Square, the mobile payment acceptance tool, is getting a lot more useful for merchants with version 2.2, which brings loyalty rewards for Square Card Case users, hardware integration with cash drawers and receipt printers and more back-end tools. The new app, which is debuting Tuesday on iOS and Android , continues the momentum for Square, which is now up to 800,000 customers using the app since launching last year.

EDISON, NJ--(Marketwire - Aug 25, 2011) - Star Micronics America today announced that it has developed a platform-top cover accessory that allows financial institutions to use their FVP-10 thermal printers to generate customer receipts for check deposits while simultaneously scanning those same checks with check transport equipment from Canon U.S.A., Inc., a leading provider of digital imaging solutions.

EDISON, NJ--(Marketwire - Aug 3, 2011) - Star Micronics is proud to announce its alliance with LaserBand, LLC., a worldwide leader in patient identification wristbands for the healthcare industry. Star Micronics, a leading printer manufacturer, currently provides the secure prescription printer, TSP800Rx, to a number of top ranked hospitals in the United States. Star will now be expanding its healthcare offering to include the TSP828 label printer for thermal wristband printing, utilizing LaserBand's FusionBand Thermal wristbands.