gig economy

As Remote Work Goes Global, Paying Workers Gets Complex
As Remote Work Goes Global, Paying Workers Gets Complex
August 02, 2022  |  Cross-border Payments

As the idea of a permanently remote workforce gains acceptance after two years of COVID-enforced telecommuting, it isn’t exactly surprising that companies that started looking...

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Nigeria’s Underbanked Gig Workers Flock to One-Stop-Shop Financial Platforms
Nigeria’s Underbanked Gig Workers Flock to One-Stop-Shop Financial Platforms
July 29, 2022  |  Gig Economy

It’s been over a decade since Uber first launched its ride-hailing app in San Francisco, and in the years since, the notion of the gig...

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Today in B2B Payments: Dick’s Sporting Goods Offers Accelerated Payments; PropelAuth Raises $2.6M for B2B Authentication
Today in B2B Payments: Dick’s Sporting Goods Offers Accelerated Payments; PropelAuth Raises $2.6M for B2B...
July 28, 2022  |  B2B Payments

Today in B2B payments, SESAMi launches an eFinancing marketplace with its banking partners, while FinLync teams up with Workday Ventures and joins its software partner...

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Gig Platforms Risk Losing 75% of Workers Over Lack of Payments Choice
Gig Platforms Risk Losing 75% of Workers Over Lack of Payments Choice
July 28, 2022  |  B2B Payments

For businesses hoping to compete for talent in the increasingly global digital marketplace, cross-border payments innovations are crucial. A full 73% of independent contractors are...

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Twitter Shutters Offices in Move to Work From Home
Twitter Shutters Offices in Move to Work From Home
July 27, 2022  |  Personnel

Twitter said it is scaling back on physical office space around the world in favor of remote work as the social media giant tries to...

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Crypto Says It Can Transform the Creator Economy. So Why Isn’t It Working?
Crypto Says It Can Transform the Creator Economy. So Why Isn’t It Working?
July 26, 2022  |  Cryptocurrency

If you want to know why there’s so much talk about crypto and blockchain’s potential to transform the creator economy, one good answer might be...

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Protest at Nation’s Fifth Busiest Container Port Fuels Ongoing Supply Chain Crisis
Protest at Nation’s Fifth Busiest Container Port Fuels Ongoing Supply Chain Crisis
July 25, 2022  |  Supply Chain

A weeklong and ongoing protest at the Port of Oakland by independent truckers has had an immediate impact upon the movement of containers from the...

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Lyft Shuts Car Rental Unit, Cuts About 60 Jobs
Lyft Shuts Car Rental Unit, Cuts About 60 Jobs
July 20, 2022  |  Ridesharing

Lyft has laid off about 60 people and announced it was ending its program that let people rent its cars on its app. The Wall...

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Facebook Pivots From News Coverage to Creator Economy
Facebook Pivots From News Coverage to Creator Economy
July 19, 2022  |  Meta

Meta will be changing how it uses resources for its Facebook News tab and Bulletin newsletter, intending to focus more on the creator economy, according...

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