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Figure Technology Solutions, BlackRock and Block span tokenized markets, crypto products and bitcoin payments as digital finance adoption expands.
Eisen maintains ~1.47 million shares worth $124.79 million after the sale, executed under a pre-established Rule 10b5-1 trading plan adopted in March 2026.
AFRM's Australia comeback through Shopify's Shop Pay Installments opens a growth channel as GMV, revenues and its user base continue to rise.
PayPal Holdings Inc (NASDAQ:PYPL, XETRA:2PP) shares opened about 15% lower on Friday after Stripe and private equity firm Advent International abandoned their multi-month pursuit of the digital payments company, according to reports. The consortium, which reportedly also included Block...
PayPal stock tumbled as much as 16% in premarket trading Friday after the consortium walked away from what would have been one of the largest leveraged buyouts ever
XYZ's Square expands deeper into restaurants as partnerships and seller wins test whether wider adoption can accelerate growth.
Block and Sezzle offer contrasting fintech bets, with scale, growth, engagement and valuation shaping the 2026 investment debate.
SEZL Send turns P2P transfers into a low-cost growth channel, with more than 100,000 users already on its waitlist.
Block stock has delivered a decline of 69.1% over the past five years, yet the latest intrinsic value work using an Excess Returns model points to meaningful upside while traditional earnings multiples flag the shares as expensive. This leaves investors with a split valuation picture. Over five years, Block shareholders have seen the stock fall 69.1%. Any case for upside now relies heavily on how today’s valuation links to future cash generation rather than past returns. New developments...
Block, Inc. recently expanded its Neighborhoods program to connect Cash App customers with an additional 30,000 Square sellers, integrating Local Cash rewards of up to US$10 per qualifying order and scaling the network to sellers representing US$1.00 billion in annualized gross payment volume as of June 2026. An interesting angle is that spend from Neighborhoods followers has grown to about 10% of seller payment volume after three quarters, highlighting how Block’s ecosystem can deepen...
SEZL expands beyond BNPL with SezzleCash, seeing early adoption as it tests a new path to boost engagement and wallet share.
Block (XYZ) is back in focus after a series of insider stock disposals disclosed in recent SEC filings, including transactions by senior executives and directors under pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plans. See our latest analysis for Block. At a latest share price of US$81.38, Block’s short term share price return of 17.65% over 90 days contrasts with a much weaker 5 year total shareholder return that declined 70.07%. This suggests that recent momentum has picked up even as long term...
The fintech is expanding its efforts to market local restaurants using its point-of-sale system across Cash App’s user base.
The majority of this disposition was non-discretionary tax withholding from RSU vesting.
This transaction was executed under a pre-scheduled Rule 10b5-1 trading plan, leaving Eisen with about 1.5 million shares valued at $121.15 million.
Grassadonia disposed of 3% of his equity holdings under a pre-arranged trading plan, retaining a direct position worth $41.83 million.
This non-discretionary share withholding is tied to RSU vesting obligations.
This disposition included 18,401 shares withheld for taxes and 12,612 sold via a pre-arranged trading plan.
INTU set for Q4 growth as revenues and EPS rise on strong QuickBooks, Credit Karma and AI momentum.
XYZ's Cash App gross profit jumps 31%, driven by deeper engagement and lending growth, but rising losses and costs pose challenges.
XYZ's Square and OpenTable expand their partnership, linking reservation, guest and payment data to boost restaurant insights and engagement.
Cerebras Systems' wafer-scale chips, hyperscale deals with AMD, Amazon and OpenAI, and a $25.4 billion backlog position it as a key player in the AI inference buildout.
Ark Invest was a buyer of tech and fintech stocks that declined on Monday.
Closely followed investor Cathie Wood bought a sizable amount of Block (NYSE: $XYZ) stock as the shares declined re...