Tagged: cash app

April 6, 2022 @ 9:01 am By JD Alois  |  

In a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Block (NYSE:SQ), formerly Square, has acknowledged a breach of information that involved users which took place in December of last year. The company states that it is contacting around 8.2 million current and former customers… Read More

September 14, 2021 @ 6:11 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Square (NYSE:SQ) sellers may now start taking payments via Cash App Pay, which is a contactless payment option for carrying out in-person and online transfers. With Cash App Pay, clients are able to easily make payments with their Cash App account at participating Square sellers…. Read More

June 23, 2021 @ 3:50 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Details of an analysis revealed this week by the United States Public Interest Research Group USPIRG) show complaints about peer-to-peer payment apps have grown during the COVID-19 pandemic. Virtual Wallets, Real Complaints analyzed data from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s (CFPB’s) Consumer Complaint Database. In… Read More

March 21, 2021 @ 2:24 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Payments company Square’s (NYSE:SQ) Cash App now allows users to complete Bitcoin payments without having to pay transaction fees. You can now instantly send bitcoin to other $cashtags for free, right from your Cash App. To celebrate, we’re giving out $1 million in BTC. To… Read More

February 24, 2021 @ 9:02 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Payment company Square Inc (NYSE:SQ) has invested an additional $170 million in Bitcoin (BTC). Square and Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey confirmed on Tuesday (February 23, 2021) that it was time to “double down” on the firm’s commitment to the world’s largest digital currency (in terms… Read More

January 7, 2021 @ 10:15 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Payments company Square‘s (NYSE:SQ) Jack Dorsey has expressed concerns regarding recently proposed Bitcoin (BTC) related regulations. The bitcoin regulations proposed by FinCEN give few useful powers to regulators, greatly roll back economic freedoms while pointlessly surveilling law-abiding people, and create databases of info about who… Read More

November 23, 2020 @ 7:44 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Paypal (NASDAQ: PYPL) has reportedly acquired as much as 70% of all the newly mined Bitcoin (BTC) since the payments company began allowing users to purchase digital currencies. These estimates have been provided by Pantera Capital, a prominent hedge fund management firm. The company published… Read More

November 6, 2020 @ 7:21 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Square (NYSE:SQ), a popular payments platform, confirmed on November 5, 2020, that it had sold around $1.63 billion in Bitcoin (BTC) via its widely-used Cash App during Q3 2020. Square’s management reported gross profits of about $32 million from Bitcoin transactions (for the third quarter… Read More

October 11, 2020 @ 4:45 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Digital or online wallets are adding new users at an exponential rate, according to a recent report from ARK Invest. The report revealed that PayPal’s Venmo and Square’s Cash App have managed to onboard around 60 million users organically in the past 10 and 7… Read More

August 5, 2020 @ 7:30 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Payments company Square (NYSE:SQ) reported on August 4, 2020, that it generated $875 million in Bitcoin (BTC) related revenue through the company’s popular Cash App service during Q2 2020. Overall, Square reported a big beat topping analyst expectations. The jump was driven in part from… Read More

June 2, 2020 @ 10:37 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Square Crypto, a Bitcoin (BTC) focused initiative launched by Jack Dorsey’s payments company Square (NYSE:SQ), has awarded a grant to Talaia (pronounced “Talaia”), a project-based in Spain and developed by Sergi Delgado, a distributed networks specialist from Barcelona. Square Crypto noted via Twitter: “Talaia is… Read More

May 20, 2020 @ 7:48 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Payments company Square‘s (NYSE:SQ) Cash App now lets users schedule automatic Bitcoin (BTC) purchases at specific times, which includes daily, weekly, or bi-weekly options. Cash App’s new feature is called “Auto Invest,” and seems to be based on the concept of dollar-cost averaging, which involves… Read More

May 8, 2020 @ 12:59 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Payments company Square (NYSE:SQ) revealed on May 6, 2020 that it generated $306 million in Bitcoin (BTC) revenue during Q1 2020. Square noted in its latest earnings release to investors: “Bitcoin revenue generated gross profit of $7 million in the first quarter of 2020.”  The… Read More

April 15, 2020 @ 11:29 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Google Pay was reportedly the most downloaded Fintech app (globally) during the month of February 2020 with 15.6 million downloads. It was closely followed by Indian digital payments firm PhonePe’s app which was downloaded 6 million times. For Google Pay, this is notably more than… Read More

April 11, 2020 @ 1:10 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The US Internal Revenue Service (IRS) confirmed on April 10, 2020 that it would be providing a tool for eligible American citizens and residents who don’t normally submit tax return documents, so that they can get access to government Coronavirus (COVID-19)-related stimulus funds. Soon after… Read More

February 27, 2020 @ 8:41 am By Omar Faridi  |  

San Francisco-based Square, Inc. (NYSE:SQ), a payment and mobile financial service provider, has released its Q4 2019 earnings report, which notably highlights a record-breaking quarter for Bitcoin (BTC)-related transactions. Square’s management revealed that the company handled over $178 million in BTC purchase volumes during the… Read More

October 24, 2019 @ 7:14 pm By Cali Haan  |  

Cash App, a mobile payments app developed by Square (NYSE:SQ) that allows peers to transmit money between cellphones, make retail payments, and cash out via credit card, “Cash Card” or ATM, has added stock trading as a feature. The development was announced October 24th on… Read More

September 14, 2019 @ 10:04 am By Omar Faridi  |  

San Francisco-based mobile payments company Square is testing a new feature that allows users to trade stocks through the company’s Cash App.  Square’s employees have been testing out the newly integrated feature, according to Bloomberg. Once it has launched, Cash App users will reportedly be… Read More

December 6, 2017 @ 11:51 am By JD Alois  |  

Jack Dorsey, founder of Square and Twitter, revealed in a tweet that Square’s Cash App is rolling out Bitcoin for its users;   Turning on Bitcoin for a lot more cash app folks right now https://t.co/LrozU7fXps — jack (@jack) December 6, 2017 Blockchaiiiiinnnnn. We’re rolling… Read More