6/29/2023 5:57:30 PM Square launches credit card, new loan options, early deposit access By Sarah Wolter This news follows Square’s launch in April of nearly 100 features designed to offer sellers a way to enhance their revenue at a time when...
1/28/2022 4:55:34 PM Apple to rival Square by turning iPhones into payment terminals By Carlos Alonso Torras Devices currently require external terminals such as Square’s. Apple paid $100 million for Mobeewave in 2020 to build feature.
12/17/2021 1:48:21 PM H&R Block sues Block, formerly Square, over new name By Carlos Alonso Torras Tax preparation company H&R Block Inc on Thursday sued payment company Block Inc, previously called Square Inc, saying the new name...
12/2/2021 1:27:44 AM Square changes name to Block, days after CEO Jack Dorsey leaves Twitter By Sarah Wolter Square said the new name encompasses its various businesses better than the current name, which is mostly associated with its...
11/4/2021 9:34:36 AM Square’s Cash App opens up to teens ages 13 to 17 with parental oversight By Sarah Wolter Previously, the app required users to be at least 18 years old, like rival Venmo. The company says younger teens will need to get a...
10/1/2021 7:10:40 PM Square teams with TikTok By Carlos Alonso Torras Square and TikTok announced a new integration that will make it easy for sellers of all types and sizes to reach new customers and grow...
8/2/2021 1:16:03 PM Square leads $29b buyout of lending pioneer Afterpay By Sarah Wolter The takeover underscores the popularity of a business model that has upended consumer credit by charging merchants a fee to offer small...
5/28/2021 3:12:27 PM Square takes aim at JPMorgan with checking, savings accounts By Carlos Alonso Torras Square is quietly preparing to offer checking and savings accounts to those customers, taking direct aim at behemoths such as JPM....
3/4/2021 2:35:01 PM Square acquires majority of Tidal, Jay-Z’s streaming service, in $297m deal By Sarah Wolter What did Jay-Z and Jack Dorsey talk about when they went yachting around the Hamptons together last summer? Perhaps only Beyoncé knows....
3/3/2021 9:39:24 PM Watch out, PayPal. Square just launched its own bank By Sarah Wolter Square launched an in-house bank that it says will allow it to "operate more nimbly" in an increasingly crowded fintech market. The firm...
2/24/2021 3:59:37 PM Square buys $170m worth of bitcoin By Sarah Wolter The company said it purchased approximately 3,318 bitcoins, expanding on its October 2020 buy of 4,709. Square said it represents about...
1/7/2021 2:49:31 PM Square’s Jack Dorsey hits out at FinCEN’s ‘burdensome’ proposed crypto wallet rules By Carlos Alonso Torras Jack Dorsey, CEO of payments company Square, has joined the ranks of those criticizing the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network’s...
1/5/2021 2:41:37 PM Square CEO pushes back on FinCEN's proposed crypto rules By Sarah Wolter Square says its current methods of leveraging blockchain tracing with the wallet addresses has been effective thus far, working to track...
12/4/2020 12:50:53 AM Square's Cash App unveils apparel line ‘Cash by Cash App’ By Sarah Wolter Cash by Cash App, designed in-house by the company’s Brand Studio team and all produced in Los Angeles, is a youthful, unisex apparel...
10/30/2020 12:00:00 AM Credit Karma in talks to sell tax-preparation business to Square By Sarah Wolter The move is meant to head off potential antitrust objections to the personal-finance portal’s pending $7.1b sale to TurboTax maker...
10/21/2020 12:59:25 PM JPMorgan Chase takes on Square and PayPal with smartphone card reader, faster deposits for merchants By Sarah Wolter The bank is rolling out a checking account that is paired with a new fintech-inspired service called QuickAccept, which lets merchants...