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Payments company Block Inc (SQ) will cover expenses for U.S. employees who must travel more than 100 miles for abortions, a source familiar with the matter said on Friday, after the Supreme Court overturned the Roe v. Wade ruling that legalized the procedure nationwide. The policy will come into effect from July 1, according to the source, who requested anonymity because the matter is confidential.

London-based payments firm SumUp said on Thursday it raised 590 million euros in its latest funding round, giving it an overall enterprise value of 8 billion euros.

A whale with a lot of money to spend has taken a noticeably bearish stance on Block. Looking at options history for Block we detected 45 strange trades. If we consider the specifics of each trade, it is accurate to state that 46% of the investors opened trades with bullish expectations and 53% with bearish.

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Block has outperformed the market over the past 5 years by 10.64% on an annualized basis producing an average annual return of 19.23%. Currently, Block has a market capitalization of $33.37 billion. Buying $100 In SQ: If an investor had bought $100 of SQ stock 5 years ago, it would be worth $237.50 today based on a price of $57.49 for SQ at the time of writing.

Apple Inc. is planning to offer buy now, pay later services in the US despite concerns of a potential market squeeze as more providers have a crack at the sector amid growing consumer borrowing and spending. Apple intends to launch its BNPL offering later in 2022 through its Apple Pay mobile payment and digital wallet service.

Block invests $3 million CAD in Canada’s largest and most innovative Indigenous social impact fund. The Indigenous Growth Fund welcomes its first private investment, marking an important public and private partnership milestone focused on restoring growth and prosperity for the Indigenous economy.

Here's Why Block Is Set To Win As Per Credit Suisse

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Block has observed the following analyst ratings within the last quarter: In the last 3 months, 21 analysts have offered 12-month price targets for Block. Below is a summary of how these 21 analysts rated Block over the past 3 months.

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A whale with a lot of money to spend has taken a noticeably bearish stance on Block. Looking at options history for Block we detected 16 strange trades. If we consider the specifics of each trade, it is accurate to state that 43% of the investors opened trades with bullish expectations and 56% with bearish.

RBC Capital analyst Daniel. Perlin reviewed the past 12-months estimate revision patterns for its payments names, which showed that the market's preference for stability vs. growth was highly tied to revision patterns while also highlighting some dislocations in stock performance relative to fundamentals.

Twitter Inc co-founder and its former CEO Jack Dorsey is planning to create a new decentralized web that will be centered on Bitcoin. With his Block Inc subsidiary TBD, Dorsey aims to build Web5 based on Bitcoin and believes it will play an integral part in the evolution of the internet. Following Dorsey's announcement, Twitter is upbeat talking about the idea.

Jack Dorsey, co-founder of Twitter Inc and the current CEO of Block Inc, and his Bitcoin-focused TBD decentralized exchange team unveiled what they're calling Web5. What happened: TBD is a Block subsidiary with the purpose to "make it easy to construct non-custodial, permissionless and decentralized financial services" for Bitcoin. TBD's Twitter account tweeted this on Friday morning.

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Coinbase Global Inc revoked employment offers to people who accepted them and announced a slowing of its hiring pace in recent weeks. In response to the ongoing crypto price collapse, cryptocurrency firms have slowed their spending frenzy.

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The high-growth technology sector, which is attempting to make a comeback, includes several companies in the IT/services payment industry. Moshe Katri, managing director of equity research at Wedbush, joined "PreMarket Prep Plus" on Wednesday to discuss the prospects for a few issues in his area of coverage.