Pivot Finance AI Briefing — May 8, 2026

Hosts: Marcus Bell & Nora Chen In this episode: • Today we're breaking down Block's radical AI restructuring that's turning Cash App into a lending machine, Digits pushing AI directly into accrual acc... • Alright, let's start with Block's Q1 earnings call yesterday. Jack Dorsey just unveiled the most aggressive AI transformation I've seen from a fintech... • Yeah, and this isn't just adding some chatbots. They restructured the entire company in Q4 to support this. Cash App's loan originations jumped 340% q... • The really clever part is how they're using Square's merchant data. The AI cross-references Cash App user spending patterns with Square merchant trans... • Which explains why they're projecting $8 billion in loan volume by year-end. But here's what finance teams need to watch—they're launching an embedded... Subscribe to the newsletter at pivotnews.ai for the full written briefing.