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Payfare, a FinTech serving gig workers, has expanded its partnership with digital banking provider NCR. Under the new collaboration, NCR will offer “self-service financial solutions for Payfare’s cardholders across the United States for both cash in and cash out transactions,” the companies said in a...
Tips and informal, ad hoc work are the mainstays of the gig economy. PYMNTS’ latest report on paycheck-to-paycheck consumers, done in collaboration with LendingClub, found that, overall, consumers are boosting their household cash flow by taking in a collective $52 billion in cash payments each month...
All work is important, so we take the Provider Ranking of Gig Economy Apps seriously. Not overly so, but you get the idea. Let’s see what’s up in the wonderful world of gigs. The Top 5 Staying in place at No. 1 yet moving all...
French startup Brigad has raised $35 million to expand its freelancer staffing platform. The company, which connects hospitality and healthcare workers to businesses in need, announced the funding on its website Thursday (Feb. 16), saying it would use the money to double its workforce and upgrade its platform. While...
Remote workers reportedly cost New York City more than $12 billion annually. That’s according to an analysis published Monday (Feb. 13) by Bloomberg News, which estimates that workers in Manhattan are spending 30% less time at the office, meaning they’re spending at least $12.4 billion less...
The European Commission and the European Parliament are debating the future of digital platform work. The contested ground in question is the platform work directive, first proposed by the European Commission (EC) in 2021 to harmonize employment definitions across the EU. While platform work and the associated...
The new tax rules have been delayed — and nothing’s certain — so P2P will continue to be a gig economy mainstay. And amid the uncertainty, P2P may be the go-to option for tips and for odd jobs — for the smaller transactions (by value),...
Home services management app and platform Jobber is enabling service providers with new digital capabilities. Speaking with PYMNTS’ Karen Webster for the J.P. Morgan Payments Global Innovators in Payments Series, Jobber Payments and FinTech Lead Ryan Robertson noted that as the pandemic remodeling boom slows,...
The growing remote workforce presents a unique opportunity for online businesses as they boost online grocery and retail sales. A record number of consumers globally are at least partially working outside the office as of Q3 2022. Of those who reported working in the 30...