[![PayPal buys Cardio visual credit card scanner platform, is neither Here nor there ][1] ][2]Thought PayPal was done upping its mobile payment game when it [unveiled][3] its triangular [Square][4] competitor earlier this year? Think again. Despite Here being, well, _here_, PayPal's not satisfied having but one way to scan your plastic, and so it's snapped up [Card.io][5]. In case you've forgotten, Card.io gathers credit card info visually using a smartphone's camera -- no scanning dongle required -- to save fingers and thumbs from having to enter payment info manually. Oh, and for folks fearing that PayPal would pull the plug on other apps' access to [Card.io's SDK][6], not to worry -- PayPal assures us that Card.io's technology will remain available to developers.
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[PayPal buys Card.io visual credit card scanner platform, is neither Here nor there][2] originally appeared on [Engadget][8] on Tue, 17 Jul 2012 18:26:00 EDT. Please see our [terms for use of feeds][9].
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