XYZBlock, Inc.
At Block, Inc. (together with its subsidiaries, "Block" or "we"), we are building technology that enables people and businesses to participate more fully in the economy. 10-K, Item 1
- Employees
- 10,205
- Headquarters
- Oakland, CA
- CEO
- Jack Dorsey
- Next results
- around Feb 25, 2027
17 paragraphs in Risk Factors of the 10-K filed Feb 26, 2026 with nothing like them in the 10-K filed Feb 24, 2025. Quoted exactly. Paragraphs that were only edited are under 10-K change.
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•our recently announced workforce reduction and related reorganization, including the potential for increased reliance on proactive intelligence and artificial intelligence tools;
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•obligations and restrictions as a licensed money transmitter and virtual currency business;
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Our recently announced workforce reduction and related reorganization, including the potential for increased reliance on proactive intelligence and artificial intelligence tools, may not achieve their intended benefits and could adversely affect our business, financial condition and results of operations.
In February 2026 we announced a workforce reduction restructuring plan designed to better align our organizational structure with our operating model and strategic priorities. As part of this plan, we expect an increased reliance on automation, proactive intelligence capabilities and AI tools that we believe will enhance productivity and maintain operational efficiency. In addition, these actions will result in severance and other restructuring charges, and may require additional investments in technology and systems. We may not realize the expected cost savings, operating efficiencies or other anticipated benefits of these initiatives within the anticipated timeframe, or at all.
The workforce reduction and reorganization may disrupt our operations and adversely affect employee morale and productivity. The departure of employees, including experienced personnel, may result in the loss of institutional knowledge and expertise, and remaining employees may experience increased workloads, which could lead to increased error rates, reduced innovation and attrition of key talent. Our ability to successfully operate with a reduced workforce is expected to depend in part on the effectiveness, reliability and adoption of our proactive intelligence and AI tools. These technologies may not perform as expected, may require more time or expense to implement effectively, may introduce operational or cybersecurity risks, or may fail to enhance productivity and maintain operational efficiency as expected. These actions could increase the risk of operational disruptions, service interruptions, control failures or other significant events, particularly during transition periods, as responsibilities are reassigned and processes are adjusted. We expect to continue to invest in employees we wish to retain and attract, including through increased compensation. In addition, evolving regulatory requirements and public scrutiny relating to AI technologies could increase compliance costs or limit our ability to deploy such tools as intended.
We may also incur additional costs not currently contemplated, including costs related to technology implementation, operational disruptions, employee claims, regulatory compliance, or other matters arising from the workforce reduction and reorganization. We may also suffer indirect harm to our business as a result of reputational harm or concerns our customers have regarding the use of AI. Any failure to successfully implement these actions, or any unintended consequences resulting from them, could result in delays in product development or strategic initiatives and could materially and adversely affect our business, financial condition and results of operations.
In addition, any reassignment of responsibilities, together with potential increased reliance on automation and AI tools to support certain legal, regulatory compliance and risk management functions, may limit our capacity and introduce additional oversight risks. If such tools do not perform as anticipated or are not effectively implemented and monitored, our ability to maintain effective governance, compliance, and risk processes during and after the transition could be impaired, which could increase the risk of regulatory inquiries, investigations, litigation, enforcement actions, control deficiencies and penalties.
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The development and use of AI in our products may result in reputational and competitive harm and could adversely impact our business.
We have incorporated and expect to continue to incorporate AI technologies, including generative AI and AI agents, into our products and technologies. Our use of AI depends on third-party large language models that we do not control, and these models may generate inaccurate, biased, or unexpected outputs that conflict with our business objectives or brand standards.
Consumer and societal attitudes toward AI are evolving and there is a risk that customers, regulators or the public may perceive AI technologies negatively. Concerns about automation, privacy, security, bias, transparency, flawed datasets, or other ethical considerations could reduce trust in our products and services or deter customer adoption of AI-enabled features in our products or services. Our customers and sellers may become increasingly reliant on AI outputs in our products and services when making financial or operational decisions. AI-enabled features in our products may generate outputs that could be interpreted as regulated advice, even if unintended or automated. If such AI outputs are, or are perceived to be, inaccurate, biased, flawed, or otherwise determined as providing regulated advice without appropriate authorization, we could face reputational harm, regulatory scrutiny, enforcement actions or liability claims, any of which could materially and adversely affect our business, financial condition, and results of operations.
Similar paragraph at 1 of 75 other Financials companies: COINOur ability to develop and deploy AI features depends on the availability and pricing of third-party AI models, tools, and technical infrastructure, and increases in such costs or constraints on availability could adversely affect our ability to scale and our business. Further, evolving and inconsistent legal frameworks governing AI across different jurisdictions, such as the EU AI Act, other international regimes, and emerging U.S. state regulations may create conflicting compliance obligations, all of which may impose additional costs on us, increase our risk of liability and fines, and may require us to modify, limit, or withdraw certain AI-enabled products or services in particular markets, and adversely affect our ability to scale globally.
Our AI initiatives may not improve efficiency, performance, or profitability as expected, and may underperform or fail entirely due to technological limitations, regulatory requirements, or other factors. If our investments in AI do not produce expected benefits, our operating results and long-term growth could be materially and adversely affected.
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Revenue generated by our loan products such as Square Loans, as well as Cash App Borrow, and our BNPL products depends on our ability to recoup the loan amount and to effectively manage risk. Square Loans is our commercial lending program. Cash App Borrow is a consumer credit product, allowing our Cash App customers access to short-term loans for a fee. Our BNPL products facilitate commerce between retail merchants and consumers by allowing retail merchant clients to offer their customers the ability to buy goods and services on a BNPL basis. Our loan products are generally unsecured obligations of our borrowers. To the extent a seller breaches a contractual obligation, such as the requirement to make minimum payments or other breach, the seller would be liable for an accelerated business loan repayment, and our recourse is generally to the business and not to any individual or other asset. Although we rely on technology to assess repayment capability for our loan products, there can be no guarantee that such assessment processes will accurately predict repayments. If our underwriting processes fail to adequately capture risks or otherwise miscalculate repayment ability, we may experience higher levels of delinquencies, default and credit losses. As we expand into new products, customer segments, and geographies, including offering existing products to borrowers on different repayment terms or expanding product eligibility, or as inflation, economic downturns, or market volatility increases repayment failures, our ability to appropriately evaluate and manage credit risk may be further challenged, and we may experience higher levels of delinquencies or defaults than we have historically experienced, which could negatively impact our business, results of operations, and financial condition.
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In addition, because the servicing fees we receive from third-party investors and lenders depend on the repayment of the loans, if there is an increase in sellers and customers who utilize our loan products who are unable to repay their loans, we will be unable to collect our entire servicing fee for such delinquent loans, which could negatively impact our business.
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Our technologies or features may be licensed under commercial, non-commercial, or open-source terms to third parties for use in their own products and services. Despite implementing technical safeguards and contractual restrictions, we have limited visibility into how such technologies or features are used, and any misuse for harmful, illegal, or competitive purposes could expose us to reputational, financial, or legal harm.
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We are subject to the periodic examination of our domestic and foreign tax returns by the Internal Revenue Service, and state, local, and foreign tax authorities, some of whom are challenging our tax positions. We regularly assess the likelihood of adverse outcomes from these examinations in determining the adequacy of our provision for income taxes and other tax liabilities. We consider many factors when evaluating and estimating our tax positions and tax benefits, which may require periodic adjustments and may not accurately forecast actual tax audit outcomes. If the ultimate determination of income and other tax liabilities differ from the amounts recorded or accrued, our business, financial condition or results of operations may be adversely impacted.
Tax laws are routinely re-examined and evaluated globally. New laws and interpretations of such laws are taken into account to the extent they are applicable to us. Tax authorities are increasingly scrutinizing the tax positions of companies and we have tax audits pending in several jurisdictions. The U.S. federal and state governments, countries in the European Union, as well as a number of other countries and organizations such as the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (“OECD”), are actively considering changes to existing tax laws that, if enacted, could increase our tax obligations in jurisdictions where we do business, including a 15% global minimum tax (Pillar Two) that has been implemented by several countries and is being considered for implementation by other jurisdictions. On January 5, 2026, the OECD announced a “side-by-side” elective safe harbor that exempts U.S.-parented multinational entities from some of the Pillar Two rules (including the fifteen percent global minimum tax) for fiscal years beginning on or after January 1, 2026. If U.S. or other tax authorities change applicable tax laws or successfully challenge how or where our profits are currently recognized, our overall taxes could increase, and our business, financial condition or results of operations may be adversely impacted.
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New in the latest 10-Q
10 paragraphs in the 10-Q filed Nov 3, 2026 with nothing like them in the 10-Q filed Aug 5, 2026 (at least half the words must differ; new numbers alone do not count). Quoted exactly, grouped by the item heading above them. This is text that changed, not a judgement of how serious it is.
Financial statements and notes
(i) Beginning in the third quarter of 2026, Square Financial Services began issuing brokered certificates of deposit through third-party broker-dealers acting as placement agents. Brokered certificates of deposit are issued at par, bear interest at fixed rates with interest and principal payable at maturity, and had contractual maturities of twelve months or less at issuance. As of September 30, 2026, brokered certificates of deposit outstanding at par were $ 381.4 million, with a weighted average interest rate of 4.09 %. Interest expense on brokered certificates of deposit is included within financial solutions cost of revenue on the condensed consolidated statements of operations. Fees paid to broker-dealers in connection with the issuances are deferred within other current assets on the condensed consolidated balance sheets and amortized to financial solutions cost of revenue on the condensed consolidated statements of operations over the contractual term of the related brokered certificates of deposit.
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As of the maturity date on May 1, 2026, no principal amount of the 2026 Convertible Notes had been converted and the Company paid $ 575.0 million in cash to repay the outstanding principal balance. There were no 2026 Convertible Note Hedges exercised, and no shares of the Company's Class A common stock were received. The 2026 Convertible Note Hedges expired upon maturity of the 2026 Convertible Notes.
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In conjunction with the 2026 Convertible Notes offering, the Company sold the 2026 Warrants whereby the counterparties had the option to purchase a total of approximately 1.9 million shares of the Company's Class A common stock at a price of $ 368.16 per share. The 2026 Warrants expired evenly over a 60 trading day period starting on August 3, 2026 and ending on October 26, 2026. None of the warrants were exercised as of September 30, 2026, or through the final expiration date.
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In March 2026, the DOJ presented the Company with potential terms for resolving its inquiry. In October 2026, the Company and the DOJ reached an agreement in principle to resolve the matter pursuant to a deferred prosecution agreement ("DPA"), under which the DOJ will defer, for a period of three years, a charge that the Company failed to maintain an effective anti-money laundering program in violation of the Bank Secrecy Act. If the Company fully complies with the obligations to be set forth in the DPA during its three-year term, the DOJ will move to dismiss with prejudice the deferred charges under the agreement. The DPA is expected to set forth a gross monetary component of approximately $ 964 million and require a net monetary payment of approximately $ 764 million based on credit for prior regulatory resolutions.
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The resolution remains subject to reaching a final agreement satisfactory to all parties and court approval. The Company has accrued $ 764 million for this matter as of September 30, 2026.
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Beginning in the third quarter of 2026, Square Financial Services began issuing brokered certificates of deposit through third-party broker-dealers as a supplementary source of funding for its lending and other interest-earning activities. As of September 30, 2026, $381.4 million par value of brokered certificates of deposit were outstanding, all with contractual maturities of twelve months or less and a weighted average interest rate of 4.09%. Principal and interest on the certificates are payable at maturity, and the Company expects to repay or refinance maturing certificates through new issuances, Square Financial Services deposit growth, and other available liquidity. Square Financial Services' ability to accept, renew, or roll over brokered certificates of deposit is conditioned on maintaining its well-capitalized status under FDIC regulations.
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Risk Factors
Square Financial Services issues brokered certificates of deposit as a supplementary source of funding for its lending and other interest-earning activities. The availability and cost of this funding are sensitive to interest rates and market conditions, and Square Financial Services may be unable to replace maturing brokered certificates of deposit on favorable terms or at all. If Square Financial Services were to cease to be well capitalized under FDIC regulations, its ability to accept, renew, or roll over brokered deposits could be restricted or prohibited. Any reduction in the availability of, or increase in the cost of, this funding could adversely affect Square Financial Services’ liquidity, increase funding costs, constrain lending activities, and adversely affect our business and results of operations.
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Certain state and local tax authorities have challenged, and may continue to challenge, our treatment of bitcoin sale proceeds, business activity classifications, and apportionment methodologies under gross receipts and other tax regimes. We have paid certain assessments under protest and are pursuing administrative and judicial remedies. An adverse resolution could result in additional tax, penalties and interest for prior or future periods, impairment of related deposit assets, higher ongoing tax obligations, and material charges in a particular reporting period.
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Tax laws are routinely re-examined and evaluated globally. New laws and interpretations of such laws are taken into account to the extent they are applicable to us. Tax authorities are increasingly scrutinizing the tax positions of companies and we have tax audits pending in several jurisdictions.
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We expect to enter into a deferred prosecution agreement ("DPA") with the DOJ. The DPA would require us to make a monetary payment and is expected to last for three years. Any breach of the DPA, could subject us to prosecution on the deferred charge, or additional penalties. Refer to Note 16, Commitments and Contingencies within Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements for further details on regulatory and litigation matters.
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The 10-Q's risk factors against the 10-K
Item 1A of the 10-Q filed Nov 3, 2026 against Item 1A of the 10-K filed Feb 26, 2026.
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The following description of risk factors includes any material changes to, and supersedes the description of, risk factors associated with the Company’s business previously disclosed in Part I, Item 1A of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2025 under the heading “Risk Factors.”
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