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October 01, 2024

Cash App’s Approach to Expanding Financial Access and Inclusion

In a recent white paper, Cash App examined the issue of financial access and inclusion to better illustrate the challenges our customers face.

October 30, 2024

Bitkey Named on TIME’s Best Inventions of 2024 List in “Privacy & Security”

Self-custody wallet Bitkey, designed to empower people around the world to truly manage their bitcoin easily and safely, makes the list

November 14, 2024

Block Impact Investments

Meet the incredible banking partners, mission-led funds, and other organizations in Block’s $100M impact investment portfolio.

November 20, 2024

Cash App and Afterpay Release Future of Money Report

Research finds approximately a quarter of US consumers have not utilized traditional checking nor savings accounts in the past year.

November 15, 2024

Building Economic Empowerment into Our Products: Q&A with Cash App’s Ryan Budd

Ryan Budd, Head of Financial Products at Cash App, talks about building products that expand financial access and inclusion.

November 08, 2024

How Cash App Is Staying Ahead of Online Impersonators

Cash App leverages its IP and trademarks team to protect customers from fraud and account takeovers.

November 07, 2024

Block Announces Third Quarter 2024 Results

Block, Inc. ($SQ) has posted its results for the third quarter of 2024.

October 31, 2024

New Report Highlights Opportunities for Blockchain and Digital Assets to Empower Businesses in Displaced Communities

Block and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) explore how digital assets and cryptocurrencies can be a useful tool to support financial inclusion for businesses in displaced communities.

October 25, 2024

Enabling Safe & Responsible Cash Deposits for Small Businesses

Square's cash deposit feature takes a number of measures to manage risk and protect customers and the platform.

October 24, 2024

Block to Announce Third Quarter 2024 Results

We will release financial results for Q3 2024 on Thursday, November 7, 2024, after market close.

October 17, 2024

How Cash App Uses Machine Learning to Route Customers to the Right Support Agent

Cash App has routed 4 million customer support phone calls, saving customers countless hours.

October 11, 2024

What Banking Deserts Mean for More Than 12 Million Americans

Many people in the United States lack access to fundamental financial tools.

October 09, 2024

Square and TBD Take Home Award at California DMV Hackathon

A prototype for an instant age-verification tool, created by Block's Square and TBD teams, won “Best Privacy & Security Design” at a recent hackathon hosted by the California DMV.

September 25, 2024

Block Sponsors Industry Conference Focused on Combating Crimes Against Children

Block sent our Financial Crimes and Policy Partnerships teams to the Crimes Against Children Conference (CACC) last month.

September 17, 2024

Block Hosts Third Quarterly Law Enforcement Summit in Oakland

At our recent Law Enforcement Summit, we discussed the dynamic financial crimes landscape and the innovative tactics we’re employing to combat illicit activity on our platforms.

September 16, 2024

The Power of Hack Weeks: A $45 Million Example

What started as a hack week project has grown into a generative AI tool that helps Square sellers engage their customers with faster, more efficient campaigns.

September 12, 2024

Square and Cash App Join White House’s Call to Action to Combat Image-Based Sexual Abuse

Learn what we're doing at Block to help fight against both non-consensual intimate images (NCII) of adults and child sexual abuse material (CSAM).

September 05, 2024

Utilizing Machine Learning to Catch Social Media Scammers

Cash App’s Social Media Guardian tool uses AI and machine learning to proactively limit scammers’ interactions with customers on Cash App social media profiles.

August 29, 2024

Block Partners With US Department of Commerce’s NIST to Accelerate Development and Adoption of Digital Identity

Block is working with the National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence to help organizations accelerate the adoption of mobile driver’s license standards and best practices.

August 26, 2024

Square Financial Services Launches Grant Initiative to Drive Community Development in Utah

Calling all 501(c)(3) nonprofit organizations focused on community development in Utah: the application window for the 24 Squared grant initiative is now open.

August 22, 2024

Block Joins Tech Coalition’s Lantern, the Child Safety Cross-Platform Sharing Program

Block is joining Lantern, The Tech Coalition’s child safety cross-platform signal sharing program, in a pilot to see if signal sharing can help disrupt the financial incentives associated with online child sexual exploitation and abuse (OCSEA).

August 22, 2024

Block Takes Over Brewery Yard at Tech Central, Cementing Commitment to Australian Tech Market

We've opened our doors in the historic Brewery Yard, Chippendale, bringing together teams from across our ecosystem in a new hub designed for connection and collaboration.

August 15, 2024

Partner Profiles: Hannah Brennan — Scarf

In this installment of the series, we talk with Hannah Brennan, cofounder and CEO of Scarf, a community organization offering hospitality job training to young refugees and migrants in Australia.

August 09, 2024

How AI-Driven Scam Warnings Help Prevent Fraud on Cash App

Cash App leverages machine-learning systems to detect the likelihood of scam or fraud in peer-to-peer transactions and warn customers of the potential danger before they complete the payment.

August 01, 2024

Block Announces Second Quarter 2024 Results

Block, Inc. ($SQ) has posted its results for the second quarter of 2024.

July 30, 2024

Arming Customer Service with Technology to Detect Fraud Over the Phone

With imposter scams becoming the most prevalent form of fraud, Square uses machine learning–enabled voice authentication technology to help identify fraudsters before they reach our customer support teams.

July 25, 2024

Designing the Reconciliation Journey: Interview with Artist Rhonda Sampson

Read our interview with Rhonda Sampson, proud Kamilaroi artist behind Block’s Reflect RAP report.

July 23, 2024

Empowering Sellers to Fight Fraud on Their Own Terms

While Square takes a predominately proactive approach to keeping our sellers safe from fraud and financial loss, we also empower sellers to be more hands-on and identify their own risk factors.

July 18, 2024

Beyond the CSR Report: Watershed

A conversation with Watershed’s Eric Nevalsky, who advises Block’s sustainability audit and climate program.

July 11, 2024

Using AI to Identify and Prevent Fraud

AI and machine learning technology help Cash App quickly and precisely identify and thwart illegal and fraudulent activities.

July 11, 2024

Block Commits to “Empowered Futures” of Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islanders with the Launch of Inaugural Reconciliation Action Plan

Block, Inc. launches our inaugural Reconciliation Action Plan (RAP) in Australia, solidifying our commitment to fostering impactful Indigenous partnerships and implementing programs that drive positive social change.

July 10, 2024

Block’s New Bitcoin Mining Chip to Be Part of an Ongoing Project with Core Scientific to Decentralize Mining Hardware

Block's Proto team and Core Scientific [Nasdaq: CORZ], one of the largest owners and operators of high-powered digital infrastructure for bitcoin mining and hosting services in North America, today announced an agreement to supply Core Scientific with Block’s new 3 nanometer (3nm) mining ASICs, built by the Proto team, representing approximately 15 EH/s (exahashes per second) of hashrate.

July 03, 2024

Block to Announce Second Quarter 2024 Results

Block, Inc. (NYSE: SQ) will release financial results for the second quarter of 2024 on Thursday, August 1, 2024, after market close.

July 02, 2024

Block Hosts Second Quarterly Law Enforcement Summit in Washington, D.C.

Our second quarterly Law Enforcement Summit brought together Block's legal and compliance leaders with law enforcement agencies and NGOs to discuss the ever-evolving financial crimes threat landscape.

May 21, 2024

Partner Profiles: Magnolia Perron and Zachary Pashe – ADAAWE Indigenous Business Hub

Learn about Block’s partnership with the ADAAWE Indigenous Business Hub in Ottawa, Canada.

A colorful mural overlain with a headshot of a man smiling.

May 07, 2024

A New Mural for Uptown Market

We talked with Timothy B, the artist behind the new mural in our Oakland Community Hub, commissioned by the Bay Area Mural Program (BAMP).

May 07, 2024

Block, Inc. Announces Upsize and Pricing of $2.0 Billion Offering of Senior Notes

Block, Inc. (NYSE: SQ) announced the pricing of $2.0 billion principal amount of its 6.50% senior notes due 2032

Large neon coin illustration atop orbit on black background

October 01, 2024

Cash App’s Approach to Expanding Financial Access and Inclusion

In a recent white paper, Cash App examined the issue of financial access and inclusion to better illustrate the challenges our customers face.

October 30, 2024

Bitkey Named on TIME’s Best Inventions of 2024 List in “Privacy & Security”

Self-custody wallet Bitkey, designed to empower people around the world to truly manage their bitcoin easily and safely, makes the list

November 14, 2024

Block Impact Investments

Meet the incredible banking partners, mission-led funds, and other organizations in Block’s $100M impact investment portfolio.

November 20, 2024

Cash App and Afterpay Release Future of Money Report

Research finds approximately a quarter of US consumers have not utilized traditional checking nor savings accounts in the past year.

November 15, 2024

Building Economic Empowerment into Our Products: Q&A with Cash App’s Ryan Budd

Ryan Budd, Head of Financial Products at Cash App, talks about building products that expand financial access and inclusion.

November 08, 2024

How Cash App Is Staying Ahead of Online Impersonators

Cash App leverages its IP and trademarks team to protect customers from fraud and account takeovers.

November 07, 2024

Block Announces Third Quarter 2024 Results

Block, Inc. ($SQ) has posted its results for the third quarter of 2024.

October 31, 2024

New Report Highlights Opportunities for Blockchain and Digital Assets to Empower Businesses in Displaced Communities

Block and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) explore how digital assets and cryptocurrencies can be a useful tool to support financial inclusion for businesses in displaced communities.

October 25, 2024

Enabling Safe & Responsible Cash Deposits for Small Businesses

Square's cash deposit feature takes a number of measures to manage risk and protect customers and the platform.

October 24, 2024

Block to Announce Third Quarter 2024 Results

We will release financial results for Q3 2024 on Thursday, November 7, 2024, after market close.

October 17, 2024

How Cash App Uses Machine Learning to Route Customers to the Right Support Agent

Cash App has routed 4 million customer support phone calls, saving customers countless hours.

October 11, 2024

What Banking Deserts Mean for More Than 12 Million Americans

Many people in the United States lack access to fundamental financial tools.

October 09, 2024

Square and TBD Take Home Award at California DMV Hackathon

A prototype for an instant age-verification tool, created by Block's Square and TBD teams, won “Best Privacy & Security Design” at a recent hackathon hosted by the California DMV.

September 25, 2024

Block Sponsors Industry Conference Focused on Combating Crimes Against Children

Block sent our Financial Crimes and Policy Partnerships teams to the Crimes Against Children Conference (CACC) last month.

September 17, 2024

Block Hosts Third Quarterly Law Enforcement Summit in Oakland

At our recent Law Enforcement Summit, we discussed the dynamic financial crimes landscape and the innovative tactics we’re employing to combat illicit activity on our platforms.

September 16, 2024

The Power of Hack Weeks: A $45 Million Example

What started as a hack week project has grown into a generative AI tool that helps Square sellers engage their customers with faster, more efficient campaigns.

September 12, 2024

Square and Cash App Join White House’s Call to Action to Combat Image-Based Sexual Abuse

Learn what we're doing at Block to help fight against both non-consensual intimate images (NCII) of adults and child sexual abuse material (CSAM).

September 05, 2024

Utilizing Machine Learning to Catch Social Media Scammers

Cash App’s Social Media Guardian tool uses AI and machine learning to proactively limit scammers’ interactions with customers on Cash App social media profiles.

August 29, 2024

Block Partners With US Department of Commerce’s NIST to Accelerate Development and Adoption of Digital Identity

Block is working with the National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence to help organizations accelerate the adoption of mobile driver’s license standards and best practices.

August 26, 2024

Square Financial Services Launches Grant Initiative to Drive Community Development in Utah

Calling all 501(c)(3) nonprofit organizations focused on community development in Utah: the application window for the 24 Squared grant initiative is now open.

August 22, 2024

Block Joins Tech Coalition’s Lantern, the Child Safety Cross-Platform Sharing Program

Block is joining Lantern, The Tech Coalition’s child safety cross-platform signal sharing program, in a pilot to see if signal sharing can help disrupt the financial incentives associated with online child sexual exploitation and abuse (OCSEA).

August 22, 2024

Block Takes Over Brewery Yard at Tech Central, Cementing Commitment to Australian Tech Market

We've opened our doors in the historic Brewery Yard, Chippendale, bringing together teams from across our ecosystem in a new hub designed for connection and collaboration.

August 15, 2024

Partner Profiles: Hannah Brennan — Scarf

In this installment of the series, we talk with Hannah Brennan, cofounder and CEO of Scarf, a community organization offering hospitality job training to young refugees and migrants in Australia.

August 09, 2024

How AI-Driven Scam Warnings Help Prevent Fraud on Cash App

Cash App leverages machine-learning systems to detect the likelihood of scam or fraud in peer-to-peer transactions and warn customers of the potential danger before they complete the payment.

August 01, 2024

Block Announces Second Quarter 2024 Results

Block, Inc. ($SQ) has posted its results for the second quarter of 2024.

July 30, 2024

Arming Customer Service with Technology to Detect Fraud Over the Phone

With imposter scams becoming the most prevalent form of fraud, Square uses machine learning–enabled voice authentication technology to help identify fraudsters before they reach our customer support teams.

July 25, 2024

Designing the Reconciliation Journey: Interview with Artist Rhonda Sampson

Read our interview with Rhonda Sampson, proud Kamilaroi artist behind Block’s Reflect RAP report.

July 23, 2024

Empowering Sellers to Fight Fraud on Their Own Terms

While Square takes a predominately proactive approach to keeping our sellers safe from fraud and financial loss, we also empower sellers to be more hands-on and identify their own risk factors.

July 18, 2024

Beyond the CSR Report: Watershed

A conversation with Watershed’s Eric Nevalsky, who advises Block’s sustainability audit and climate program.

July 11, 2024

Using AI to Identify and Prevent Fraud

AI and machine learning technology help Cash App quickly and precisely identify and thwart illegal and fraudulent activities.

July 11, 2024

Block Commits to “Empowered Futures” of Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islanders with the Launch of Inaugural Reconciliation Action Plan

Block, Inc. launches our inaugural Reconciliation Action Plan (RAP) in Australia, solidifying our commitment to fostering impactful Indigenous partnerships and implementing programs that drive positive social change.

July 10, 2024

Block’s New Bitcoin Mining Chip to Be Part of an Ongoing Project with Core Scientific to Decentralize Mining Hardware

Block's Proto team and Core Scientific [Nasdaq: CORZ], one of the largest owners and operators of high-powered digital infrastructure for bitcoin mining and hosting services in North America, today announced an agreement to supply Core Scientific with Block’s new 3 nanometer (3nm) mining ASICs, built by the Proto team, representing approximately 15 EH/s (exahashes per second) of hashrate.

July 03, 2024

Block to Announce Second Quarter 2024 Results

Block, Inc. (NYSE: SQ) will release financial results for the second quarter of 2024 on Thursday, August 1, 2024, after market close.

July 02, 2024

Block Hosts Second Quarterly Law Enforcement Summit in Washington, D.C.

Our second quarterly Law Enforcement Summit brought together Block's legal and compliance leaders with law enforcement agencies and NGOs to discuss the ever-evolving financial crimes threat landscape.

May 21, 2024

Partner Profiles: Magnolia Perron and Zachary Pashe – ADAAWE Indigenous Business Hub

Learn about Block’s partnership with the ADAAWE Indigenous Business Hub in Ottawa, Canada.

A colorful mural overlain with a headshot of a man smiling.

May 07, 2024

A New Mural for Uptown Market

We talked with Timothy B, the artist behind the new mural in our Oakland Community Hub, commissioned by the Bay Area Mural Program (BAMP).

May 07, 2024

Block, Inc. Announces Upsize and Pricing of $2.0 Billion Offering of Senior Notes

Block, Inc. (NYSE: SQ) announced the pricing of $2.0 billion principal amount of its 6.50% senior notes due 2032