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US Private Sector Hiring Rebounds After 5-Month Slowdown

US Private Sector Hiring Rebounds After 5-Month Slowdown
US Private Sector Hiring Rebounds After 5-Month Slowdown
October 02, 2024  |  Economy

America’s private sector added 143,000 jobs in September, rebounding following a five-month slowdown. There was also wage growth, with annual pay rising 4.7% year over...

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Indeed Flex and Branch Team to Offer Temps Same-Day Pay
Indeed Flex and Branch Team to Offer Temps Same-Day Pay
September 30, 2024  |  Real-Time Payments

Temporary staffing platform Indeed Flex launched a partnership with workforce payments company Branch. Via the collaboration, the companies are offering Same Day Pay, which lets...

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Stronger Q2 Data and Falling Jobless Claims May Offset Consumer Confidence Decline
Stronger Q2 Data and Falling Jobless Claims May Offset Consumer Confidence Decline
September 26, 2024  |  Economy

The latest revision to second-quarter GDP data is the third and final one. According to the newest data from the Bureau of Economic Analysis, real...

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Consumer Confidence Drops to 2-Year Low as Paycheck-to-Paycheck Segment Struggles
Consumer Confidence Drops to 2-Year Low as Paycheck-to-Paycheck Segment Struggles
September 24, 2024  |  Economy

For lower-income consumers, the most vulnerable subset of the paycheck-to-paycheck economy, the outlook is, in a word … gloomy. As measured in the latest reading...

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Instant Payroll Could Cut Costly Employee Turnover
Instant Payroll Could Cut Costly Employee Turnover
September 24, 2024  |  Money Mobility

Workers are growing increasingly frustrated with the slow pace of traditional payroll and outdated biweekly pay periods, especially in today’s economic climate, where many live...

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S&P Global Says Companies Raising Prices Amid Increased Input Costs
S&P Global Says Companies Raising Prices Amid Increased Input Costs
September 23, 2024  |  Economy

September has seen prices rise at the fastest rate in six months, S&P Global said Monday (Sept. 23), attributing it to increasing input cost growth....

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DailyPay to Expand Earned Wage Access Services to UK
DailyPay to Expand Earned Wage Access Services to UK
September 23, 2024  |  Disbursements

DailyPay will expand its earned wage access (EWA) services to the United Kingdom this fall. The solution, which will mark the company’s first expansion outside...

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One Size Fits All Misses the Digital Payments Mark
One Size Fits All Misses the Digital Payments Mark
September 18, 2024  |  Digital Payments

Ask 10 people what the concept and execution of “digital engagement” mean, and you’ll get 10 different answers. For Serena Smith, chief client officer of...

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