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What was once a stopgap for hard times is fast becoming a fixture of American financial planning. According to a new PYMNTS Intelligence report, “Do the (Side) Hustle: Four in 10 U.S. Consumers Seize the Opportunity to Earn More Income,” side hustles now make up nearly half...
Freelancer platform Fiverr is laying off 250 employees across different departments as part of a restructuring plan that aims to make the company artificial intelligence (AI)-focused “from the ground up.” In a Monday (Sept. 15) letter to employees shared on the company’s investor relations website,...
Money movement platform Thunes launched a partnership with payroll company Ontop. The collaboration is designed to give freelancers and remote workers real-time access to their earnings around the world, according to a Monday (Aug. 11) press release. With the help of Thunes’ Direct Global Network,...
Summertime. Time for heat, humidity, vacations, beaches and a lot of kids as well as adults looking for part-time work. It inspired a look at the gig economy apps in our app provider rankings, where we found a few surprises. The PYMNTS Gig Economy app...
Borderless work requires borderless payments. The rise of the contingent workforce — including freelancers, gig workers, remote teams and cross-border hires — is pushing companies, banks and FinTechs to rethink the infrastructure supporting global compensation. “It’s a very interesting landscape today,” Eynat Guez, CEO and...
Papaya Global launched a dedicated platform designed to help enterprises and managed service providers (MSPs) manage and pay freelancers, consultants, gig workers and independent contractors. The new Contingent OS platform provides a financial infrastructure that encompasses vendor management systems, payroll compliance, invoice verification and instant...
The 9-to-5 workday is going the way of the door-to-door salesman. So is the definition of “work.” For a growing number of Americans, a traditional job is no longer their sole, or even primary, source of income. What were once considered sporadic “gigs” or supplemental...
President Donald Trump wants to remove taxes on workers’ tips. Republican lawmakers want to turn that campaign trail proposal into concrete legislation. And Uber and DoorDash, The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reported Saturday (March 29), want this legislation to cover the independent contractors that work...
Work marketplace Upwork earned record revenue in 2024 and attributed its gains in part to artificial intelligence (AI). In an earnings release and other materials issued Wednesday (Feb. 12), the company highlighted AI innovations it added to its marketplace platform and AI talent the platform...