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Block, Inc. (Square)

XYZFintechOakland, United States

Block, Inc., operating through its subsidiaries, develops innovative tools that empower merchants to process card payments, gain insights from robust reporting and analytics, and benefit from expedited next-day fund settlement. The company offers a diverse range of hardware solutions, including the Magstripe reader for traditional swipe-based transactions, and the Contactless and chip reader, which accommodates Europay, MasterCard, and Visa (EMV) chip cards alongside Near Field Communication (NFC) payments. For comprehensive point-of-sale functionality, Block provides the Square Stand, enabling an iPad to serve as a complete payment terminal, and the Square Register, an integrated system combining proprietary hardware, software, and payment processing capabilities. Additionally, the Square Terminal offers a modern alternative to conventional keypad devices, functioning as both a payment processor and receipt printer, accepting tap, dip, and swipe payment methods. Beyond physical devices, Block supplies an extensive suite of software products. These encompass Square Point of Sale, Square Appointments, specialized applications for Retail and Restaurants, online commerce solutions like Square Online and Checkout, Square Invoices, Square Virtual Terminal, Square Team Management, Square Contracts, and a suite for Loyalty, Marketing, and Gift Cards, all managed through the Square Dashboard. Furthermore, Block supports developers with a dedicated platform featuring application programming interfaces (APIs) and software development kits (SDKs). Its portfolio also includes Cash App, a popular mobile service for sending, spending, and saving money, and Weebly, which delivers website hosting and domain registration services to customers. Serving an international clientele, the company's operations extend across the United States, Canada, Japan, Australia, Ireland, France, Spain, and the United Kingdom. Originally established as Square, Inc. in 2009, the San Francisco, California-based firm officially adopted the name Block, Inc. in December 2021.

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Block, Inc. (Square) at a glance

Block, Inc. (Square) is a fintech company headquartered in Oakland, United States, founded in 2009. It is publicly listed (XYZ) with a market capitalisation of $45.3B. Xcout tracks 21 named people at Block, Inc. (Square), including Jack Dorsey (CEO). Xcout recorded 307 job postings from Block, Inc. (Square) in the last 90 days, naming tools such as Salesforce, Datadog, Looker.

Industry
Fintech
Headquarters
Oakland, United States
Market cap
$45.3B
Employees
10,205
Ticker
XYZ
Founded
2009
Founders
Jack Dorsey, Jim McKelvey
Job postings recorded (90 days)
307
Xcout AI Rank
53/100
Xcout Green Rank
4/100

Block, Inc. (Square) leadership

  • Jack DorseyCEO
  • Amrita AhujaFoundational Lead, Chief Operating Officer, Chief Financial Officer & Treasurer
  • Chrysty EsperanzaCounsel Lead, Chief Legal Officer & Corporate Secretary
  • Andrea L. AcostaChief Accounting Officer
  • Jack DorseyCo-Founder, Block Head & Chairman
  • James Morgan Jr. McKelveyCo-Founder & Director

15 more named people on record for Block, Inc. (Square), with roles, board committees and tenure — see the full roster →

Hiring at Block, Inc. (Square)

Xcout recorded 307 job postings from Block, Inc. (Square) in the last 90 days, from a hiring record Xcout has kept since May 2026.

Tools named in Block, Inc. (Square)'s job postings

SalesforceDatadogLookerGitHubClaude CodeCursorClaudeGitHub CopilotTableauDatabricksOpenAI CodexPyTorch

The weekly hiring trend, the roles and locations behind it and all 35 tools — see Block, Inc. (Square)'s hiring signals →

Recent Block, Inc. (Square) news

9 corporate events on record, with sources — see the full timeline →

Hiring vs the trend

Leading in AI hiring

Based on 167 job postings in the last 8 weeks (10 Aug – 4 Oct 2026), compared with 380 scale-up technology companies.

This describes a hiring pattern — how often Block, Inc. (Square)’s job postings ask for AI skills, and how that changed against the previous 8 weeks, ranked among its peers. It says nothing about the company’s products or performance.

Signed-in members see the AI-skill share and its change with peer percentiles, role mix, posting momentum and advertised US pay against the market.

Tech stack

JavaPythonAWSKotlinKafkaMySQLDynamoDBSnowflakeKubernetesRedisPyTorchTerraform

Block, Inc. (Square) competitors

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IntuitINTU · FintechMountain View, United States
62% matchPublic

Intuit Inc. provides financial management, payments and capital, compliance, and marketing products and services in the United States. The company operates in four segments: Global Business Solutions, Consumer, Credit Karma, and ProTax. The Global Business Solutions segment provides QuickBooks services, which include financial and business management online services, desktop software, payroll solutions, time tracking, merchant payment processing and bill pay solutions, checking accounts, and financing services for small and mid-market businesses; and Mailchimp, a marketing automation and customer relationship management. This segment also offers QuickBooks online services and desktop software solutions comprising QuickBooks Online, QuickBooks Live, QuickBooks Online Advanced, QuickBooks Self-Employed, QuickBooks Solopreneur financial and business management offerings, QuickBooks Online Payroll, QuickBooks Checking, QuickBooks Desktop software subscriptions, and QuickBooks Assisted Payroll. The Consumer segment provides do-it-yourself and assisted TurboTax income tax preparation products and services. The Credit Karma segment offers consumers with a personal finance platform that provides recommendations for credit card, home, auto, and personal loan, and insurance products; online savings and checking accounts; and access to its credit scores and reports, credit and identity monitoring, credit report dispute, credit building tools, and tools. The ProTax segment provides Lacerte, ProSeries, and ProFile desktop tax-preparation software products; and ProConnect Tax Online bill pay tax products, electronic tax filing service, and bank products and related services. It sells products and services through direct sales channels, multichannel shop-and-buy experiences, mobile application stores, and partner and other channels. Intuit Inc. was founded in 1983 and is headquartered in Mountain View, California.

Market cap$82.4B
Employees18,600
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WEXWEX · FintechPortland, United States
61% matchPublic

WEX Inc., a financial technology enterprise established in 1983 and headquartered in Portland, Maine, delivers diverse services across the United States and globally. The company, which operated as Wright Express Corporation until its name change in October 2012, structures its operations into three primary divisions. The Fleet Solutions segment specializes in comprehensive payment processing for vehicle fleets. Its offerings include complete customer and account management (spanning activation, retention, credit, and billing support), merchant services, and robust web-based analytics platforms designed to offer fleet managers crucial insights for optimizing expenses and capital. WEX distributes these solutions to commercial and governmental fleets of varying sizes, from local to long-haul, through both direct channels and co-branded or private label alliances. The Travel and Corporate Solutions segment provides sophisticated payment systems, which feature embedded payment functionalities, automated accounts payable, and spend management tools. A key product includes virtual cards, specifically engineered for secure, card-not-present transactions. This segment serves commercial and government entities through a mix of direct and indirect marketing approaches. Finally, the Health and Employee Benefit Solutions segment offers specialized healthcare payment products and consumer-centric software-as-a-service (SaaS) platforms for the healthcare sector. It also encompasses payroll and employee benefit solutions, with a particular focus on Brazil. This segment reaches its clientele via a broad network comprising health plans, third-party administrators, financial institutions, payroll providers, benefits consultants, software companies, and individual consumers.

Market cap$6.1B
Employees6,600
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PagSeguro Digital Ltd.PAGS · FintechSão Paulo, Brazil
61% matchPublic

PagSeguro Digital Ltd., together with its subsidiaries, engages in the provision of financial and payment solutions for consumers, individual entrepreneurs, micro-merchants, and small and medium-sized companies in Brazil and internationally. It provides digital banking solutions, including deposits, top-ups, debt management services, tax collections, wire transfers, ATM withdrawals, and various online and point-of-sale (POS) payment solutions; cards, such as debit, credit, cash, and prepaid cards; and credit products comprising FGTS withdrawals, payroll loans, working capital loans, and overdraft accounts. The company offers insurance services, including account, card, home, business, health assistance, life, and credit life insurance; investment services, such as investment and portfolio advisory, financial education, brokerage, fund management, treasury, and research services; and operates Shopping PagBank, a marketplace for various brands. In addition, it provides software solutions comprising PagVendas, a POS software app; ClubPag, a marketing tool that allows merchants to advertise across client base, available for POS devices; and PlugPag, a wireless solution that connects the machine to the commercial automation system, via Bluetooth technology. The company was founded in 2006 and is headquartered in São Paulo, Brazil.

Market cap$2.5B
Employees7,044
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More on Block, Inc. (Square) in Xcout Intel

  • 21 named people with titles, LinkedIn and board committees
  • Weekly hiring history and the mix of roles behind it
  • 9 corporate events with sources — deals, leadership changes, layoffs
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