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Block, Inc.

Block, Inc.

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Block, Inc. is a U.S. public company founded by Jack Dorsey and Jim McKelvey in 2009. It is a financial technology conglomerate, reportedly serving 56 million users and 4 million businesses, with an annual payment processing volume of US$228 billion as of 2023.

Block's inaugural product Square, launched in 2009, is a financial services platform for small and medium-sized businesses. Square enables the use of smartphones or tablets as point-of-sale registers for processing credit card payments, and facilitates operations such as customer bookings, e-Commerce, inventory, payroll, shift schedules, banking, and borrowing business loans. Additionally, Block’s portfolio includes Cash App, a consumer-focused service introduced in 2013.

This app offers peer-to-peer transactions, direct deposits, a savings account, a debit card, investing in stocks and Bitcoin, a tax filing service, and personal loans. Block also owns Afterpay, a buy now, pay later service; TBD, a decentralized platform targeting Bitcoin and decentralized finance; Bitkey, a self-custody Bitcoin hardware wallet; and Tidal, a subscription-based music streaming service.

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https://block.xyz

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John Mulaney Mocks TV Gender Disparity During 2026 Emmys Best Actor Intro

MULANEY John
MULANEY John

A man's man can be wearing the best clothes, drinking the finest wine, sitting with the most beautiful woman in Las Vegas, but if he doesn't treat everyone around him with respect and class, he's not a real man's man. He's just a jabroni in a good suit

Chris Olsen Addresses Meghan Trainor Feud Rumors and Friendship Status

OLSEN Chris
OLSEN Chris

There is currently no beef

John Malkovich Wins Best Actor at Venice Film Festival Amid Oscar Buzz

MALKOVICH John
MALKOVICH John

I am humbled to be chosen for this award, which has been given to so many wonderful actors over the past 83 iterations of the Venice Film Festival

Jimmy Kimmel Slams FCC ‘Threats’ as White House Fires Back

KIMMEL James
KIMMEL James

This is yet another attack on free speech, something that has become all too familiar for us at the show, for us in the country

BBC Line of Duty star Martin Compston teases new series and says 'this is the end'

COMPSTON Martin
COMPSTON Martin

It's for Jed to say, it's not for me to say whether the show will ever end but I think it's fair to say that this is the end of the story arc that's been building since series one. Everything will come to a head on this one.