It might be too much (and certainly too cliché) to call it a revolution. Even so, it’s in the same neighborhood — consumer demand for faster, digitally pushed payments is leading to increasing pressure on corporations and other organizations to offer better forms of disbursement....
Thanks to digital technology and global connectivity, gig economy participation is open to just about anyone — including educators who want to provide lessons to students anywhere in the world. Teachers looking to make additional income have a lot to learn about how these marketplaces...
With 90 percent of diners at full-service restaurants paying with cards, cash ends up in short supply when waitstaff want to cash out at shift’s end. For a tip-dependent workforce, that’s a dead plate. In the new Disbursements Tracker, Brian Hassan and Justin Roberts, co-founders...
Traditional payment practices are rapidly being retired as faster disbursement solutions become available. From the gig economy to small businesses (SMBs) and the restaurant industry, workers and business owners alike have clearly gotten a taste for instant payments, and have little appetite for going back...
P2P services like Venmo and Zelle enable users to quickly transfer funds via their smartphones, and the speed and convenience they offer could be creating dissatisfaction among workers paid differently who want faster wage access. The following Deep Dive outlines how fast-acting P2P services are...
For the two-thirds of the U.S. population living paycheck to paycheck, the two-week wait can feel like an eternity. Yet, according to Mark Wes, head of risk, payments and compliance for payroll solutions provider Gusto, instant payments can be key to both helping employees tackle...
The rise of fast-acting payment solutions is changing the way businesses and governments issue payments to consumers and citizens. Demand for instant payments is also increasing in the workforce, and has the potential to change how workers view concepts like payday. The new Disbursements Tracker™...
To help provide employees with improved financial well-being, DailyPay tapped into Fiserv’s Digital Disbursements offering to allow workers access to their earned, but unpaid, wages. The solution sends these funds quickly and securely through multiple methods instantly, the same day or the next day, according...
A series of natural disasters — including hurricanes, wildfires and winter storms — caused approximately $91 billion in damage across the U.S. last year. The following Deep Dive outlines the types of losses caused by these events, and how government agencies like FEMA can use...
