Block, Inc.

Founded in 2009, Block provides payment services to merchants, along with related services. The company also launched Cash App, a person-to-person payment network. In 2023, Square's payment volume was a little over $200 million.

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Block is one company built from many blocks, all united by the same purpose of economic empowerment. The blocks that form our foundational teams — People, Finance, Counsel, Hardware, Information Security, Platform Infrastructure Engineering, and more — provide support and guidance at the corporate level. They work across business groups and around the globe, spanning time zones and disciplines to develop inclusive People policies, forecast finances, give legal counsel, safeguard systems, nurture new initiatives, and more. Every challenge creates possibilities, and we need different perspectives to see them all. Bring yours to Block. 

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This week, we announced the Sustainable Banking Initiative, a $25 million investment to help decarbonize the economy and promote sustainability through community lending. We also published our first Commerce and Climate Survey, which includes responses from business owners and consumers. Read more by visiting Inside Block below.

Nicole Felix-Borders is the cofounder (along with her husband) of Pound Bizness LLC, a Bay Area–based small business that sells pound cakes. Nicole started her business by selling a handful of cakes at a church fundraiser, and now Pound Bizness is a vendor in Uptown Market on the ground floor of our Oakland office.

Below, Nicole discusses her first job, financial advice she’d give her younger self, how Pound Bizness got started, and the spirit of collaboration at Uptown Market.

It's awards season and Block was just recognized as the Atlanta Black Chambers (ABC) 2024 Corporate Partner of the Year! This partnership with ABC and the fantastic Melvin M. Coleman, MBA (ABC President & CEO) has been years in the making, built on the foundation of our shared purpose of economic empowerment. 

Huge thanks to Block's Head of Inclusion & Diversity Shawntee Reed for accepting this award on behalf of our company, everyone at Block and ABC that has supported this partnership over the years, and to our leaders in attendance: Anna Mitchell, Kayla Taylor, Shar Caesar Douglas, Shannon Rice, Sade Ayodele - Quinitchett, Latae Day, DeAndra R. White, and Aysia Sanders.

Here's to continuing the work of supporting entrepreneurs in Atlanta and across the globe in 2024. 🥂 

Partner Profiles, our new interview series, spotlights Block’s community partners and the work they do to increase access to the economy. In the first installment of the series, Carolyn “CJ” Johnson, the CEO of Black Cultural Zone, discusses her career, her organization’s collaboration with Block on Uptown Market in Oakland, and much more.

NYSE:SQ

Block, Inc.

Last Close

66.42

30/08 20:01

Market Cap

40.68B

Beta: 2.35

Volume Today

5.85M

Avg: 16.36M

PE Ratio

−139.52

PFCF: 50.80

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