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Freelancer
Freelancer is an Australian crowdsourcing marketplace website, which allows potential employers to post jobs that freelancers can then bid to complete. The site also allows members to host and enter contests for which prize money is offered as a reward.
New Report: Solving Gig Platforms Cross-Border Payments And Compliance Complexities
July 24, 2020
The eCommerce marketplaces have been a lifeline for businesses and consumers who want to transact under stay-at-home orders and while safely social distancing. These marketplaces need to have strong security ...Deep Dive: How COVID-19 Is Shining A Light On The Gig Economy's Importance
April 16, 2020
Full-time and gig workers alike have felt the COVID-19 pandemic’s impacts, even if just in the strain of moving their workspaces from office buildings to their homes. Others have seen ...What WhatsApp's Security Vulnerability Means For Freelancers
July 16, 2019
This week’s news of a security flaw in the Android versions of WhatsApp and Telegram, first revealed by Symantec, marked the latest cybersecurity warning for users of high-profile technologies. In ...Freelancer.com CEO: Platforms And The Future Of Product Development
April 22, 2019
A good electrical engineer can be hard to find, which can serve as a massive friction for any firm that needs one. And as Freelancer.com CEO and Chairman Matt Barrie told Karen ...Bitwage Launches Multi-Bank Accounts For Freelance Bitcoin Payments
February 16, 2019
Bitwage, a FinTech that enables professionals to be paid in bitcoin and other currency from their employers, is rolling out a new service for freelancers to more seamlessly be paid, ...Will Waiting For Pay Day Soon Be A Thing Of The Past?
November 9, 2018
While living paycheck to paycheck is often associated with low-salary or part-time workers, the data tells a different story. As it turns out, the white-knuckled wait for payday is something ...Shine Sheds Light On Gig Economy Challenges
September 6, 2018
In France, freelancing is no easy task. Sure the gig economy has its lures — among them flexibility and the pursuit of work one enjoys doing. But in that country, ...TRENDING: Can Escrow Disbursements Ease Gig Worker Payment Woes?
May 3, 2018
Whether it’s a full-time employee waiting for a regular paycheck, a gig worker expecting to be paid in short order or a borrower seeking a loan, payment frictions can be ...Coconut Adds PrePay Solutions Tech For Freelancer Banking
February 8, 2018
U.K. challenger bank Coconut, which launched only weeks ago to provide banking services for freelancers, has landed a new partner.
Reports Wednesday (Feb. 7) said PrePay Solutions (PPS) is working with the ...No Easy Fix For Freelancers' FinServ Needs — Even With PSD2
December 13, 2017
A few bank scandals and research highlighting smaller companies’ frustrations with traditional financial institutions (FIs) have ushered in a wave of challenger banks in the U.K., many of which were ...Democratizing The Gig Economy, One Business At A Time
July 12, 2017
Two years ago, creative services platform Fiverr launched, aimed at helping startups complete projects for as little as five bucks. Since then the marketplace has facilitated over 1.3 million gigs and the company ...NEW REPORT: Fiverr Finds Future Outside The Gig Bargain Bin
July 11, 2017
Searching for a different kind of lodging or the perfectly priced graphic designer to help give a startup the right look? These days, the best place to look may just ...Are Faster Payments Transforming The Caregiving Industry?
June 8, 2017
Can faster payment tools put on demand caregivers on the same economic footing as full-time workers? In June’s Faster Payments Tracker™, powered by NACHA, Bryan O’Malley, Care.com’s VP of payments, talks with PYMNTS about ...NEW REPORT: Can Faster Payments Put Caregivers On A Fast-Track To Full-Time Benefits?
June 7, 2017
Not only are faster payment tools bringing helping to exchange funds at a quicker pace, but these solutions are also transforming the certain aspects of the gig economy and spurring investments ...Intuit Taps Machine Learning For Freelancer Expense Management
May 3, 2017
As TechCrunch put it in its Tuesday (May 2) report, expense management for the self-employed “sucks.”
A new tool from QuickBooks Self-Employed is hoping machine learning technology can help with that.
According to ...UK Micro-Businesses Say Late Payment Enforcer Will Fail
February 28, 2017
The U.K. is in the midst of a search for a late payments enforcer as the nation continues to struggle with late B2B payments to small suppliers. But new research ...No Bubble In Freelancer Land
October 14, 2016
Many firms have jumped on the freelancer bandwagon, but does that portend a bubble about to pop? Not so, according to Hyperwallet SVP Michael Ting. Building Trust — And Payments — For Freelancers
September 28, 2016Freelancers gain new business (and keep cash flowing) based on reputation. Bitwage, which offers payments via bitcoin, has debuted its “My Employment” solution with this in mind. It helps the smallest ...The Problem With The ‘Micro-Business’ Label
May 19, 2016
National Small Business Week has come and gone, but challenges of operating a small business are evergreen. And as the size of the company gets smaller, problems like cash flow ...