10:33 AM EST, 12/03/2024 (MT Newswires) -- Block (SQ) said Tuesday that sellers using its platform completed 144 million consumer transactions world-wide over the Black Friday and Cyber Monday weekend, a 17% increase over the same period last year.

Peak shopping globally during the traditional kick-off of the holiday season occurred at 3:10 am ET on Sunday, Dec. 1, Block said.

Countries included in the Square, Afterpay and Cash App card statistics were the US, the UK, Canada, Australia, Japan, France, Ireland, Spain, and New Zealand, Block said.

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