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MonzoBritish neobank Monzo said Wednesday that it's raised another $190 million, lifting the total it's raised so far this year to $610 million. Singaporean sovereign wealth fund GIC also participated in Monzo's latest fundraise, a source familiar with the matter told CNBC. The total $610 million round marks the single-biggest funding round for a European fintech in the past year, according to Dealroom data. "What I like about how we're approaching this is, at the heart of it, it's not just words," Anil told CNBC in an exclusive interview Tuesday. European expansion is also on the cards, Anil said, although he didn't commit to a date for when this will happen.
Persons: Anil, Monzo, it's, GIC, we've, Monzo's, Revolut Organizations: CNBC, Hedosophia, Barclays, NatWest, BlackRock, JPMorgan, Citibank Locations: U.S, Berlin
Earnings per share: 85 cents adjusted vs. 72 cents adjusted that was expected85 cents adjusted vs. 72 cents adjusted that was expected Revenue: $5.97 billion vs. $5.82 billion expectedBlock posted $2.09 billion in gross profit, up 22% from a year ago. Analysts tend to focus on gross profit as a more accurate measurement of the company's core transactional businesses. The Cash App business, which is the company's popular mobile payment platform, reported $1.26 billion in gross profit, a 25% year-over-year jump. Bitcoin, said bitcoin will ultimately help Block "serve more people around the world faster." He added that going forward, Block will be investing 10% of its gross profit from bitcoin products into purchases of bitcoin for investment.
Persons: Block, Jack Dorsey, Afterpay, Dorsey, Amrita Ahuja, Bitcoin, bitcoin Organizations: Twitter, CNBC
Earnings per share rose 1% to $1.53, a March quarter record, and exceeded the LSEG consensus estimate of $1.50. This resulted in stronger-than-expected free cash flow, which is more important than operating cash flow because it is cash Apple can ultimately return to shareholders via buybacks and dividends. During the reported quarter, Apple paid over $27 billion to shareholders, including $3.7 billion in dividends and equivalents and another $23.5 billion via the repurchase of 130 million shares. Quarterly results Apple's services sales notched another record, which offset a slight miss in product sales and led to beats on gross and operating income. iPad sales are expected to gain double digits year over year, much better than the 5.9% expected on Wall Street.
Persons: Tim Cook, Cook, we're, Apple, Luca Maestri, Maestri, Jim Cramer's, Jim Cramer, Jim Organizations: Apple, Management, MacBook, MacBook Air, Apple Watch, Fortune, Apple Vision, KLM Airlines, CNBC, Apple Inc, Visual China, Getty Locations: China, Greater China, America, East, Canada, India, Spain, Turkey, Indonesia, WWDC, U.S, Australia, France, Germany, Japan, Shanghai
Cash App, introduced in 2013, allows users to send and receive money instantaneously among themselves and to buy stocks and Bitcoin. As of December, Cash App had 56 million active transacting accounts and $248 billion in inflows during the previous four quarters, the company said. (Merchants are considered customers at Square, while users are considered customers at Cash App.) Cash App is not a bank, but it uses external banking partners to conduct various services. On March 29, Sutton Bank settled a consent order with the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. that echoed the whistleblowers' allegations.
Persons: Jack Dorsey, Block, Venezuela —, Edward Siedle, Prosecutors, Cash, OFAC, Lawrence Summers, Sharon Rothstein, Summers, Rothstein, Lord Paul Deighton, Goldman Sachs, Deighton, Dorsey, Banks, Sutton, James Booker Organizations: Twitter, Southern, of, NBC, NBC News, Securities and Exchange Commission, Block, Foreign Assets Control, U.S . Treasury, Cash, OFAC, Goldman, Financial Market, Bank of Lithuania, Payments Lithuania UAB, PayPal, Consumer Finance Protection Bureau, Sutton Bank, Federal Deposit Insurance Corp, FDIC Locations: of New York, Cuba, Iran, Russia, Venezuela, Ohio, Sutton
At stake is the role of a wide spectrum of players, from fintech firms to card companies and established banks. Walmart's Fintech startup One is now offering BNPL loans in Secaucus, New Jersey. Buy now, pay later has gained popularity with consumers for everyday items as well as larger purchases. A Capital One Walmart credit card sign is seen at a store in Mountain View, California, United States on Tuesday, November 19, 2019. Meanwhile, Walmart said last year when its lawsuit became public that it would soon announce a new credit card option with "meaningful benefits and rewards."
Persons: Joe Raedle, Goldman Sachs, Omer Ismail, Hugh Son, BNPL, Jason Mikula, Amazon's, Karma, John Furner, John David Rainey, Dot, " Rainey, Rainey, Morgan Stanley, Walmart's, Yichuan Cao Organizations: Walmart, Getty, CNBC, New Jersey Walmart, Apple, Electronics, Adobe Analytics, Bank of Walmart, Robinhood, Walmart U.S, Coastal Community Bank, Capital, PayPal Locations: Hallandale Beach , Florida, Bentonville , Arkansas, Manhattan, Secaucus , New Jersey, New Jersey, U.S, Mountain View , California, United States
Popular payment app scamsAccording to Cash App, some of the most common payment app scams include:Giveaways — Look out for giveaways that require you to complete a "test transaction" on a mobile payment app, especially using hashtags like #cashappgiveaway and #cashappfriday. Based on the specifics, they along with Cash App can advise you on what to do next. Don't forget, payments on Cash App are immediate and you should use caution when sending payments to individuals that you don't know. Can you reverse a Cash App payment you've already made? If your Cash App payment has already been completed, it can't be reversed.
Persons: it's, Cash, you've Organizations: Paypal, Security, Federal Trade Commission
Bank of America reiterates Nvidia as buy Bank of America said it's sticking with the stock as a top pick. Mizuho reiterates Block as buy Mizuho raised its price target on the payment company to $106 per share from $99. Bank of America reiterates Coinbase as underperform. Bank of America reiterates Alphabet as buy Bank of America said "AI innovation [was] on display" at the company's Google Cloud Next event. " Deutsche Bank reiterates Amazon as buy Deutsche said the company is a top pick heading into earnings. "
Persons: Morgan Stanley, Piper Sandler, Tesla, Piper, Zillow, Jefferies, Mizuho, Goldman Sachs, Goldman, TD Cowen, Cowen, William Blair, Vital, Canaccord, Truist Organizations: NVIDIA, " Bank of America, Nvidia, Bank of America, Jefferies, Mizuho, SEC, Barclays, Google, Citi, Pharma, Chevron, Exxon, Vital, Argus, Motors, of America, Deutsche Bank, Amazon, Deutsche, E Corp, National, CN Locations: FCFS, Cava, CAVA, Albemarle, 1Q24, OW
You will receive a W-2 form from your employer if you worked for a paycheck or earned at least $600 in 2023. You can find the 1099-INT form by logging into your bank account and following directions to tax documents. But even if you don't get a form from your exchange, "that doesn't mean you don't need to report it," says Pianoforte. The IRS's frequently asked questions on crypto transactions is also helpful for answering more detailed questions about how to report crypto on your taxes. Form 1098-TIf you're paying college tuition, a 1098-T form will help determine which education-related tax credits you're eligible for.
Persons: doesn't, Pianoforte, filers, Read, haven't, you've, Douglas Boneparth Organizations: Internal Revenue Service, NEC, cryptocurrency, CNBC, Bone
Block CFO Amrita Ahuja sits down with Jim Cramer
  + stars: | 2024-03-22 | by ( Jim Cramer | ) www.cnbc.com   time to read: 1 min
In this videoShare Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailBlock CFO Amrita Ahuja sits down with Jim CramerBlock CFO and COO Amrita Ahuja joins 'Mad Money' host Jim Cramer to talk Cash App, fractional shares, its plan to boost growth and more.
Persons: Amrita Ahuja, Jim Cramer
In this videoShare Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via Email1 in 4 Cash App users are daily users, says Block CFO Amrita AhujaBlock CFO and COO Amrita Ahuja joins 'Mad Money' host Jim Cramer to talk Cash App, fractional shares, its plan to boost growth and more.
Persons: Amrita, Amrita Ahuja, Jim Cramer
Block CFO Amrita Ahuja on Friday told CNBC's Jim Cramer that the company's Cash App payment services are doing well with the younger generation of consumers. The Cash App card, a free Visa debit card, is especially popular with young people, Ahuja said. She explained how Cash App is able to reach the younger generation, citing a families program that allows adults to sponsor accounts for teenagers. Cash App, which brought in a large chunk of the company's revenue last quarter, has a variety of payment offerings and also lets users buy stocks and bitcoin. Ahuja discussed integrating Afterpay services within Cash App, saying it's "an incredible opportunity to bring commerce into Cash App."
Persons: Amrita Ahuja, CNBC's Jim Cramer, Ahuja, Block, Jim Organizations: Cash
Formula 1 has two new team names this season, which follow a trend in the sport to focus on marketing: Visa Cash App RB Formula One Team and Stake F1 Team Kick Sauber. Sauber Motorsport has been racing since 1993 under various names, most recently as Alfa Romeo. “Before Audi’s arrival, we felt it was important to present ourselves with this new identity and to have a commercial partnership in place,” said Alessandro Alunni Bravi, the Stake team representative. “The Sauber Group has been in Formula 1 for 32 years, but this doesn’t mean we have forgotten what Sauber is. “The reality is that we said from the outset last year that we would move closer to the Red Bull family.”
Persons: Romeo, , Alessandro Alunni Bravi, Toro Rosso, Andrea Fairchild, ” Peter Bayer, Bull Organizations: Sauber, Sauber Motorsport, Audi, Sauber Group, Visa
Here are Friday's biggest calls on Wall Street: UBS double-downgrades Rivian The firm said to sell the electric vehicle maker's stock, joining a growing group of concerned analysts following the company's earnings report. Raymond James upgrades Carvana The investment bank moved Carvana to market perform from underperform following the fourth-quarter earnings results. Guggenheim initiates Pfizer The firm opened coverage of the biopharmaceutical stock with a buy rating and $36 price target. " Rosenblatt initiates Adeia The firm began coverage with a buy rating and $15 price target. Roth MKM initiates CPI Card Group Roth MKM started coverage of the financial technology stock with a buy rating and $40 price target.
Persons: Ross, ROST, Raymond James, EBITDA, 4Q23, Guggenheim, ATNI, Morgan Stanley, Brighthouse, Rosenblatt, Roth MKM, Fred Imbert Organizations: UBS, Barclays, CNBC, Citi, Fox, JV, Ross, Price, Pfizer, DRG, Equitable, JPMorgan, Traction, JPMorgan downgrades Locations: 1Q24, Xperi, 4Q22
Block stock rose as much as 14% in extended trading Thursday after the payments company reported fourth-quarter earnings that beat analyst estimates on gross profit and showed strong growth in its Square and Cash App revenue. Revenue: $5.77 billion vs. $5.70 billion expectedBlock posted $2.03 billion in gross profit, up 22% from a year ago. Analysts tend to focus on gross profit as a more accurate measurement of the company's core transactional businesses. Its Cash App business reported $1.18 billion in gross profit, a 25% year-over-year rise. The company, which is run by Jack Dorsey, said its Cash App Card has 23 million monthly actives in December, up 20%.
Persons: Jack Dorsey, Dorsey Organizations: Twitter Inc, Inc, Cash Locations: Miami , Florida
To earn interest on Cash App Savings, you must be at least age 18, have a Cash App personal account, and own a Cash App Card. How Cash App Savings worksYou'll need at least $1 to open Cash App Savings. Cash App Savings FAQsDoes Cash App Savings have interest? Yes, Cash App Savings now pays up to 4.50% APY if you're at least 18 and have a Cash App Card. Money in Cash App Savings is safe if you have a Cash App Card.
Persons: you'll, Cash, There's Organizations: Savings, Cash, FDIC, Wells Fargo Bank, Wells, Milli Bank, First National Bank of, Western Alliance Bank, Western Alliance, Yield, . Western Alliance, BrioDirect, Webster Bank, BrioDirect Savings, Banking, Flagstar Bank Locations: Wells Fargo, First National Bank of Omaha
Citing a filing from Wade's divorce proceedings, attorneys for the defendants alleged that Wade and Willis had an improper relationship. A witness for the defense attorneys alleged Thursday that Willis and Wade's relationship began in 2019. Nathan Wade, the Georgia prosecutor who admitted to a relationship with his colleague, Fulton County DA Fani Willis, in court. Fulton County DA Fani Willis testifies at a hearing Feb. 15 in Atlanta on her relationship with Special Prosecutor Nathan Wade. Most experts were skeptical that the evidence presented Thursday would lead to Willis or Wade being dismissed from the case.
Persons: , Fani Willis, Nathan Wade, Donald Trump, Scott McAfee, Willis, Wade, pugnacious, Mike Roman, Trump, Stephen Gillers, McCaffee, I've, It's, Gillers, Norman Eisen, Trump's, DA Willis, Eisen, Sarah Krissoff, Krissoff, Mark Bederow, wasn't, Bederow, Neama, Cash, Rahmani, Pool Willis, I'm Organizations: Service, Business, Trump, Fulton, New York University, YouTube, Willis Locations: ATLANTA , Georgia, Fulton County, Georgia, Atlanta, New York, Manhattan, California
UBS hiked its price target on Nvidia , citing an attractive valuation and strong demand for its chips. The firm upgraded shares to overweight from neutral and upped its target price by $17 to $68, which implies 24.3% potential upside. He upgraded shares to buy from neutral and increased his price target from £17 to £21. — Pia Singh 5:47 a.m.: UBS hikes Nvidia price target UBS is getting even more bullish on Nvidia ahead of the chipmaker's fiscal fourth-quarter earnings report. Despite the price target increase, Nvidia shares were down 1% in the premarket.
Persons: Riley Securities downgrades, Jeff Lick, Children's, Lick, — Pia Singh, Piper Sandler, Trimble, Clarke Jeffries, Mark Palmer, Palmer, Andrew Baum, Baum, GSK's, Timothy Arcuri, Arcuri, NVDA, Fred Imbert Organizations: CNBC, UBS, Nvidia, Citi, GSK, Riley Securities, Children's, Investment, Block Locations: Lick, Monday's, C2H
Cavan Images | Cavan | Getty Images"Financial sextortion," a type of cybercrime that targets teens and tweens, is on the rise. "Sextortion is a rapidly escalating threat," FBI Director Christopher Wray told the Senate Judiciary Committee in December. Financial sextortion is the fastest-growing crime targeting children in North America and Australia, according to the Network Contagion Research Institute. Wealthy parents are more likely to be lenient about social media use. How to protect your kids from sextortion
Persons: Christopher Wray, Sen, Dick Durbin, Criminals, Tracy Kitten, Kitten, didn't, Oladosu, sextortion Organizations: Getty, FBI, Finance, Network, Research, Yahoo Boys, Meta, Strategy, U.S, YouTube Locations: Cavan, North America, Australia, African, U.S, Nigerian, bitcoin, sextortion
7:08 a.m.: BTIG upgrades Block to buy, bullish on Cash App and Square growth Analyst Andrew Harte upgraded Block to buy from neutral, saying margins are poised to expand. His $85 price target implies shares could gain more than 23%. Braziler's new price target of $72, higher by $10, suggests about 2.7% potential upside over the next 12 months. That is equivalent to $12B revenue or 800k units," wrote analyst Srini Pajjuri. Morgan Stanley raised its price target on Citigroup to $65 from $46, implying upside of 20.1% over the next 12 months.
Persons: Morgan Stanley, Goldman Sachs, Andrew Harte, Harte, Cash, — Pia Singh, Timur Braziler, , Braziler, WAL, Oppenheimer, Brian Nagel, Nagel, Raymond James, Adam Tindle, Tindle, CrowdStrike, Batya Levi, Levi, EBITDA, Raymond James downgrades, Srini Pajjuri, Fred Imbert, Goldman Sachs Morgan Stanley, Betsy Graseck, Graseck, Goldman Organizations: CNBC, Bank of America, Citigroup, UBS, Spotify, Western Alliance, Alliance Bancorp, Palo Alto Networks, AMD, BofA, Global Banking, Markets Locations: Wells Fargo Wells, CY23, Basel
While Dorsey did not specify the number of Block employees laid off on Tuesday, a person familiar with the company said the number was close to 1,000. Dorsey did say that the layoffs focused on Block workers at Cash App, Foundational, and Square. Staffers were told separately that Block would look to reduce head count by about 10%, as BI reported. Google and Amazon made significant cuts to head count, while Meta is slimming down more roundaboutly by eliminating certain job titles and telling affected workers they can reapply. You can read Dorsey's full note to Block staff below:Team,Today our Cash App, Foundational, and Square teams are parting ways with a large number of our teammates.
Persons: Jack Dorsey, Dorsey, Cash, Kali Hays Organizations: Business, Cash, BI, Google, Amazon, Meta, Marketing, Creative Locations: Commerce, khays@insider.com
Visa has taken over the title sponsorship of Red Bull's second team, which has been called Scuderia AlphaTauri since 2020 when Red Bull put its fashion label on its two junior cars. The team said Wednesday it will be called Visa Cash App RB F1 Team when Daniel Ricciardo and Yuki Tsunoda start the season. The team was known as Scuderia Toro Rosso — the Italian translation of Red Bull — from its 2006 debut season until 2020. Visa's deal with Red Bull is for three years, its senior vice president of global sponsorship strategy told The Associated Press. Visa becomes the third billion-dollar American company to join Red Bull as a sponsor in the last two years; Oracle is the title sponsor of the main two Red Bull cars, while Hard Rock International also launched a partnership.
Persons: Red, Red Bull, Daniel Ricciardo, Yuki Tsunoda, Toro Rosso —, Bull, Andrea Fairchild, ” Fairchild, , , Max Verstappen, Sergio Perez, there's, Catherine Ferdon, Cash Organizations: Visa, Formula, Red, Racing, Sauber, Red Bull's, Associated Press, F1 Academy, Red Bull, Oracle, Hard, American Express, Meta, , NFL, F1, Brand Locations: United States, America
CNN —Venmo, Cash App, PayPal, Zelle and other payment apps may be convenient ways to send cash with a few taps of your smartphone, but they’re a breeding grounds for theft, Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg tells CNN. Bragg says he’s seen so many instances of criminals using payment apps as a crime of opportunity. The passenger would ask to put in a new address into the Lyft driver’s phone and once inside, they would transfer the in-app earnings to their own bank accounts using Cash App, the records show. Once in custody, investigators found that the pair has sent themselves $1,749 using Cash App, the records show. Bragg said his team has been trying to get the word out in recent years and have heard from victims who never came forward during outreach campaigns about cash app thefts.
Persons: CNN —, Attorney Alvin Bragg, swindlers, Bragg, Sen, Elizabeth Warren’s, , ” Bragg, Zelle, he’s, It’s, Organizations: CNN, PayPal, Attorney, Consumer Financial Locations: Manhattan, New York, Zelle, Los Angeles, Boston
Barbara Furlow-Smiles attends the 2020 Sisters' Awards at Skirball Cultural Center in Los Angeles on March 8, 2020. A former global diversity strategist at Facebook pled guilty to wire fraud after stealing more than $4 million from the social media giant "to fund a lavish lifestyle" in California and Georgia, federal prosecutors said. In some instances, Furlow-Smiles had Facebook pay people who did not give her kickbacks, in one case directing $10,000 to an artist for specialty portraits, and more than $18,000 to a preschool for tuition, prosecutors said. As part of the scheme, Furlow-Smiles linked PayPal, Venmo and Cash App accounts to her Facebook credit cards and used those accounts to pay friends, relatives and other associates for goods and services purportedly provided to Facebook. Furlow-Smiles, who was not Facebook's top DEI executive, pled guilty in Atlanta federal court on Monday.
Persons: Barbara Furlow, Smiles, Furlow, Ryan Buchanan, Meta, Lance Clarke Organizations: Attorney's, Facebook Diversity, Equity, Facebook, PayPal, . U.S, Meta, CNBC, CNBC PRO Locations: Los Angeles, Atlanta, California, Georgia, .
How to send a digital gift card on Amazon, Venmo or Cash App
  + stars: | 2023-12-05 | by ( Jake Piazza | In | ) www.cnbc.com   time to read: +1 min
It's easy to give a digital gift card that can save you in a pinch. Many of the popular money transfer services let you send cash to anyone you choose. You can use those platforms to send a digital gift card for popular vendors such as Starbucks , Lululemon and Nordstrom . Instead of sending $20 in cash on PayPal -owned Venmo, I sent him a $20 Chipotle gift card through Venmo. Here's how to send a digital gift card if you feel the same way.
Organizations: Nordstrom, Bank of America, PayPal
AdvertisementThis as-told-to story is based on a conversation with Owen Dwyer, an Instacart shopper in Maryland. Business Insider has verified his identity and employment; corroborated details of the stabbing through police records; and viewed messages from Instacart support and insurance claims Dwyer filed after he was stabbed. Instacart's insurance provider responded to Dwyer's second claim after Business Insider reached out to Instacart for comment on this story. Dwyer told Business Insider he had not received an estimated payment total as of press time. "The safety of the entire Instacart community is incredibly important to us, and we take immediate action when we receive reports of violence against any member of the Instacart community," an Instacart spokesperson told Business Insider.
Persons: Instacart, , Owen Dwyer, Dwyer, I'd, doesn't, I'm, It's, I've, who've Organizations: Walmart, Service, Instacart, Chrysler, Costco, CVS, Business Locations: Maryland, Baltimore, pec, Instacart
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