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By Karen Roman Shift4 Payments, Inc. (NYSE: FOUR) said second quarter gross revenue increased 34% to $1.295 billion compared to the year prior, with volume up 22% to reach $61 billion. Net income was $24 million and net income per share was $0.08 on a basic and diluted basis, while gross profit rose 53% to […] The post Shift4 Q2 Revenue Surges 34%, Adjusts 2026 Outlook appeared first on ExecEdge.

The fintech company posted 25% gross profit growth and a record adjusted operating income margin of 27% in the second quarter

Block Inc (XYZ) delivered a stellar Q2 with gross profit up 25% and adjusted EPS up 65%, prompting a raise in full-year guidance.

Block's Q2 earnings beat expectations, months after Jack Dorsey's controversial 40% AI-driven layoffs, potentially setting a precedent.

Block (XYZ) delivered earnings and revenue surprises of +18.61% and +1.25%, respectively, for the quarter ended June 2026. Do the numbers hold clues to what lies ahead for the stock?

Block raised its full-year guidance and reported higher second-quarter revenue as growth in its commerce and financial solutions businesses helped to offset declines in Bitcoin.

Block stock fell amid Q2 earnings and revenue that topped consensus estimates while profit guidance met expectations.

Third Point Management, a New York-based investment advisor, released its second-quarter 2026 investor letter. A copy is available to download here. Third Point’s flagship Offshore Fund returned 7.7% in Q2 2026, outperforming the hedge fund index but trailing broader equity benchmarks. Second Quarter returns benefited from strong performance in semiconductors, memory, semiconductor equipment, power infrastructure, […]

A federal judge blocked Minnesota's prediction market ban, ruling it preempted by federal law, hours after Kalshi lost a separate motion in NY.

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Visa plans to cut 7% of its workforce, or ‌about 2,600 jobs, Bloomberg News reported ‌on Tuesday, citing a staff memo, as the payments ​processor seeks to become more efficient in a challenging industry. AI has ⁠helped cut repetitive tasks and speed up product development, but it ⁠was not the sole factor behind the decision, Bloomberg reported, citing a person ​familiar with ​the company's reasoning. Earlier this year, peer Mastercard announced plans ‌to lay off 4% ​of its global workforce, ​citing the ​need to refocus investments in different ‌areas.

Investors can debate if S&P 500 CEOs deserve their sky-high pay packages. But not all CEOs get such princely sums.

Uber just cut a chunk of its customer service workforce in the name of AI efficiency, and it is far from alone. The real question is whether these scattered layoffs signal the early edge of a wave that could reshape employment across entire industries.

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Block, Inc. (NYSE: XYZ), the Bitcoin (BTC)-centric financial technology company founded by Jack Dorsey, launched a new platform called Buzz on July 21. Built on the Nostr protocol, Buzz is a free, decentralized, and open-source platform where employees and artificial intelligence ...

Block is set to report Q2 earnings next month, and analysts expect its EPS to dip by double digits.

Investing.com -- Stripe could gain consumer reach, merchant-processing scale and a stronger stablecoin position by acquiring PayPal Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ:PYPL), though analysts at Cantor Fitzgerald, Bernstein and Mizuho questioned whether the reported $60.50-per-share offer would secure a deal.

Block (XYZ) could see stronger earnings growth as Cash App Borrow drives higher monetization, engage

Payments company Stripe and private equity firm Advent International reportedly made an offer to acquire PayPal at $60.50 per share in a deal that would value the payments giant at more than $53 billion.

Since the AI hiring correction took hold, tens of thousands of employees have watched their jobs disappear, despite the companies that cut them posting some of the strongest earnings in their history. Oracle (ORCL) eliminated 21,000 positions over the past year, even as its full-year adjusted ...

AI disruption is a hot earnings call topic.

Following the footsteps of major cryptocurrency companies like Block (NYSE: XYZ), Ethereum Foundation, Coinbase Global (Nasdaq: COIN), and MARA Holdings (Nasdaq: MARA), another firm has decided to fire staff. Launched in 2011, BitGo Holdings (NYSE: BTGO) is a crypto ...

Michael Burry is betting PayPal's deeply discounted valuation and strong cash generation will eventually outweigh investor skepticism.

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Bitcoin, XRP, and other cryptocurrencies were falling again early Friday as digital assets got caught up in the tech selloff, compounding a bad week. Bitcoin the world’s largest crypto, fell as low as $61,300 before climbing back to $62,500–down 1% over the past 24 hours, according to CoinDesk data. The digital asset has slumped 14% this week and is now more than 50% down from its record high of $126,272 reached in October last year.

It has become a pattern. A public company lays off employees and says it has found new efficiencies due to AI. Its stock trades higher immediately. This happened yesterday. The job loss count was modest. Groupon (NASDAQ: GRPN) cut 400 people, but the cut was high relative to its overall employee count. It employs a ... Another Company Trades AI Layoffs For Stock Price

More diversified companies are expected to adopt Bitcoin as part of treasury diversification and fiat currency hedging strategies, Grayscale’s Head of Research says.

INTU tops Q3 estimates as TurboTax, Credit Karma and QuickBooks Online fuel growth, prompting higher fiscal 2026 guidance.

Jason Calacanis used Block (NYSE:XYZ) as a case study on a recent This Week in Startups episode to argue that AI-driven productivity gains have become a prisoner’s dilemma for every public company CEO. Block cut over 4,000 people in February 2026, taking headcount from over 10,000 to under 6,000. Three months later, the company posted ... Block’s 40% Layoffs Will Drive 62% Earnings Growth: ‘If You Don’t Have Time to Use AI, You Don’t Have a Job’

AI is rarely the sole reason companies cite when taking layoffs, with most still pointing to wider corporate restructuring or macroeconomic headwinds. On Wednesday, Cisco Systems announced plans to cut under 4,000 jobs, or about 5% of its workforce. The announcement arrived the same day the tech giant unveiled record revenue for its third fiscal quarter, amid soaring demand for its AI tools and infrastructure.