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NewsToday In Payments: Tech Startups Laid Off 70K Since March; Quicken Loans Parent Files IPO
In today’s top news, tech startups have laid off nearly 70,000 employees in the last four months, and Rocket Companies, parent of...
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financial appsEven CEO: Why Savings Is The Key To Breaking The Paycheck-to-Paycheck Cycle
In the paycheck-to-paycheck economy, estimates vary slightly. Some analysts have reported that roughly 65 percent of all U.S. workers now live paycheck...
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DisbursementsDeep Dive: Why State And Local Agencies In The US Still Struggle With Instant Payments
Fifty-nine percent of U.S. adults still live paycheck to paycheck, and the realities of the situation are stark: These consumers often do...
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RetailAmazon Or Walmart? Who Won 2019’s Race For The Consumer’s Whole Paycheck
A little more than a year ago, PYMNTS started tracking the race for the consumer’s whole paycheck between the two retail behemoths...
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Gig EconomyNew Report: Why 84 Percent Of Paycheck-To-Paycheck Gig Workers Want Early Pay
A growing number of workers are turning to platforms like Uber, TaskRabbit and Upwork to earn extra money – or even to...
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Gig EconomyGig Workers And The $178B Pay Advance Potential
Unlike the typical worker in the 9 to 5 cycle, gig workers often find themselves living paycheck to paycheck, because they must...
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Financial InclusionConsumers Still Have Much To Learn To Reach Financial Literacy
As Financial Literacy month comes to a close, we take a look at how consumers are faring with their finances. Despite being...
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DisbursementsDeep Dive: Where Disbursements Fall Short
P2P services like Venmo and Zelle enable users to quickly transfer funds via their smartphones, and the speed and convenience they offer...
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VISAVisa, PayActiv Launch Real Time Payroll
If rules were made to be broken, what better rule to break than the rigid two-week payday cycle? Visa and PayActiv have teamed...
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RegulationLawmakers Mull Overhaul Of Student Debt System
A proposed law aims to completely overhaul the student loan system by having monthly bills automatically deducted from borrowers’ paychecks. According to...
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Credit UnionsCredit Unions Step Up During Government Shutdown
There is no shortage of headlines about the partial government shutdown that is now on its 27th day, and no shortage of...
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InvestmentsReal-Time Payments Gathering Steam For Workers
In perhaps the latest vote of confidence in the movement toward speedier employee compensation, Earnin – which facilitates real-time payroll payments –...
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B2B PaymentsOn-Demand Payroll Without The Cash Flow Disruption
The payroll industry — and its biweekly or monthly pay schedule — hasn’t changed in decades. However, as awareness grows about the...
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Faster PaymentsWill Waiting For Pay Day Soon Be A Thing Of The Past?
While living paycheck to paycheck is often associated with low-salary or part-time workers, the data tells a different story. As it turns...
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Alternative FinancesWalmart Redefines The Paycheck
When people talk about the plight of living paycheck to paycheck, Even Responsible Finance CEO Jon Schlossberg told Karen Webster in a...
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B2B PaymentsMillennial Hourly Wages Higher Than Those Of Baby Boomers
Millennial hourly wages are higher than those of any other generation, according to the latest data from Paychex. In its latest report,...
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LegalWells Fargo Claws Back Another $75M
Wells Fargo recently clawed back an additional $75 million in executive pay from two former high-level employees as part of the latest...
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RetailDigit Launches Feature To Help Pay Bills
Whether the world is in tough economic times or not, there are a lot of people who will likely always live on...
