Over the Black Friday and Cyber Monday weekend, sellers using Block’s ecosystem of commerce tools broke records with 144 million Block consumer transactions globally, a 17% increase from last year.* With over 1 in 3 shoppers more stressed about holiday shopping this year compared to last, customers all around the world turned out in droves for the mega discounting weekend to save on gifts, shopping both online and in-store and driving increased sales on these channels by 21% and 17%, respectively. View the detailed look at Block’s Black Friday, Cyber Monday 2024 results here.

With the holiday season right around the corner, retailers are gearing up for the rush and restaurants are preparing to serve up festive, cozy meals. Amid all the excitement, one of the most cherished traditions of the season is picking out the perfect Christmas tree to adorn your home.

Afterpay, a leading Buy Now, Pay Later (BNPL), announced today its flexible payment functionality will be available for consumers checking out online through Google Pay at select merchants.

Bitkey, the self-custody wallet built by Block, Inc. (NYSE: SQ), announced today the launch of an inheritance feature for customers around the world that will start to roll out next month, and will be available to all Bitkey customers in January 2025. While people who hold the keys to their bitcoin have full control of their money, today’s solutions don’t offer a simple way to pass their bitcoin on to the next generation. Today, those who self-custody their bitcoin need to glue together multiple products, ask beneficiaries to remember long passwords, or leave complicated instructions that beneficiaries may or may not be able to follow. Now, Bitkey is introducing a safe and easy way for customers to make sure their bitcoin moves seamlessly into the hands of their loved ones. Access to Bitkey’s inheritance plan will be initially included with the purchase of every Bitkey hardware device — including existing Bitkey customers — and it will make it possible for the funds held in a Bitkey wallet to be transferred to a designated beneficiary after the passing of a Bitkey owner.

Today, Square released the latest edition of its Quarterly Restaurant Report, which uses data across Square’s food and beverage sellers to examine dining trends, along with shifts in consumer spending and restaurant wages.

Block, Inc. (NYSE: SQ) has posted its results for the third quarter of 2024 on the Financials section of its Investor Relations website at investors.block.xyz and filed these results with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

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Block, Inc. (NYSE: SQ) will release financial results for the third quarter of 2024 on Thursday, November 7, 2024, after market close. Block will also host a conference call and earnings webcast at 2:00 p.m. Pacific Time/5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on the same day to discuss these results. To register to participate in the conference call, or to listen to the live audio webcast, please visit the Events & Presentations section of Block’s Investor Relations website at investors.block.xyz. A replay will be available at the same website following the call.

Square today announced new partner integrations to give sellers a wider selection of tools that enable them to grow and succeed, alongside a new distribution partnership with SalonCentric that brings Square’s hardware and software offerings to more beauty professionals. Additionally, Square has rolled out a number of new features and product enhancements designed to help beauty and wellness sellers increase sales, provide clients with improved personalization, and more effectively manage back-office operations.

Starting today, Cash App and Lyft are partnering to give digital-first consumers more flexibility when taking a ride. This partnership puts the convenience and accessibility of paying with Cash App Pay front and center, focusing on the preferences of the next generation of customers.

Today, Square announced the winners for its second edition of Square 50, an annual awards program dedicated to championing businesses that are changing the entrepreneurial game. The full Square 50 class of 2024 can be seen here, and honorees for this year’s Square 50 include:

As the holiday season approaches, consumers prepare for another hit to their pocketbooks with their annual holiday shopping.

Discover how short sellers impact stock prices with their reports, often triggering sell-offs but not always with lasting effects.

In the third quarter of 2024, Square completed a significant infrastructure shift, creating a best-in-class commerce platform with leading payments and ordering capabilities for sellers. The new platform fundamentally changes how the company builds products and will provide expanded commerce capabilities like Pre-Auth and Bar Tabs to sellers of all sizes across verticals in the U.S.

Affirm Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ: AFRM) is a fintech offering buy-now-pay-later (BNPL) options for consumers to finance their purchases.

Since the pandemic, major metropolitans have changed due to factors like the ‘Great Reshuffle,’ remote and hybrid work, and rises in cost of living, among others. While most downtowns haven’t returned to pre-pandemic levels of economic activity, new Square data shows neighborhoods and suburbs outside of dense city centers are thriving, helping fuel local economies.

Bargain stocks under $20 including NU, BIOX, and NXE can offer investors both short- and long-term growth potential for an affordable price.

PayPal stock could see even higher prices ahead as more Wall Street analysts continue to raise their price targets on the company, financials back the view up

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Pre-market trading is heating up as Black Diamond Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq: BDTX) surges on positive Phase 2 data for its cancer treatment BDTX-1535. Peraso Inc. (NASDAQ: PRSO) continues its expansion into the Asian markets and a major military contract. Kaival Brands (NASDAQ: KAVL) saw its stock surge in early trading today on merger announcement. Other stocks to watch include Banzai International Inc. (NASDAQ: BNZI), which saw a 97.51% rally after announcing a favorable share structure, Battalion Oil Corp (NASDAQ: BATL) on merger news, and Treasure Global Inc. (NASDAQ: TGL) , experiencing unusual high volume on its innovative ZCITY Super App. Keep these stocks on your radar for potential moves. See more in-depth information below.

Block Inc. (NYSE: SQ) is a financial technology (fintech) provider in the computer and technology sector that is comprised of several ecosystems focused on

Square Financial Services, a Utah state-chartered industrial bank and an independently governed subsidiary of Block, Inc., today opened applications for the 24 Squared grant initiative in partnership with the Community Foundation of Utah (CFU). Building on the success of the 22 Squared grant initiative in 2022, the program will award microgrants of at least $2,400 to 24 501(c)(3) nonprofit organizations focused on community development initiatives throughout Utah.

Beginning today, US songwriters can claim and manage their works catalog with TIDAL’s new songwriter tools. Songwriters play an integral part in every track made and shared, but until now, no platforms served songwriters throughout the full writing career cycle. Now with TIDAL, songwriters can make sure their royalties, including mechanical royalties, are correctly identified, attributed, and collected.

The law firm of Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd LLP is investigating potential violations of U.S. federal securities laws involving Block, Inc. (NYSE: SQ) focused on whether Block and certain of its top executives made false and/or misleading statements and/or failed to disclose material information to investors.

Today, Square released the latest edition of its Quarterly Restaurant Report, which uses data across Square’s food and beverage sellers to examine dining trends, along with shifts in consumer spending and restaurant wages.