sharing economy

Sharing economy is a term for a way of distributing goods and services, a way that differs from the traditional model of corporations hiring employees and selling products to consumers.

Top News In Payments: Bank Closings Hit Rural Areas; Kaspersky Highlights Rise Of Fake Notifications
Top News In Payments: Bank Closings Hit Rural Areas; Kaspersky Highlights Rise Of Fake Notifications
November 26, 2019  |  News

In today’s top payments news, more than half of the 3,114 counties in the United States lost bank branches from 2012 to 2017. Also, cybersecurity...

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Lessons From Airbnb On Solving The Sharing Economy Trust Issue
Lessons From Airbnb On Solving The Sharing Economy Trust Issue
November 26, 2019  |  Fraud Prevention

Without trust, the sharing economy’s growth could slow. And trust in the sector of the sharing economy centered around property rentals is going through some...

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For Marketplace Platform Payments Experiences, Is It Back To Basics?
For Marketplace Platform Payments Experiences, Is It Back To Basics?
November 14, 2019  |  Payment Methods

It’s easy to get caught up in the hype of new sharing economy platforms. “The Uber of furniture,” P2P closet-sharing and crowdshipping all certainly sound...

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Lyft Wants To Reward Consumers Who Sell Their Cars
Lyft Wants To Reward Consumers Who Sell Their Cars
November 07, 2019  |  Innovation

Go big or go home — that seems to be at least part of the thinking behind the latest effort to promote more ridesharing and more...

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Building A Peer-To-Peer Network For Trading Shoes
Building A Peer-To-Peer Network For Trading Shoes
November 07, 2019  |  Retail

Shoe Bank CEO and Co-Founder Roni Harel loves shoes — and she has tons of them sitting in her closet. “Most of them I don’t wear,”...

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Crowdshipping May Be The Next Sharing Economy Frontier
Crowdshipping May Be The Next Sharing Economy Frontier
October 25, 2019  |  Delivery

From swimming pools to parking spots to storage spaces, there are no goods or services that can’t be adapted to the sharing economy. One of...

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Online Marketplaces Vie For The Shared Parking App Crown
Online Marketplaces Vie For The Shared Parking App Crown
October 15, 2019  |  Payments Innovation

Many startups desire to be the Ubers or Airbnbs of their respective industries, but taking these crowns means facing fierce competition from other services. Becoming...

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The Rise of Shared Parking In The Platform Economy
The Rise of Shared Parking In The Platform Economy
October 14, 2019  |  Payments Innovation

With 225 million U.S. drivers, parking can be a tight squeeze. Of course, marketplaces are vying to solve the parking problem — but enticing drivers...

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