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Western Union, Remitly Face Risks From 'Cartel Crackdown,' Short Seller Says
Friday, March 14, 2025 - 3:52pm | 483Shares of Western Union Co. (NYSE:WU) and Remitly Global, Inc. (NASDAQ:RELY) are on watch after a short seller on Friday claimed that a crackdown on cartels could hit the remittance companies' bottom lines. The Details: Hunterbrook published a short report outlining what the firm sees as a...
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'Zelle Became A Gold Mine For Fraudsters': Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Lawsuit (UPDATED)
Thursday, December 26, 2024 - 5:36pm | 649Editor’s note: This story has been updated with comment from Zelle and Bank of America. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau sued three of the nation's largest banks and the operator of Zelle last week, alleging a failure to protect consumers from widespread fraud on the peer-to-peer...
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What's Going On With Block Stock?
Wednesday, March 13, 2024 - 11:41am | 505Block, Inc. (NYSE:SQ) shares are trading higher Wednesday after the company announced new merchant partnerships for Afterpay and its Bitkey hardware device has begun shipping to customers. The Details: Block said the first shipments of its self-custody Bitcoin wallet hardware device began this week...
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Block Stock Slides Through Key Support, But Here's Why A Bounce Looks Imminent
Friday, February 18, 2022 - 6:03pm | 678Block Inc (NYSE: SQ) was sliding more than 6% lower on Friday after breaking through an important psychological support zone at the $100 level. The financial services and digital payments company has been severely beaten down since reaching an all-time high of $289.23 on Aug. 5, 2020,...
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Odell Beckham Jr. To Be Paid In Bitcoin, Give Away $1M Of BTC: 'It's A New Era'
Tuesday, November 23, 2021 - 3:50pm | 287National Football League wide receiver Odell Beckham Jr. will be paid in Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) and plans to give away $1 million worth of cryptocurrency to his fans. What Happened: Beckham plans to use Square's (NYSE: SQ) CashApp to get paid in Bitcoin, according to a tweet. He wrote that...
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Aaron Rodgers Partners With CashApp For Portion Of Salary In Bitcoin: Here Are The Details And How You Can Win, Too
Monday, November 1, 2021 - 5:04pm | 445One of the most popular players in the National Football is the latest to signal a bullish bet on Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC). What Happened: Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers is partnering with CashApp, a unit of Square Inc (NYSE: SQ). “I’m pumped to share that I’ve...
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Is PayPal Getting Into The Stock Trading Game?
Monday, August 30, 2021 - 12:37pm | 382PayPal Holdings Inc (NASDAQ: PYPL) is one of the world’s largest digital payment sites. In addition to the flagship PayPal website, the company also owns and operates Venmo, one of the leading mobile payment platforms. Now, the company may be getting into a new industry. What To Know: PayPal...
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Square Analyst Sees Market Share Opportunity With Direct Deposit
Friday, July 10, 2020 - 7:01am | 266What Happened: Square Inc (NYSE: SQ) could take as much as 20% of future market share due to the platform's speed when it comes to direct deposits, SunTrust Robinson Humphrey analyst Andrew Jeffrey said in a note earlier this week. Square has reportedly added over 11 million...
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Craig-Hallum No Longer A Square Bear, Says Risks Priced Into Stock
Wednesday, September 18, 2019 - 11:41am | 362The bearish case for Square Inc (NYSE: SQ) can no longer be justified, as the stock's decline since its 2018 peak now reflects multiple concerns, according to Craig-Hallum. The Analyst Bradley Berning upgraded Square's stock rating from Sell to Hold with a price target lifted from $55 to $...