Financial Inclusion

At the 2024 UBS Technology and AI Conference, Business Lead Owen Jennings discussed Block’s work to reimagine financial services and commerce.

The investment creates greater lending power through a continuous cycle of reinvestment, fostering commitment to economic inclusion.

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

In this installment of the Partner Profiles series, Melvin Coleman, CEO of the Atlanta Black Chambers (ABC), talks to us about ABC’s work and how it overlaps with Block’s purpose of economic empowerment.

The $25M investment aims at promoting sustainability through community lending.

Block, Inc. (NYSE: SQ) is investing AUD$3 million in capital to a new fund established by First Australians Capital (FAC) to support Indigenous businesses in Australia.

This month we opened Uptown Market, a retail space hosting local cultural markets on the ground floor of Oakland’s historic Uptown Station.

At the end of June, The Bitcoin Classic held its latest tournament in Atlanta, GA, welcoming teams from across the country to compete, have fun, and learn more about bitcoin and blockchain technology.

In 2022, we opened the Oakland Community Space — a reservable event space where the local 501(c)3s can gather to work, collaborate, and celebrate.

Businesses in the UK’s West Midlands that struggle to access finance from high street lenders are set to benefit.

In 2022, the Human Rights Foundation and Block, Inc. presented Currency of Freedom — a series offering global perspectives on bitcoin, human rights, and economic empowerment.

Block invests $3 million CAD in Canada’s largest and most innovative Indigenous social impact fund.

Learn about how we built a framework to structure our $100 million investment in minority and underserved communities.