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Square Integration - OUTSIDE USA & Canada

Accept credit cards using Square's merchant service while ringing up sales in Ricochet.

Shandara Hart avatar
Written by Shandara Hart
Updated this week

Ricochet offers Square as an integrated payment processing solution for our international customers outside of Canada. Square offers many services so please be advised that this integration is only available with Squares merchant and gift card services.

The integration is specifically designed to only work using Ricochet on a Windows or Apple Mac personal computer (PC) or Apple iPad (using the Ricochet POS iPad App).

Visit Square's website to sign up and choose your hardware.

NOTE: The only device supported for this integration for international customers is the Square Terminal.

Integration Steps For Windows or Mac PC:

In Ricochet,

  1. Click Preferences

  2. Click Integrations

  3. Click the Square Payments tab

  4. Click Authorize

  5. Prompted to log into Square, sign in and proceed to 'Allow' integration w/ Ricochet

    *NOTE: Your Square login process may require 2-Factor Authorization - complete as instructed through your login.

When rerouted back to Ricochet,

  1. Click Add Terminal

  2. Give it a Name

    NOTE: If you have more than one location set in Square, select the Square Location that your transactions will go to.

  3. A 6 digit code will present itself and a spinner will appear signaling the connection attempt to the terminal

  4. On the Square Terminal do NOT use the user name and password credentials, there will be an option for you to select "use code", enter the 6 digit code as shown in Ricochet.

Integration Steps For iPad:

On iPad,

  1. Open the Ricochet POS app

  2. Slide out left hand menu

  3. Tap on Preferences

  4. Tap Integrations

  5. Tap the Square Payments tab

  6. Tap Authorize

  7. Prompted to log into Square, sign in and proceed to 'Allow' integration w/ Ricochet

    NOTE: Your Square login process may require 2-Factor Authorization - complete as instructed through your login.

    When rerouted back to Ricochet,

  8. Tap Preferences

  9. Tap Integrations

  10. Tap Add Terminal

  11. Give it a Name

    NOTE: If you have more than one location set in Square, select the Square Location that your transactions will go to.

  12. A 6 digit code will present itself and a spinner will appear signaling the connection attempt to the terminal

  13. On the Square Terminal do NOT use the user name and password credentials, there will be an option for you to select "use code", enter the 6 digit code as shown in Ricochet.

Square processing for USA and CANADA-based customers is a paid add-on, and rates are subject to change at any time. Contact us to learn more.

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