- November 10, 2023
Amid persistent inflation and economic uncertainty, gig work offers a way to pad our wallets and cushion our financial safety nets. With so many platforms to get a gig, it ...
- November 8, 2023
Work marketplace Upwork says it has made significant strides in its goal to establish itself as the go-to platform for “AI-empowered” independent professionals while improving its core product experiences and ...
- October 16, 2023
This month in PYMNTS’ Provider Rankings of Gig Platform Apps, we have a lot of contenders that maintained their rankings.
Still in first place is Uber Driver, but come back next ...
- September 14, 2023
In this month’s edition of PYMNTS’ Provider Ranking of Gig Platform Apps, Uber Driver stands out as the frontrunner. To delve deeper into the leading platforms of the moment, check ...
- August 15, 2023
Uber Driver leads by a long shot in this month’s edition of PYMNTS’ Provider Rankings of Gig Platform Apps. For more on which platform apps are pulling ahead of the ...
- August 3, 2023
Freelancer marketplace Upwork said it saw its client companies using the platform more, with a 2% increase year over year in gross service volume (GSV) per active client, according to ...
- July 31, 2023
Work marketplace Upwork is teaming with OpenAI to help businesses find artificial intelligence (AI) expertise.
The partnership, announced Monday (July 31), gives OpenAI customers and other businesses access to professionals “deeply experienced” with OpenAI technologies.
“Together, the companies ...
- May 8, 2023
The CE 100 Index lost 0.5% in a week crowded with earnings reports.
Shopify’s corporate transformation, and resulting 28% gain in share price, was overshadowed a bit by investor concerns over ...
- May 5, 2023
With PYMNTS research finding that more Americans are adding side hustles to ease paycheck-to-paycheck living pressures, our Provider Ranking of Gig Apps is the ideal place to see this class of apps ...
- May 3, 2023
Upwork’s first quarter results show macro pressures coming to bear on the gig economy, while management laid out plans to reduce costs — and pointed to the long term potential ...
- March 16, 2023
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 ...
- December 1, 2022
Leading contract employment apps are wavering in PYMNTS’ latest Provider Ranking of Gig Economy Apps.
Some category leaders regained ground lost last time, while others slipped further. Meanwhile, in the lower ...
- September 27, 2022
Category leaders are losing ground in PYMNTS’ latest Provider Ranking of Gig Economy Apps, as the top players see their scores fall.
Meanwhile, in the lower ranks of the top 10, ...
- April 28, 2022
Upwork, the work marketplace looking to connect businesses with independent talent, is announcing its financial results for the recent quarter, saying it is striving to increase connectivity even amid various ...
- March 15, 2022
PayPal Holdings Inc. and its charity partners have raised more than $250 million for organizations supporting relief efforts in Ukraine, the California online payments network company announced.
From the PayPal and ...
- January 10, 2022
Freelance platform Upwork on Monday (Jan. 10) partnered with portable benefits program Catch to provide access to healthcare benefits and personal payroll to independent workers who have Upwork accounts.
Recent Upwork ...
- November 5, 2021
Employers may have embraced an increasingly remote and global workforce, but paying workers around the world is not without its challenges. In the latest Cross-Border Enterprise Payments Innovation Playbook, Upwork’s ...
- November 4, 2021
The international eCommerce ecosystem has seen unprecedented growth since the pandemic began in March 2020, yielding many opportunities for digital-first businesses to expand internationally — and many are taking active ...
- May 17, 2021
Did you know that the word “gig” in its original form had zero to do with working?
To musicians, a “gig” is a performance. For troublesome Army privates, a “gig” is ...
- November 4, 2020
Upwork reported on Wednesday (Nov. 4) as part of its earnings results that gross services volume (GSV) surged 23 percent year over year to $654.5 million as customers flocked to ...
- September 30, 2020
In a bid to add clarity around booming freelance markets, PYMNTS has reported on the U.S. Department of Labor recently offering guidelines and even “tests” that help determine whether a worker ...
- February 27, 2020
Upwork saw strong adoption of its new paid client subscription plans, made changes to the virtual tokens used by freelancers when submitting proposals and increased its client fee for basic ...
- January 27, 2020
Businesses have good reason to be concerned about data breaches. Fraudsters’ attempts to access systems and steal valuable information are becoming more innovative, and research suggests they are also increasingly ...
- November 7, 2019
Gig economy platform Upwork plans to focus more on larger companies in the coming months, as the company seeks to increase its market share in the fast-growing world of matching ...
- August 29, 2019
A growing number of workers are turning to platforms like Uber, TaskRabbit and Upwork to earn extra money – or even to make gig work a main source of income. ...
- June 21, 2018
When you picture a small business owner, who comes to mind?
The stereotype may be a young professional beaming at a storefront, or happily servicing a customer at a register. But ...
