Block, Inc.

Block, Inc. is a financial technology company that builds integrated commerce and financial ecosystems for businesses and consumers worldwide. Today, the company operates primarily through two major platforms: Square and Cash App. Square offers merchants point-of-sale hardware, payment processing, and software tools that support activities such as sales management, payroll, invoicing, analytics, and customer engagement across sectors including retail, food and beverage, health and fitness, and personal care. Cash App serves individual users as a digital wallet and personal finance hub, enabling peer-to-peer payments, card-based spending, and access to investing and bitcoin-related services. Block further extends its presence through complementary businesses such as Afterpay in buy-now-pay-later, TIDAL in music streaming, and bitcoin-focused initiatives including Bitkey, Spiral, Proto, and TBD, which address self-custody, open-source development, mining, and decentralized financial infrastructure. Founded in 2009 and operating with a distributed work model and offices in locations such as Oakland and San Francisco, Block plays a significant role in modern payments, commerce enablement, and digital financial services.