Checks are still the standard way to pay unbanked workers, even though the experience is expensive and time-consuming for them. Adam Rust, managing director of WiseWage, offers his take on how employers with unbanked workers are using new digital payments methods to push payments to...
Unemployment rates are at an 18-year low, but the majority of employed Americans are still reportedly living paycheck-to-paycheck. These conditions have created a market in which paying employees on time is now more important than ever, but failing to do so can cost them big....
Once upon a time, Craigslist was the platform that ruled the comings and goings of the sharing economy. Today, the availability of disbursement tools allows new platforms to emerge by creating more opportunities for people to monetize their excess capacity — time or space. In...
Post-holiday rush, it’s not uncommon for consumers to find themselves in possession of well-intentioned, but unwanted, gifts. There are so many of these unwanted items that about $90 billion in merchandise is returned to retailers each year. But in the sharing economy, one person’s holiday gift...
With all the #KillTheCheck talk here in Disbursements Tracker land, let’s consider the clunky cousins of the paper check — the physical voucher. Long a fixture of the airline industry, vouchers seem to also be slowly taxiing toward obsolescence in the digital age. As Ingo...
Whether consumers are traveling for business or pleasure, delays and cancellations can be a real trip-killer. To ease the pain, airlines are defeating the doldrums with digital disbursement solutions. In the latest PYMNTS Disbursements Tracker™, powered by Ingo Money, Keith Smith, president of voucher solutions...
The last thing any traveler wants to deal with at the airport is a delayed or cancelled flight. And, to make matters worth, most stranded sojourners are compensated with vouchers, which can present a calamity of challenges and friction in unique ways. The December edition...
From push-ups to push payments, the growth of fitness management software is helping fitness professionals better manage their schedules and how they get paid. For the November Disbursements Tracker™, in collaboration with Ingo Money, PYMNTS chats with John Cline, founder and CEO of fitness software...
For years, personal trainers have relied on old-school equipment like pen, paper and, yes, checks to stay organized, get paid and generally keep their professional lives fit. But just as fitness workers are helping clients shed their spare tires and find newfound flexibility, new disbursement...
