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The Gig Economy’s Pivot And Finding The Winners And Losers

The Gig Economy’s Pivot And Finding The Winners And Losers
The Gig Economy’s Pivot And Finding The Winners And Losers
April 23, 2020  |  Gig Economy

In some ways, the rapid onset of the coronavirus pandemic in the U.S. and around the world has meant massive changes for the gig economy...

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Houzz: Home Remodeling Businesses Take Hit As Consumers Push Pause On Projects
Houzz: Home Remodeling Businesses Take Hit As Consumers Push Pause On Projects
April 23, 2020  |  Economy

At the start of 2020, things looked incredibly bright for the residential remodeling industry as a whole — unemployment was at 30-year lows, consumer confidence...

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How ISVs Can Use Data To Fast Track Merchant Value
How ISVs Can Use Data To Fast Track Merchant Value
April 23, 2020  |  Data & Research

Can software providers — independent software vendors (ISVs) and payment facilitators (PayFacs) among them — help their merchant clients pivot as they scramble to reinvent...

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The Race To The Cloud: Will Digital Banks Win?
The Race To The Cloud: Will Digital Banks Win?
April 23, 2020  |  Banking

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What Germany’s Soft Reopen Portends For The US Market
What Germany’s Soft Reopen Portends For The US Market
April 23, 2020  |  Economy

What if an economy had a grand(ish) reopening — and almost everyone decided to sit it out?  Such is the question German officials are facing this...

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Crashing Oil Prices and Travel’s Catch-22
Crashing Oil Prices and Travel’s Catch-22
April 23, 2020  |  Economy

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COVID-19 Puts $100B Dent In Global Remittance Flows
COVID-19 Puts $100B Dent In Global Remittance Flows
April 22, 2020  |  Global Payments

The world remittance fall-off anticipated because of the coronavirus pandemic could have serious effects for numerous countries, according to a Financial Times report that cited the...

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US Jobless Claims Expected To Rise Another 4.3 Million
US Jobless Claims Expected To Rise Another 4.3 Million
April 22, 2020  |  Economy

An additional 4.3 million workers are likely to have filed unemployment claims in the past week, bringing the total coronavirus-related job losses to around 26...

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