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Thanx Integrates Loyalty Platform With Square POS System
Thanx Integrates Loyalty Platform With Square POS System
March 31, 2025  |  Loyalty & Rewards

Restaurants using Square can now offer rewards experiences in-store with the help of Thanx. This capability follows the integration of Thanx’s loyalty and guest engagement platform with Square’s...

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Block Cuts 8% of Staff Citing ‘Strategy’ and ‘Performance’ Issues
Block Cuts 8% of Staff Citing ‘Strategy’ and ‘Performance’ Issues
March 26, 2025  |  Personnel

Financial services company Block has reportedly laid off 8% of its workforce. The job cuts impact 931 people, TechCrunch reported, citing a Tuesday (March 25) email from Block...

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Block’s Direct Lending Move Aims at Filling Consumer Credit Gaps
Block’s Direct Lending Move Aims at Filling Consumer Credit Gaps
March 18, 2025  |  Consumer Finance

The platforms that have banks embedded in their operations are taking more of their lending activities into a direct model, giving momentum to income streams...

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Square Financial Services to Service and Originate Cash App Borrow Loans
Square Financial Services to Service and Originate Cash App Borrow Loans
March 13, 2025  |  Consumer Finance

Block said Thursday (March 13) that its industrial bank, Square Financial Services (SFS), received approval from the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. (FDIC) to offer the...

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Block Doubles Down on Banking Base as FinTech Competition Grows
Block Doubles Down on Banking Base as FinTech Competition Grows
February 20, 2025  |  Earnings

Jack Dorsey is no stranger to playing the long game. But Block, the financial services and digital payments company formerly known as Square, missed Wall...

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Regulations Are On Hold. Does That Mean More FinTechs Will Look to Become Neobanks?
Regulations Are On Hold. Does That Mean More FinTechs Will Look to Become Neobanks?
February 18, 2025  |  Banking

The neobank model has, through the past several years, taken two paths as FinTechs bring accounts, cards and other digital-first financial offerings to customers. There...

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Square, Cash App and Visa Support Small Businesses With Technology
Square, Cash App and Visa Support Small Businesses With Technology
February 04, 2025  |  ResTech

Square, Cash App and Visa partnered with New Orleans nonprofit organization Propeller to provide local food and beverage businesses with technology and support to help...

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Square Teams With Sysco to Bolster Restaurant Technology
Square Teams With Sysco to Bolster Restaurant Technology
December 19, 2024  |  Partnerships

Square has launched a partnership with foodservice distributor Sysco to provide restaurants with better technology. The collaboration, announced Wednesday (Dec. 18), makes Square a Sysco...

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Volatile FinTech Stocks Highlight Promise, Perils of Financial Services’ Digital Makeover
Volatile FinTech Stocks Highlight Promise, Perils of Financial Services’ Digital Makeover
November 08, 2024  |  Earnings

On Wall Street, what goes up must go down, and vice versa. A momentous week with a seesaw of volatility in the markets could be...

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