is processed automatically and the funds sent to the merchant's bank account within a few days.</p> <!--pagebreak--> <p>Both the app and the basic, or low-volume plan, are <a href="http://gopayment.com/pricing/">free</a>. Intuit charges a rate of 2.7 percent for each swiped card transaction. Keying in a card manually kicks in a higher fee of 3.7 percent.</p> <p>A high-volume plan carries a price tag of $12.95 per month with a rate of 1.7 percent for each swiped transaction. But Intuit is currently offering Verizon customers two months free if they opt for the high-volume plan.</p> <p>Business owners who use a sm... <a href="http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-20097816-93/verizon-offering-intuits-gopayment-reader-for-free/?part=rss&subj=latest-news&tag=readMore">[Read more]</a><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/cnet/tcoc/~4/FLcfSpRMwg8" height="1" width="1"/> [More]