The pandemic affected the freelance market in varying ways, with many workers facing increased economic uncertainty and drawing upon their savings as work opportunities became scarce. The U.S. government has developed programs to help, such as the Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA) program, but freelancers are...
Challenger bank Shine, a French startup, has introduced a new program to insure invoices to help make sure they are paid, according to a TechCrunch report. Users of Shine’s mobile banking app will be able to insure their invoices for a total of 2 percent...
In France, freelancing is no easy task. Sure the gig economy has its lures — among them flexibility and the pursuit of work one enjoys doing. But in that country, administrative tasks are arduous, relatively speaking, when striving to be a freelancer amid a gig...
Freelancing isn't all about being footloose and fancy-free. Navigating paperwork, banking and invoices has its challenges — especially in France. Fresh off a funding round, startup Shine wants to be the freelancer's co-pilot, CEO Nicolas Reboud tells PYMNTS.
June 10, 2020
The pandemic affected the freelance market in varying ways, with many workers facing increased economic uncertainty and drawing upon their savings as work opportunities became scarce. The U.S. government has developed programs to help, such as the Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA) program, but freelancers are still waiting weeks in some cases to receive their relief […]
September 06, 2018
Freelancing isn't all about being footloose and fancy-free. Navigating paperwork, banking and invoices has its challenges — especially in France. Fresh off a funding round, startup Shine wants to be the freelancer's...
September 06, 2018
In France, freelancing is no easy task. Sure the gig economy has its lures — among them flexibility and the pursuit of work one enjoys doing. But in that country, administrative tasks are arduous, relatively speaking, when striving to be a freelancer amid a gig economy that is three million workers strong in France. The […]
