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Block, Inc. (NYSE: XYZ) generates frequent news across its ecosystem of brands, including Square, Cash App, Afterpay, TIDAL, Bitkey, Proto, Spiral, and TBD. Company announcements often highlight how its technology supports sellers, consumers, and developers in accessing the modern economy, with a particular focus on financial services, commerce, and bitcoin-related products.
News about Square commonly covers product integrations and partnerships that affect how sellers manage in-store and online operations. For example, Block has announced an expanded partnership between Square and Thrive, an inventory management reporting system, to sync catalogs, inventory, and sales across channels such as Shopify while keeping Square as the source of truth. Such updates are relevant for retailers seeking to coordinate multi-channel commerce.
Coverage of Cash App and Afterpay often centers on new features, pilots, and consumer behavior trends. Recent releases describe the Cash App Score pilot, which surfaces a near real-time measure of financial health for select customers, and the upcoming Afterpay on Cash App Card pilot, which lets eligible Cash App Card holders convert eligible purchases into pay-over-time loans. Afterpay-related news also includes data on payment performance and expansions of its merchant network across fashion, lifestyle, and home categories.
Block also issues news on broader ecosystem themes, such as its “Bitcoin is Everyday Money” campaign advocating for a de minimis tax exemption to facilitate everyday bitcoin payments, and reports on transaction volumes across Square, Cash App, and Afterpay during major shopping periods like Black Friday and Cyber Monday.
Investors and followers of XYZ stock can use this news feed to track product launches, partnerships, consumer usage trends, credit and bitcoin initiatives, and corporate updates that Block discloses through press releases.
Square (XYZ) announced that Kreation Organic, a Southern California cold-pressed juice and healthy QSR brand, has renewed and expanded its partnership with Square across all 25 existing locations, with two additional sites planned. Kreation is adding Square Kiosk and Square Handheld devices to an existing stack that includes Square for Restaurants, Square Loyalty, Square Marketing, and Square Gift Cards.
According to Square, the expanded deployment will support in-store operations, self-service ordering, line-busting, integrated gift card scanning, and text-based marketing, while maintaining integrations with UberEats and Postmates as Kreation scales its Los Angeles–area footprint.
Covista (NYSE: CVSA) appointed Emily C. Chiu and Leslie Storms to its Board of Directors, effective August 17, 2026, as the company advances its three-year “Purpose at Scale” growth strategy to address U.S. healthcare workforce shortages.
Chiu brings CEO-level experience in technology, fintech and edtech, including leadership roles at Novo Platform and Block’s open-source platform and Cash App. Storms is Chief Operating Officer of National Veterinary Associates and previously held senior MedTech leadership roles at Johnson & Johnson. With these appointments, 10 of Covista’s 12 directors are independent, supporting governance as the company focuses on operational excellence, expansion into adjacent healthcare domains, direct workforce pipelines with employer partners and AI-enabled healthcare education innovation.
XYZ announced that Dimassi’s Mediterranean Buffet, a family-owned halal Mediterranean buffet chain founded in Houston in 1992, has expanded its partnership with Square as it grows its US presence. Dimassi’s now operates 24 locations across Texas and California, with three additional restaurants planned for 2026 and further expansion expected.
Dimassi’s has used Square’s payments, point-of-sale, and software stack since 2018 and is now adding Square Marketing and additional food-and-beverage capabilities, alongside existing tools such as Square Register, Square Handheld, Square Gift Cards, and Square Loyalty, plus integrations with DoorDash, Uber Eats, Grubhub, Olo, and QuickBooks Online.
A group of leading financial institutions and Bitcoin companies has launched the Bitcoin Security Consortium, backed by an aggregate $15 million in independently directed member pledges over the next three years to support long-term security and resilience of the Bitcoin network.
Founding members include Anchorage Digital, ARK Invest, BlackRock, Block (NYSE: XYZ), Blockstream, Coinbase (NASDAQ: COIN), Fidelity Digital Assets, Galaxy Digital (Nasdaq: GLXY), and Strategy (Nasdaq: STRF/STRC/STRK/STRD/MSTR; LuxSE: STRE). The consortium will fund developers and researchers working on Bitcoin security, including post-quantum cryptography, and act as a reliable information source for investors, the public, and media, while not directing Bitcoin protocol development.
Square (NYSE:XYZ) announced that Honolulu Cookie Company is expanding its use of Square’s unified commerce platform across 14 locations in Hawaii, Las Vegas, and Guam, building on a partnership that began in 2023. The Hawaii-based cookie brand will also rely on Square to power a new experiential flagship, “Honolulu Cookie Company: the Aloha Experience,” opening in Las Vegas in July 2026, which will be roughly three times the size of a standard store and feature interactive elements such as chocolate-dipping, virtual bakery views, and photo zones.
Honolulu Cookie Company uses Square for Retail, Square Register, Square Loyalty, Customer Directory, and partner integrations like Yellow Dog Inventory to improve checkout reliability, loyalty management, data-driven decision making, and multi-location inventory visibility.
Block (NYSE: XYZ) will release its second quarter 2026 financial results on Wednesday, August 5, 2026, after market close.
The company will host an earnings conference call and live webcast at 2:00 p.m. PT / 5:00 p.m. ET the same day, with live access and replay available via Block’s investor relations website.
Square (NYSE:XYZ) launched new ChatGPT and Claude integrations, letting eligible sellers be discovered and receive orders inside AI assistants with no extra setup or marketplace commissions. Initial rollout targets U.S. food and beverage sellers using Square Online Ordering, with orders routed through Order by Cash App.
Square is also integrating with Amazon Alexa+ and co-developing the Universal Commerce Protocol with Google for local food ordering, extending AI-powered discovery across chat, voice, and search for more than 4.5 million sellers.
Sherwin-Williams (NYSE:XYZ) selected Square as a payment solutions partner in the Sherwin-Williams Digital Alliance Program, serving PRO+ customers across the United States and Canada.
PRO+ painters and contractors gain access to Square for Services tools for estimates, invoicing, payments, customer management, and cash flow support through exclusive offers.
Square (NYSE:XYZ) was selected as the exclusive commerce platform for all Ladurée Canada locations. The deal covers boutique tea salons, grab-and-go cafés, airport carriages, pop-ups, and pastry laboratories in Toronto and Vancouver, using Square hardware, reporting tools, and integrations with Yellowdog and QuickBooks.
Two new airport carriage locations opened in spring 2026 at Vancouver International Airport and Toronto Pearson International Airport.
Square (NYSE:XYZ) was selected by Sofive Soccer Centers as its unified commerce platform across all 22 U.S. locations. Square now powers concessions, events, loyalty, team management, and online ordering, integrating via open API with Sofive’s Hydra booking system and supporting nationwide Summer Fútbol Fest watch parties and tournaments.