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CFPB Claims Billions of Dollars Not Protected in Some Payment Apps, Names PayPal, Venmo and Cash App

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) has issued a statement that “billions” of dollars held on payment Apps may not possess federal insurance. The CFPB said these funds may not be safe during times of “financial stress,” alluding to the recent banking crisis. Rohit Chopra,… Read More

Short Seller Hindenburg Hammers Block, Says Fintech has Embraced One Underbanked Segment – “Criminals”

Shares of Block (NYSE:SQ), formerly Square, are plunging in pre-market trading following the release of a report by Hindenburg Research, a noted short seller. Hindenburg is not kind in its assessment of the Fintech, stating their 2-year investigation has concluded that Block has taken advantage… Read More

Cash App Selects TaxBit to Streamline Cryptocurrency Tax Reporting

TaxBit, the tax and accounting provider for digital assets, announced it has been selected by Cash App in order “to help provide the necessary crypto tax forms to the 10+ million Cash App users who have bought or held Bitcoin since 2019.” Lindsey Argalas, COO… Read More

Block Beats on Top Line, Misses on Bottom, Shares Rise

Block, Inc. (NYSE: SQ) has posted its results for the fourth quarter and full year of 2022. The Fintech reports that total net revenue was $4.65 billion in the fourth quarter of 2022, up 14% year over year. Excluding Bitcoin revenue, revenue in the fourth… Read More

Adyen Selected as Fintech Platform to Introduce Cash App Pay Outside Square Ecosystem

Adyen (AMS: ADYEN), the global financial technology platform of “choice” for large businesses, has teamed up with Cash App (Block, Inc.) to offer Cash App Pay, “a mobile payment method, to Adyen’s U.S. customers.” Businesses working with Adyen will “have access to Cash App Pay… Read More

Despite Crypto Market Crash, Major Firms are Filling Hundreds of Crypto Jobs: Report

  Deloitte reportedly has the highest number of open positions with 144 crypto-related vacancies in the last seven days, “followed by ex-Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey’s Block (formerly Square) and Cash App with 59 and 24 new crypto-related roles in the last seven days, respectively,” according… Read More

Formerly Square, Block Admits that Customer Information was Stolen Last December

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

Square Sellers May Take Payments via Cash App Pay, a Contactless Option for In-Person, Online Transfers

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

P2P App Complaints Soar During Pandemic

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

Fintech Square Cash App Users Now Able to Send Instant Bitcoin Payments for Free

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

Payments Company Square Acquires an Additional $170 Million in Bitcoin (BTC) to Boost its Corporate Treasury

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

Twitter and Square CEO Jack Dorsey Expresses Concerns Regarding FinCEN’s Proposed Bitcoin and Crypto Regulations

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

Digital Payments Companies PayPal and Square have Acquired Over 100% of All Newly Minted Bitcoin (BTC): Report

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

Payments Platform Square Sold $1.63 Billion in Bitcoin (BTC) via Cash App, Made $32 Million in Gross Profits in Q3 2020

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

Digital Wallets are Being Added at an Exponential Rate with PayPal’s Venmo and Square’s Cash App Onboarding Millions of Consumers: Report

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

Payments Firm Square Reports $875 Million in Bitcoin (BTC) Revenue via Cash App during Q2 2020

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

Jack Dorsey’s Square Crypto Awards Grant to Talaia, Developer of FOSS Lightning Network Watchtower, called Eye of Satoshi

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

Payments Company Square’s Cash App Now Lets Users Schedule Automatic Bitcoin (BTC) Purchases at Set Time Intervals

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

Payments Company Square Generated $306 Million in Bitcoin (BTC) Revenue During Q1 2020

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

Google Pay and India’s Digital Payments App PhonePe were Most Frequently Downloaded Fintech Apps in February 2020

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

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