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Buy now, pay later firm Zip to buy US rival Sezzle in $352 million deal
Buy now pay later (BNPL) firm Zip Co Ltd has said it would buy US-based Sezzle Inc in a A$491 million (approximately $352.59 million) deal, as it looks to further expand its reach ...
Jack Dorsey’s Block beats profit estimates
Block Inc, the payments company of Twitter Inc founder Jack Dorsey, posted better than expected fourth-quarter profit thanks to a highly volatile bitcoin market and booming online ...
Apple to turn iPhones into payment terminals in FinTech push
Apple Inc is introducing a new feature that will allow businesses to accept credit card and digital payments with just a tap on their iPhones, bypassing hardware systems such as Bl...
Afterpay’s meteoric rise as a lending pioneer
Block Inc, formerly Square Inc, is set to complete its acquisition of buy now, pay later (BNPL) company Afterpay Ltd by Feb. 1, one of the biggest takeovers in Australian history.
Afterpay gets shareholder nod for Block Inc buyout; majority of proxy votes in favour of deal
Buy now pay later firm Afterpay Ltd said on Tuesday its $29 billion buyout by Block Inc, previously known as Square, got overwhelming support from shareholders, with 99.79% of the ...
Dorsey-led Square rebrands to Block in nod to blockchain
Square Inc, the payments company led by Twitter Inc co-founder Jack Dorsey, has said it was changing its name to Block Inc, as it looks to expand beyond its payment business and in...