April 24, 2024
Square and Cash App Collaborate on Bitcoin Conversions for Sellers

Block ecosystems Square and Cash App have begun rolling out a feature that will allow eligible Square sellers to automatically convert a portion of their daily sales to bitcoin with Cash App. The rollout of...

April 23, 2024
Square Expands Offline Payments to Entire Hardware Lineup

Square has expanded the availability of offline payments to every hardware device, in every country. The company has offered this no-connection-required solution for 10 years on some of its devices, expanding it to...

April 15, 2024
Tighter Antitrust Enforcement Could Spell Trouble for Warren Buffett’s Berkshire...

The Biden administration’s recent antitrust lawsuits against leading companies such as Visa, Mastercard, Amazon, and Apple could potentially affect their shareholders, including Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway, according to an expert’s...

April 10, 2024
Will Virtual Card Numbers Spark a Rush to Spend Apple...

For Apple — and as been seen already with Block (formerly Square) — the drive is to get consumers to spend the cash, rather than just bank it. Apple, of...

April 09, 2024
McConnell Advocates for TikTok’s US Divestiture

US Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell has made a significant call for legislation that would require the parent company of TikTok, ByteDance, a China-based firm, to divest the popular short...

April 05, 2024
Stord Acquires ProPack to Expand Fulfillment Network for Omnichannel Brands

Stord has acquired ProPack Logistics to expand its fulfillment network throughout the United States and Canada. ProPack, which provides fulfillment services for the nutrition and supplement product industry, has six temperature-controlled warehouses across...

April 03, 2024
Uber Eats and Waymo Roll Out Autonomous Delivery in Phoenix

Uber is expanding its Phoenix-based partnership with autonomous vehicle company Waymo. The company announced Wednesday (April 3) that it is now offering Uber Eats deliveries in the Arizona capital via Waymo vehicles. “Starting today...

April 01, 2024
Block Gains Flexibility With Latest Amendment to Revolving Credit Agreement

Block has entered into the eighth amendment to its revolving credit agreement with its lenders and the administrative agent, Goldman Sachs Bank USA. This amends a revolving credit facility that dates back...

March 27, 2024
Systematic National Evidence of Steering by Real Estate Agents

Policymakers have long worried that real estate agents steer their buyer clients away from properties that pay buyer agents low commissions. They consider commission-based steering a key reason why U.S....