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Oppenheimer Upgrades Square On Massive Digital Shift In Commerce
Thursday, September 24, 2020 - 12:25pm | 259Read More...Square Inc’s (NYSE: SQ) business model positions the company to sustain “elevated growth levels for multiple years,” according to Oppenheimer. The Square Analyst: Jed Kelly upgraded Square's stock from Perform to Outperform, while establishing the price target of $185....
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Fintech Focus Roundup For August 15, 2020
Sunday, August 16, 2020 - 10:52am | 1077Read More...American Express In Talks With Kabbage Over Acquisition What Is Happening? American Express is in talks with Kabbage, an online fintech lender backed by Softbank, over an $850 million acquisition. What Does It Mean? "From the customer’s standpoint, this is likely to lead to better fees...
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Wall Street Loves Square's Cash App Growth
Wednesday, August 5, 2020 - 12:58pm | 553Read More...Square Inc (NYSE: SQ) gained 9% on Wednesday after the company reported huge jumps in Cash App customers and revenue. Square released its second-quarter earnings a day early on Tuesday after they were leaked after the market close. Square reported adjusted EPS of 18 cents on $1.9 billion in...
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Fintech Focus For June 30, 2020
Tuesday, June 30, 2020 - 9:37am | 1683Read More...Daily Perspective: If life were predictable it would cease to be life, and be without flavor. - Eleanor Roosevelt Fintech Movers: Uber Technologies Inc.’s financial services leader Peter Hazlehurst is calling it quits as the ride-hailing giant focuses on rides and food delivery, and ices...
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Square Faces Risk From Struggling Smaller Businesses, BofA Says In Double Downgrade
Monday, May 18, 2020 - 10:53am | 378Read More...Shares of Square Inc (NYSE: SQ) have gained around 28% year to date. Although the gradual reopening of the U.S. economy may be an incremental positive for brick-and-mortar merchants, small- and mid-sized companies have yet to witness a trough in churn, according to BofA Securities....
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Evercore ISI Upgrades Square's Stock, Says Valuation Is 'Fair & Square'
Monday, March 23, 2020 - 2:29pm | 560Read More...Square Inc (NYSE: SQ) shares are down more than 52% in the past month, but the stock got a much-needed Wall Street upgrade on Monday. The Square Analyst Evercore ISI analyst Rayna Kumar upgraded Square from Underperform to In Line, but cut her price target from $57 to $39. The Square Thesis Kumar...
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Straight Cash: Analysts Bullish On Square's Q4 Earnings, Outlook
Thursday, February 27, 2020 - 3:25pm | 797Read More...Square Inc (NYSE: SQ) reported fourth-quarter results highlighted by an earnings beat and a bullish outlook of its Cash App. Square reported fourth-quarter cash earnings per share (CEPS) of 23 cents on total revenue of $1.31 billion versus expectations of 21 cents and $1.19 billion. Transaction-...
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100 Thieves Opens Esports Training Compound, Gives Naming Rights To Cash App
Wednesday, January 22, 2020 - 6:42pm | 430Read More...Esports company 100 Thieves, a project of the rapper Drake and former professional "Call of Duty" player Matthew “Nadeshot” Haag, has opened a training compound and headquarters in Los Angeles in hopes of gaining an advantage in competitive esports. The company rolled out...
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Macquarie Out Bullish On Square, Likes Cash App's Prospects
Tuesday, November 26, 2019 - 1:15pm | 399Read More...An upcoming marketing effort and momentum in the instant payment space from its Cash App could mean Square Inc (NYSE: SQ) is set for a better 2020 than company officials are projecting, Macquarie said Tuesday. The Analyst Macquarie's Dan Dolev initiated coverage on Square with an Outperform...
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Wall Street Weighs In On Square Earnings, Cash App And More
Thursday, November 7, 2019 - 11:11am | 780Read More...Square Inc (NYSE: SQ) traded higher on Thursday after the company topped third-quarter EPS and revenue estimates and raised its full-year revenue and EPS guidance. The new EPS guidance range for the fourth quarter came up short of consensus analyst estimates. In addition to reporting earnings...
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Square's Cash App Rolls Out Free Fractional Stock Trading
Friday, October 25, 2019 - 8:50am | 476Read More...Hardly a month after moving to acquire an API broker, Square Inc (NYSE: SQ) announced the rollout of fractional stock trading services on its Cash App. What Happened Cash App has facilitated bitcoin purchases since 2017. Now it’s bringing expensive, otherwise inaccessible stocks within reach...
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4 Money Apps That Will Eliminate Cash
Monday, September 9, 2019 - 11:39am | 666Read More...On a broad scale, the fintech space is both diversifying and growing quickly both nationally and beyond. The payments space specifically continues to reap new and innovative technology to aid in everyday money management. Ahead of the Benzinga Global Fintech Awards on Nov. 19 in New York City, the...
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Why Square Is Guggenheim's Top Fintech Pick
Wednesday, August 29, 2018 - 11:35am | 516Read More...Square Inc (NYSE: SQ) is a lot more than a simple payment processor, in Guggenheim's view: the company's ever-expanding list of products and services makes it the analyst firm's "highest conviction name in fintech." The Analyst Guggenheim's Jeff Cantwell maintained a Buy...
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Square's 'Astronomical' Valuation No Longer A Concern For Buckingham
Monday, August 6, 2018 - 10:52am | 430Read More...Heading into Square Inc (NYSE: SQ)'s earnings report last Wednesday, Buckingham struggled with recommending the stock at an "astronomic" valuation of 57 times consensus 2020 EPS. Now that the stock is exiting a strong earnings report, the valuation "doesn't look as expensive...
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It's Hip To Be Square: Credit Suisse Double Upgrades, Morgan Stanley Lifts Price Target
Thursday, July 19, 2018 - 10:37am | 740Read More...Square Inc (NYSE: SQ) received some support from Street analysts Thursday as Credit Suisse turned bullish on the stock and Morgan Stanley lifted its price target. The Analysts Credit Suisse's Paul Condra upgraded Square from Neutral to Outperform with a price target lifted from $44 to $81...














