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In a candid chat with SmartCompany Plus, Pfisterer outlined several key factors to have contributed to his success, and Zeller’s ongoing progress.

Block, the American fintech giant which acquired Afterpay in a $39 billion deal, has "misled" investors on key business metrics and "embraced predatory offerings", according to a new report from infamous shortsellers Hindenburg Research.

CEOs and politicians 'taking responsibility' for their errors is especially masterful as it never involves taking any actual responsibility.

In five years, we will look back fondly on the BNPL sector much like we reminisce on the follies of the mid-2000s bubble like Babcock & Brown or Allco, or the dot com insanity of 1999, says Adam Schwab.

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Twitter says its embarrassed and disappointed by a social engineering hack that saw the information of the world's wealthiest and most powerful leaked.

Unemployment rates aren't all they seem, Aussie-founded self-driving car startup is up for sale, and jeweller Michael Hill feels the bite of COVID-19.

Twitter boss Jack Dorsey has pledged to donate US$1 billion, Zoom is facing a class action, and are remote workers slacking off?

Having founded social media leviathan Twitter and then $26 billion payments fintech Square, Jack Dorsey knows a thing or two about building a business.

Equity and valuations are two things you need to understand before you start asking people for money because ignorance could cost you the deal.

He might be running the Aussie arm of a multi-billion dollar company, but Square's Ben Pfisterer, is focused on maintaining a startup mentality.

Jack Dorsey says after building Twitter, getting his other business, Square, from a tech product to something that's useful to small businesses required a bit of a mindset shift.