Uber

Uber Technologies, Inc. is an American multinational transportation network company offering services that include peer-to-peer ridesharing, ride service hailing, food delivery, and a bicycle-sharing system. The company is based in San Francisco and has operations in over 785 metropolitan areas worldwide.

Transportation isn’t the only thing we’re changing through our technology. We’re building a culture within Uber that emphasizes doing the right thing, period, for riders, drivers, and employees. Find out more about the team that’s leading the way.

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Bessemer Venture Partners’ Birnbaum On Why It’s Go-Time For FinTech
Bessemer Venture Partners’ Birnbaum On Why It’s Go-Time For FinTech
August 14, 2020  |  News

There’s been no shortage of big payments and FinTech announcements over the past few days, such as Apple’s bundle bet, Goldman Sachs’ move to bid...

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Today In Payments: Airbnb Suffers Record Losses In Q2; DoorDash Could Face Injunction Over Gig Worker Status
Today In Payments: Airbnb Suffers Record Losses In Q2; DoorDash Could Face Injunction Over Gig...
August 13, 2020  |  News

In today’s top news, Airbnb reports record losses in the second quarter, and DoorDash could be the next gig platform to be forced to reclassify...

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DoorDash Next Gig Platform To Face Injunction In California Over Gig Worker Status
DoorDash Next Gig Platform To Face Injunction In California Over Gig Worker Status
August 13, 2020  |  Gig Economy

DoorDash, the San Francisco-based prepared food delivery service, could be the latest gig company to face an injunction to treat its workers as employees, not...

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What Uber And Lyft’s Court Loss Means For The Gig Economy’s Future
What Uber And Lyft’s Court Loss Means For The Gig Economy’s Future
August 12, 2020  |  Ridesharing

A California judge this week ordered Uber and Lyft to stop classifying their workers as independent contractors and start classifying them as employees, an order the...

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Uber Plans To Temporarily Shutter Ride-Hailing Service In California
Uber Plans To Temporarily Shutter Ride-Hailing Service In California
August 12, 2020  |  Ridesharing

Faced with the prospect of classifying its drivers as employees rather than independent contractors, Uber Technologies Inc. is threatening to shut down temporarily in California....

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California Attorney General Says Uber, Lyft’s Tradeoff Between Flexibility And Benefits A ‘False Choice’
California Attorney General Says Uber, Lyft’s Tradeoff Between Flexibility And Benefits A ‘False Choice’
August 11, 2020  |  Gig Economy

The California judge who ruled that Uber and Lyft have to classify their workers as employees reportedly “saw straight through” the “bogus argument” that the...

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Today In Payments: Facebook Forms Facebook Financial For eCommerce; Execs Vow To Hire 100K Low-Income Minorities
Today In Payments: Facebook Forms Facebook Financial For eCommerce; Execs Vow To Hire 100K Low-Income...
August 11, 2020  |  News

In today’s top news, Facebook launched Facebook Financial to run the company’s eCommerce and payments projects, and more than two dozen top executives have pledged...

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Is There A ‘Third Way’ For Uber and Other Gig-Economy Firms To Classify Workers?
Is There A ‘Third Way’ For Uber and Other Gig-Economy Firms To Classify Workers?
August 11, 2020  |  Gig Economy

For gig-economy companies, is it time to make way for the third way? As reported Monday, Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi wrote in a New York Times op/ed...

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California Judge: Uber, Lyft Can’t Call Drivers Contractors
California Judge: Uber, Lyft Can’t Call Drivers Contractors
August 10, 2020  |  Legal

A California judge has passed an injunction to force Uber and Lyft to stop classifying their workers as independent contractors rather than employees, CNBC reported....

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