Issues with usb swiped for cards

SassyCat066 — Sat, 20 Sep 2025 07:54:48 GMT

I’ve always attached the USB card Swiper to my iPhone. And I use the tap to pay once or twice but it doesn’t always connect or work when I’m at events. How do I remove the tap to pay and make my USB attachment work again

Re: Issues with usb swiped for cards

JK_Fiber_Art — Tue, 20 Feb 2024 19:45:12 GMT

Hi SassyCat066,

We may need some additional details. Do you have a Magstripe Reader since you mentioned Swiper? And did you also setup your iPhone for Tap to Pay? If YES to both questions, great. From what I understand, you can disable Tap to Pay at any time in the Square app by navigating to ≡ More > Settings > Account > Tap to Pay on iPhone > toggle off Tap to Pay on iPhone. You may also want to unlink Tap to Pay on iPhone from your Apple ID - there's more info here in the FAQs.

Just a suggestion to consider - have you looked at Square's Contactless and Chip Reader? It connects to your iPhone via Bluetooth - we really like it and it also reduces your liability for accepting credit cards. If only accepting Swipe type cards, the liability for a bad card is unfortunately on you - note, this is a Credit Card Issuer policy, not Square. See this info.

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Issues with usb swiped for cards

Re: Issues with usb swiped for cards