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The Gig Economy Grows Up
The Gig Economy Grows Up
January 27, 2020  |  Gig Economy

Less than 20 years ago, freelancers were still a workforce oddity. They came and went kind of invisibly, taking on overflow work from full-time staffers,...

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Deep Dive: How Outdated Marketplace Payments Lead To Freelancer Desertion
Deep Dive: How Outdated Marketplace Payments Lead To Freelancer Desertion
January 24, 2020  |  Gig Economy

Gig economy participants make up greater portions of the U.S. and global workforce each year, and are set to represent more than half of all...

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Uber Money Wants To Be The Bank Account For Uber Drivers
Uber Money Wants To Be The Bank Account For Uber Drivers
October 28, 2019  |  Payments Innovation

During the Middle Ages, payday was a yearly event wherein the local landlords and their peasant workers settled up for the previous year’s work and...

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Top News In Payments: PayPal To Roll Out Venmo Credit Card; Mastercard Teams With WHSmith For Pay By Bank
Top News In Payments: PayPal To Roll Out Venmo Credit Card; Mastercard Teams With WHSmith...
October 18, 2019  |  News

Today in the payment’s news roundup, PayPal is teaming with Synchrony Financial to put forward a Venmo co-branded credit card next year. Also, Mastercard is...

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What’s Wrong With The Attack On Gig Economy Pay
What’s Wrong With The Attack On Gig Economy Pay
October 14, 2019  |  Gig Economy

Drivers can’t make ends meet. Given the median income of roughly $25,000 a year and the number of hours required behind the wheel to earn...

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Instacart Gig Workers Plan Protest Over Wages, Fees
Instacart Gig Workers Plan Protest Over Wages, Fees
October 11, 2019  |  Gig Economy

From Nov. 3 to Nov. 5, Instacart shoppers are planning to protest the delivery company, according to reports. The protesters have three demands: The want...

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Gig Workers’ Preferences For Advance Pay Depends Upon Persona
Gig Workers’ Preferences For Advance Pay Depends Upon Persona
August 30, 2019  |  Payment Methods

The gig economy might be transforming many aspects of the traditional employee-employer relationship – there is still not a consensus on whether gig workers are...

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Why ‘Liquidity As A Service’ Is A Gig Thing
Why ‘Liquidity As A Service’ Is A Gig Thing
August 16, 2019  |  Gig Economy

For gig workers, a growing subset of the economy where at least one-third of the U.S. workforce has taken on project-based work, getting paid in...

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Neobank Joust Raises $2.6M To Bank Freelancer Wages
Neobank Joust Raises $2.6M To Bank Freelancer Wages
August 12, 2019  |  Investments

The funding round was led by PTB Ventures, with help from Accion Venture Lab, Financial Venture Studio and Techstars. Founded by Lamine Zarrad and George...

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