Secure payments that work as hard as you do.
You should be able to run your Australian business and protect it, all from one place. We built our products to safeguard your income, your data and your customers around the clock.
Make every sale with confidence.
Whether you’re taking payments in person, online or over the phone, know that security is engineered into our hardware and software.
In person
Take payments at your counter or on the go. All card-present payments are encrypted from end to end.
Online
Set up a free online store. Already have one? Integrate with our payment services. Two-step verification adds an additional layer of protection for online credit and debit card verification.
Remote
Create and send digital invoices and let customers pay by card or bank transfer. A digital record is kept of all your transactions, so you can track where your money is going.
Millions globally trust us to keep their payments safe and secure.
There are a lot of reasons to start selling with Square.
Keep more of what you make.
Save money on payment processing with simple, transparent pricing, without weird or hidden fees or lock-in standard contracts.
Get up and running quickly.
Start taking payments right away – no bank visits, background checks or merchant accounts required. We’ve made it easy to set up your account. Verification takes minutes.
Get paid fast, every time.
Transfer money into an external bank account as soon as the next day.
Don’t tackle fraud and disputes alone.
We fight fraud for you.
Fraudulent purchases result in payment disputes, which means money out of the bank for you. Square uses machine learning to look at payments from across our ecosystem and adjust our algorithms to account for new trends in fraud.
We manage disputes.
Most payment processors charge you a fee when your customer disputes a payment, but Square doesn’t. We also do the time-consuming, stressful work of dealing with your customer’s bank for you.
Hardware to help you sell any way you want.
FAQs
Payment security includes all the systems, software and services a business puts in place to protect their customers’ data from breaches and unauthorised transactions.
Security is engineered into our products out of the box. Our systems are PCI-compliant. We monitor our server security around the clock to safeguard businesses, while offering data encryption and robust account protection.
Square works with any Australian-issued and most international chip cards or swipe cards with a Visa, Mastercard, American Express logo, as well as bank-issued EFTPOS cards. Square also supports mobile wallets, such as Apple Pay, Google Pay and Samsung Pay.
Our hardware and software is suited for businesses in any industry, from retail to restaurants, beauty to home repair.
Our sales team can help you with a custom rate and hardware discounts, and get you set up with the right solution to meet your business needs.