It has been five years since Block—formerly known as Square —held an investor day, and a lot has changed, especially the company’s scope. “We are no longer just a payments company,” co-founder and Chief Executive Jack Dorsey said in a keynote talk Wednesday. When Block was founded in 2009 as Square, the company was focused on allowing small merchants to accept in-person credit-card payments. Read More...
It has been five years since Block—formerly known as Square —held an investor day, and a lot has changed, especially the company’s scope. “We are no longer just a payments company,” co-founder and Chief Executive Jack Dorsey said in a keynote talk Wednesday. When Block was founded in 2009 as Square, the company was focused on allowing small merchants to accept in-person credit-card payments.
