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Trust & Safety

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.

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 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 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 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 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.

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 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 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 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.

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.

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 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 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 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 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.

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 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 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 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.