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Block
Founded by : Jack Dorsey and Jim McKelvey, 1 January 2009
San Francisco County, United States
More than 5000 employees
About the Company
Block Inc., formerly known as Square Inc., is an innovative American technology conglomerate that emerged in 2009 through the vision of Jack Dorsey and Jim McKelvey, marking its inaugural platform launch in 2010. Since November 2015, it has been publicly traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol SQ. Although it initially bore the name Square, Inc. until December 10, 2021, the company's signature offering for small businesses, "Square," remains unchanged. Square serves as a payment platform tailored to the needs of small and medium-sized enterprises, empowering them to seamlessly accept credit card payments and utilize smartphones or tablets as versatile payment terminals within their point-of-sale systems. Block encompasses a diverse range of ventures, including the Cash App, facilitating monetary transfers among users and between users and businesses, Afterpay, a buy-now-pay-later service, Weebly, a web hosting solution, and Tidal, a subscription-based platform for music, podcasts, and video streaming, featuring an extensive library of audio content and music videos.
Industry Type
According to the GICS (Global Industry Classification Standard) version of March 2023, Block’s industry classification falls within the following categories:
- Sector: Financials
- Industry group: Financial Services
- Industry: Financial Services
- Sub-Industry: Transaction & Payment Processing Services
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Company Address
1455 Market Street, Suite 600 San Francisco, United States
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