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For those of us addicted to plastic, "I love you" hardly holds the same clout as those three magical words: "we accept credit." Taking the dream one step closer to plastic payment monogamy is the [mobile checkout service](http://www.engadget.com/2011/11/08/atandt-and-intuit-square-up-to-square-video/), [Square](http://www.engadget.com/2011/11/15/square-adds-customer-loyalty-and-printable-receipts-to-the-mobil/). According to founder Jack Dorsey, the company has hit a milestone today, signing up over one million small business owners ready to swipe. For merchants, all it takes is a Square reader and an iPhone, iPad or Android to start processing the plastic of the cash-o-phobic -- practically rendering those ATM pit stops pre-taco run or flea market excursion *useless*.
Square snags one million merchants, liberates the cashless originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 14 Dec 2011 03:08:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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