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H&R Block, Inc., or H&R Block, is an American tax preparation company operating in Canada, the United States, and Australia. The company was founded in 1955 in Kansas City, Missouri , by brothers Henry W. Bloch and Richard Bloch .
Jones took his first chief executive post when became president and CEO of H&R Block, a Kansas City, Missouri-based tax preparer, on October 9, 2017. [ 14 ] [ 17 ] He replaced Tom Gerke, who was interim CEO following the retirement of former CEO Bill Cobb.
Exclusive: Employees at Jack Dorsey’s Block were ordered not to discuss board member Jay-Z amid more layoffs. Kali Hays. Updated November 7, 2024 at 8:28 PM. Jay-Z in London in 2024.
In November 2008, the company acquired H&R Block Financial Advisors for $315 million, and the asset management firm J. & W. Seligman & Co. for $400 million. [7] In 2009, Ameriprise acquired Standard Chartered Bank's World Express Funds investment funds business, providing Threadneedle with an established Luxembourg-based SICAV platform with ...
A spokesperson for Block said the company has a "responsible and extensive compliance program" and that it regularly adapts its practices to meet "emerging threats and an evolving sanctions ...
Lee created the mobile payment service Cash App in 2013 while he was working at Block, formerly known as Square. The app is a digital wallet which allows users to send, receive or save money.
Block, Inc. (formerly Square, Inc. [10]) is an American technology company that provides financial services to consumers and merchants. [11] [12] [13] Founded in 2009 by Jack Dorsey, it is the U.S. market leader in point-of-sale systems.
James Morgan McKelvey Jr. (born 1965 or 1966 [1]) is an American billionaire businessman who co-founded Block, Inc. McKelvey was appointed as an independent director of the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis in January 2017. [2] As of July 2023, his net worth was estimated at US$2 billion. [3]