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    • Thursday, 23 March, 2023
      LexFintech
      Fintech: scrutiny at Coinbase and Block comes amid bank wobble Premium content

      Coping with rule books seems hard for the disrupters

    • Thursday, 23 March, 2023
      Hindenburg Research
      Hindenburg shorts Jack Dorsey’s payments group Block

      Shares tumble after accusations of overstating user counts and facilitating fraud

    • Thursday, 2 March, 2023
      Jack Dorsey’s Block announces investment in UK not-for-profit lender

      Funding of £2mn for Community Development Finance Institution welcomed by sector

    • Monday, 18 July, 2022
      Fintech
      Half a trillion dollars wiped from once high-flying fintechs

      Digital companies that boomed during lockdowns hit by fears they cannot withstand a recession

    • Tuesday, 15 February, 2022
      Inside BusinessNic Fildes
      Australia’s ‘buy now, pay later’ boom faces crunch

      Takeover of Afterpay by Jack Dorsey-led Block adds to consolidation of local hotbed of micro loan providers

    • Tuesday, 3 August, 2021
      News in-depth
      Square’s $29bn bet on Afterpay heralds future for ‘buy now, pay later’ trend

      Jack Dorsey’s deal comes as increasingly competitive sector faces growing regulatory hurdles

    • Monday, 2 August, 2021
      Square to acquire Afterpay for $29bn as ‘buy now, pay later’ booms

      Jack Dorsey’s deal in fast-growing fintech sector is largest in Australia’s history

    • Monday, 2 August, 2021
      Lex
      Square/Afterpay: a clear challenger to big banks emerges Premium content

      New entrants with new technology are wresting market share from traditional lenders

    • Thursday, 15 July, 2021
      Jack Dorsey says Square will launch bitcoin DeFi platform

      Payments company dives into hot new area of innovation in financial services

    • Friday, 5 March, 2021
      Due Diligence
      Jack and Jay-Z mix business with friendship Premium content

      The mechanics of their deal are foggy at best

    • Thursday, 4 March, 2021
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      Square/Jack Dorsey: A to Z Premium content

      Square does not need a music service. But it does represent a real challenge to traditional banks

    • Thursday, 4 March, 2021
      Mergers & Acquisitions
      Square to buy majority stake in Jay-Z’s Tidal streaming platform

      Mobile payments group will pay nearly $300m in a mixture of cash and stock

    • Monday, 23 November, 2020
      LexBitcoin
      Bitcoin: unstable coin Premium content

      Mania for the digital currency has prompted some big-name cheerleaders to put their hands in

    • Wednesday, 21 October, 2020
      Cryptocurrencies
      PayPal finally embraces cryptocurrencies with New York licence

      Move comes as growing number of traditional financial services firms revisit virtual currencies

    • Thursday, 5 March, 2020
      Jack Dorsey
      Twitter’s Jack Dorsey plays defence as Elliott Management circles

      Chief defends his role at Square and mulls putting off Africa trip after activist called for his ouster

    • Monday, 2 March, 2020
      LexTechnology sector
      Twitter/Elliott: Jack of all trades Premium content

      Activist will hope to find someone to fix the microblogging site other than its founder

    • Sunday, 1 March, 2020
      Twitter Inc
      Elliott pushes for big changes at Twitter after taking $1bn stake

      Activist hedge fund in talks with social media site’s board over Dorsey leadership

    • Thursday, 1 August, 2019
      Square slides on disappointing earnings outlook

      US payments company to sell food delivery business to DoorDash

    • Wednesday, 1 May, 2019
      Square tumbles after 2Q outlook comes up short
    • Thursday, 28 February, 2019
      Lex
      Square: Dorsey’s endorsable strategy Premium content

      Expansion into small business tools has been a good angle

    • Wednesday, 27 February, 2019
      Square takes a hit after issuing weaker-than-expected profit guidance
    • Tuesday, 29 January, 2019
      FT SeriesThe Debt Machine
      How online platforms shook small-business lending in America

      New names step up to fuel America’s engine as capital-strapped banks pull back

    • Thursday, 3 January, 2019
      Square taps Blizzard’s Ahuja as new finance chief
    • Wednesday, 7 November, 2018
      Square shares fall as 4Q profit outlook disappoints
    • Friday, 12 October, 2018
      LexUS & Canadian companies
      Square/Jack Dorsey: double trouble Premium content

      Chief should listen to what the market is telling him

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