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Block在股市滑落後推進貸款擴張計劃

Block公司在股價今年下跌超過30%及收入增長放緩的情況下,決定加大在貸款業務的投入。該公司於周四宣布,已獲得美國聯邦存款保險公司(FDIC)的批准,可以通過其銀行子公司Square Financial Services發放貸款,這使得Block能夠直接提供小額消費貸款,而不再依賴外部銀行合作夥伴。

這次擴展是針對Block的短期貸款產品Cash App Borrow。然而,這一決策是在消費信貸面臨日益擔憂的背景下作出的,特別是特朗普政府的廣泛關稅政策和大規模裁員引發了潛在經濟衰退的討論。

Block的貸款部門在上個季度的交易損失上升了39%,儘管公司聲稱其承保模型穩健,但小額貸款本質上仍然風險較高。

Block在新聞稿中表示:“Cash App Borrow旨在提供簡單易用的短期現金流,當替代方案通常昂貴且難以讓消費者駕馭時。”該公司補充道,平均每筆Cash App Borrow貸款金額低於100美元,貸款期限約為一個月。

Block並未立即發表進一步評論。

獲得在自家銀行運營貸款業務的批准後,Block表示將能在全國範圍內提供這項產品。

上個月,Block報告的季度業績未能達到華爾街的預期,收入僅較去年增長4.5%。該公司股價暴跌18%,創下自2020年以來最糟糕的一日跌幅。

同時,Block還在Cash App卡上推出了Afterpay,這是一項“先買後付”的產品。首席財務官Amrita Ahuja告訴CNBC,這次推出的目的是為客戶提供更多信貸選擇,並將Cash App定位為某些客戶的銀行替代品。Block在2022年初以290億美元收購了與Affirm競爭的Afterpay。

此外,Block本周還宣布了一項重大的人工智能投資計劃。

該公司於周三表示,將利用Nvidia的AI系統及其最新的Blackwell芯片來推動開源AI研究。Block並未具體說明其AI擴展的目標,但在新聞稿中指出,將“開始探索為我們的客戶提供新穎解決方案”。

這篇報導突顯了Block在面對股價下跌和收入增長放緩的挑戰時,仍然選擇擴展貸款業務的決策。這或許反映了公司對市場需求的敏感度,以及對小額貸款市場潛力的信心。然而,隨著消費信貸風險的上升,Block是否能夠在風險與回報之間找到平衡,仍然值得關注。此外,Block在人工智能方面的投資也顯示出其希望在科技創新領域保持競爭力的決心。未來,Block能否成功整合這些新業務並實現可持續增長,將成為業界關注的焦點。

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