Block’s Credit Score Play: Can Cash App Score Replace FICO?

Block announced it’s selling its Cash App Score to third-party lenders. It could be one of the more interesting ...

We finally tried the screen time blocking app Brick that everyone is obsessed with and now we’re obsessed too

The Brick is a physical and digital device that can block apps on your phone, but does it really work? Five NBC Select ...

Analog-obsessed Gen Zers are buying $40 app blockers to limit their social media use and take a break from the 'slot machine in your pocket'

App-blocking devices like Bloom and Brick promise to improve focus and decrease compulsive phone checks by making social media harder to access.
USA Today

Cash App parent company Block fined $40 million amid money laundering allegations

Block XYZ.N will pay a $40 million civil fine and hire an independent monitor to settle charges by New York's financial services regulator that it failed to adequately police and stop money laundering ...
Reuters

US CFPB fines Cash App-parent Block over insufficient fraud protection

CFPB says Block deployed weak security protocols on Cash App Block ordered to pay up to $120 mln as compensation, $55 mln penalty Company says it disagrees with regulator's 'mischaracterizations' Jan ...
SFGate

Bay Area company ordered to pay at least $75 million to wronged Cash App customers

The financial tech company is required to pay at least $75 million to Cash App customers and $55 million to a government-run penalty fund under a Thursday order from the Consumer Financial Protection ...