gig economy

ADP Acquires Freelancer Marketplace WorkMarket
ADP Acquires Freelancer Marketplace WorkMarket
January 23, 2018  |  Partnerships / Acquisitions

ADP announced that it has acquired WorkMarket, a cloud-based workforce management solution provider that enables clients to build and manage a workforce comprised of both...

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Rideshare Rental Startup Expands In New York And Wisconsin
Rideshare Rental Startup Expands In New York And Wisconsin
January 22, 2018  |  Ridesharing

Many, but not all, cars meet Uber and Lyft’s standards. With Uber, for example, cars must have four doors and be newer than 15 years...

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Wirecard Targets Same-Day Payment For Gig Workers
Wirecard Targets Same-Day Payment For Gig Workers
January 11, 2018  |  B2B Payments

Wirecard wants to accelerate payments to gig workers, and is enlisting gig economy company Moonrise to help. The companies announced Wednesday (Jan. 10) that they...

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LATAM Banks Embrace Platforms As A Service
LATAM Banks Embrace Platforms As A Service
January 09, 2018  |  International

As quickly as financial services are evolving in the U.S., the U.K. and other more advanced economies, things are just heating up in other parts...

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SMBs Are Evolving Quickly — Can FinServ Keep Up?
SMBs Are Evolving Quickly — Can FinServ Keep Up?
January 03, 2018  |  B2B Payments

Several waves in the evolution of banking and financial services appear to have roots, at least partially, in the small and medium-sized business (SMB) community....

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Gig Workforce Swells As Companies Shed Headcount
Gig Workforce Swells As Companies Shed Headcount
December 29, 2017  |  Gig Economy

Long gone are the days when Ford, J.C. Penney and General Electric were the largest U.S. employers. A new analysis shows that the country’s outsourcing...

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EU’s Highest Court Rules Uber A Taxi Service
EU’s Highest Court Rules Uber A Taxi Service
December 20, 2017  |  Regulation

Compounding what might be charitably described as an epic run of bad luck, Uber has lost a major battle in the European Union’s highest court,...

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No Easy Fix For Freelancers’ FinServ Needs — Even With PSD2
No Easy Fix For Freelancers’ FinServ Needs — Even With PSD2
December 13, 2017  |  B2B Payments

A few bank scandals and research highlighting smaller companies’ frustrations with traditional financial institutions (FIs) have ushered in a wave of challenger banks in the...

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Fiverr And The ‘Other’ Gig Economy
Fiverr And The ‘Other’ Gig Economy
December 13, 2017  |  Matchmakers

  What will a person do to earn five dollars? Something of a random question, maybe even a slightly silly-sounding one – but for Fiverr...

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