gig economy

Platform Economy’s Strong Growth, Based On Trust
Platform Economy’s Strong Growth, Based On Trust
March 28, 2019  |  Today In Data

The platform economy is global in scope, spanning countries, borders, languages and currencies. Digital meeting places, you might call them – bringing buyers and sellers together...

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How Freelancer.com Filters Fraudsters From Freelancers
How Freelancer.com Filters Fraudsters From Freelancers
March 28, 2019  |  Digital Onboarding

As major rideshare companies compete for even greater shares of the market, they’re placing a heavy focus on fine-tuning onboarding processes. Making it easy for...

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How Disbursements Are Moving Movers Toward Professionalism
How Disbursements Are Moving Movers Toward Professionalism
March 12, 2019  |  Disbursements

Millions of Americans move each year, fueling an industry worth roughly $18 billion. Yet, haggling with movers over cash payments is still an all-too-common practice,...

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PayPal Launches Instant Transfer To Bank
PayPal Launches Instant Transfer To Bank
March 12, 2019  |  Digital Payments

Money moves only as fast as payments infrastructure will allow. To that end, there’s a bottleneck.  The gig economy is gaining steam, as roughly a...

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Cash Moves Out, Disbursements Settle Into The $18B Moving Market
Cash Moves Out, Disbursements Settle Into The $18B Moving Market
March 11, 2019  |  Disbursements

Whether collecting fares as an Uber driver, an insurance claim as a homeowner or payment as a gig worker who just finished moving someone’s belongings,...

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Jobs Data: Employers, Workers Are Hard To Find
Jobs Data: Employers, Workers Are Hard To Find
March 08, 2019  |  Economy

The data coming out would seem to indicate the labor market is as tight as might be possible. The headline numbers that came out Friday...

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Strange Bedfellows? Trade Unions And Gig Marketplaces
Strange Bedfellows? Trade Unions And Gig Marketplaces
March 08, 2019  |  Matchmakers

In the U.K., says Labour Xchange Co-Founder Jonathan Key in the latest Matchmakers podcast, millions of people are underemployed. Matching ad hoc employees to work they...

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Visa, PayActiv Launch Real Time Payroll
Visa, PayActiv Launch Real Time Payroll
March 07, 2019  |  VISA

If rules were made to be broken, what better rule to break than the rigid two-week payday cycle? Visa and PayActiv have teamed up to offer...

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Shakeout For India’s Food Delivery Arena?
Shakeout For India’s Food Delivery Arena?
February 22, 2019  |  Delivery

In India, food delivery done via app is perhaps leading to a shakeout in a build vs. buy debate that near term may settle on...

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