Tag: Block
Katz’s Delicatessen teams with Square to scale operations
Katz’s Delicatessen, the legendary New York City Jewish deli founded in 1888, and Square have announced a partnership aimed at modernising operations and scaling...
Fighting APP fraud: Secure onboarding to AI tools
Payment fraud continues to rise in 2025, with platforms like Cash App under scrutiny after its parent company, Block, agreed to pay up to...
How FinTechs can stop payment fraud before it starts
Payment fraud remains one of the most persistent threats to financial institutions and payment platforms in 2025.
According to Resistant AI, earlier this year, Cash...
Identity verification firm Persona hits $2bn valuation following $200m funding round
Persona, a verified identity platform based in San Francisco, has raised $200m in Series D funding, pushing its valuation to $2bn.
NY regulator slaps Block with $40m fine over anti-money laundering breaches
Block, the financial services firm behind the popular peer-to-peer payments platform Cash App, has been fined $40m by the New York State DFS for...
Yellow Card secures $33m in Series C to boost African stablecoin...
Yellow Card, the pioneering stablecoin platform, has successfully closed its Series C financing round, raising $33m. According to Intelligent CIO, this investment was led by...
Marqeta extends Block partnership as revenues see 25% spike
Global card issuer Marqeta has agreed a four-year extension of its partnership with Block following a dramatic spike in its revenue (YoY).
Indonesian payments platform Flip closes $100m Series B
Indonesian consumer payment platform Flip has secured the second close of its Series B, which brings the round’s total to $100m.
Jack Dorsey’s Block completes Afterpay acquisition
Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey’s digital payments platform Block (previously Square) has completed its acquisition of Buy Now, Pay Later (BNPL) firm Afterpay.









