<p style="font-weight:normal;font-size:15px;"> <div style="font-weight:normal;font-size:15px;" style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/cnet/tcoc/~3/FLcfSpRMwg8/" target="_blank">Verizon offering Intuit's GoPayment reader for free</a><BR><i>[ Fri, 26 Aug 2011 08:50:37 PDT ]</i><BR><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>Verizon is now selling Intuit's GoPayment credit card reader for free at its retail stores.</p>

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<p class="image-caption">Verizon is selling Intuit&#39;s GoPayment card reader for free after a $30 rebate.</p>
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<p>Thanks to a new partnership between Verizon Wireless and Intuit, business customers can grab 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>
<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>
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