Block, Inc.

Block Inc. is a financial technology conglomerate headquartered in Oakland, California. Founded in 2009 as Square Inc., the company restructured and rebranded in 2021 to better encompass its expanding portfolio of ecosystem brands. The company operates through two primary customer-facing segments. The Square ecosystem provides point-of-sale hardware, software, and banking services tailored for merchant commerce. The Cash App ecosystem provides peer-to-peer money transfers, banking, direct deposits, stock trading, and bitcoin purchasing for consumer users.