Welcome to the Five at Five, your late look at the payments and commerce news of the day. Coverage includes New York lawmakers seeking to put a cap on ridesharing services, states working to embrace blockchain, Hawaii saving money by converting some functions to digital,...
Use cases are growing with blockchain, and while the headlines may focus on large-scale government initiatives and where distributed ledger technology (DLT) might be headed, the fact remains that smaller projects are gaining traction. Looking on a case-by-case basis, state initiatives (or local ones outside...
December 20, 2019
Uber and Lyft are organizing and pushing back against a California law that takes effect on Jan. 1 and would force them to classify their drivers as employees rather than independent contractors, a move that would compel the companies to provide things like a minimum wage and health benefits, according to a report by The […]
