Bank of America Corp shares closed at $49.83 on Friday, falling 4.72%. The stock hit a low of $49.32 during the session. Turnover reached roughly 77.7 million shares, breaking a two-day winning streak.
U.S. markets are closed on Thursday for Christmas Day, but financial services stocks still head into the final stretch of 2025 with plenty of momentum—and no shortage of catalysts. In the last U.S. session before the holiday, the Dow and S&P 500 closed at record highs, and financials were among the day’s best-performing sectors, helped by a lift in bank stocks during thin, year-end trading. Reuters
US-listed payments and fintech stocks head into the next trading week with two forces pulling in opposite directions: a Federal Reserve that just delivered another rate cut — but is signaling patience from here — and a market bracing for a backlog of delayed economic reports that could quickly rewrite the “soft landing vs. slowdown” narrative. Reuters+1
Block, Inc. has had a wild end to 2025. After a sharp selloff on disappointing third‑quarter earnings and fresh regulatory scrutiny of its Afterpay buy-now-pay-later unit, the stock is now trading near the low $60s — roughly 30% below where it started the year and far below its 2021 highs.Investopedia+2StockAnalysis+2
Bitcoin is back in the political and payments spotlight, and few people sit closer to the action than Jack Dorsey. As of December 4, 2025, the Block and former Twitter CEO is using his payments empire, his policy clout and even his messaging apps to push one core idea: Bitcoin should be money, not just an investment.
Solana traded around $145.88 as of publication on Thursday, November 13, 2025, after a volatile session that pushed intraday lows near $141.47 and highs around $157.05. That leaves SOL down by about 5% from the prior 24 hours. CoinGecko
Block, Inc. fell sharply after Q3 2025 results as Square’s profit growth trailed payment volumes, even as Cash App surged. Here are today’s headlines, the key numbers, and what to watch this week—including Cash App Releases on Nov. 13 and Investor Day on Nov. 19.
Block, Inc. shares fell about 15% in premarket trading on Friday after the company posted mixed third‑quarter results and profitability at the Square seller business trailed its volume growth. Square’s gross payments volume rose 12% year over year, but its gross‑profit growth slowed to ~9%, a dynamic that concerned investors heading into the session. Reuters