thread square terminal won't accept card payments in Payments Troubleshooting

square terminal won't accept card payments

Benthyg1 — Wed, 18 Mar 2026 15:30:31 GMT

I cannot get the terminal to accept card payments. It is connected to wifi.

Re: square terminal won't accept card payments

TheRealChipA — Wed, 18 Mar 2026 19:01:36 GMT

@Benthyg1 In order for us to begin to know how to help you, a little more information is needed, please. Have you keyed in a transaction? Hit the pay button? Are there any error messages? Are you using the Square Terminal as a stand-alone POS or as a payment terminal connected to another POS? Have you set up your item library? Also, it would help for you to give us the steps for your payment flow and where it broke down, maybe even with a screen shot or two. Thanks!

Re: square terminal won't accept card payments

VanKalkerFarms — Wed, 18 Mar 2026 23:47:38 GMT

@Benthyg1 we are here to help, as Chip said we can't really help now as were are blind to what is happening. We are all just Square users here and do not have access to your account.