February 05, 2018
NEW REPORT: Pushing Payroll To The Unbanked
Unemployment rates are at an 18-year low, but the majority of employed Americans are still reportedly living paycheck-to-paycheck. These conditions have created a market in which paying employees on time...
February 02, 2018
Mastercard Tops 20174Q Views on Robust Cross-Border Transactions
Absent the same impact U.S. tax laws had on other firms recently reporting results, Mastercard put up numbers Thursday (Feb. 1) that topped expectations. Those figures came on the heels...
February 01, 2018
Subprime Auto Lenders Straining Under Bad Debts
The U.S. subprime auto-lending market continues to show signs of weakness, leading to increased worries among economists that despite the positive-appearing figures being tossed off by the U.S. economy, blue...
January 26, 2018
ADP: How Payments Power The Evolving Workforce
Contract, or 1099, workers aren’t a new workforce phenomenon by any stretch of the imagination. But in the era of on-demand services — and a seemingly ever-proliferating number of platforms that...
January 21, 2018
The Case for Letting Uber Drivers Organize
By Samuel Estreicher Ride-hailing apps are surging in popularity, but the legal status of drivers who earn a living from them remains unresolved. Companies like Uber and Lyft contend that,...
January 16, 2018
South Korea Petition Demands Government Keep Bitcoin Alive
In South Korea, a petition seeking a halt to the government’s bitcoin crackdown has gathered momentum — to the tune of more than 212,000 signatures. The petition wants regulators to stop...
January 09, 2018
Target Boasts Strong In-Store And Online Holiday Sales
Target is reporting strong in-store and online holiday sales, according to The Wall Street Journal. Those positive figures appear to have been boosted by the company’s digital initiatives and strong...
January 08, 2018
SMBs Start The Year With Jobs, Late Payments, FX Struggles
Jobs numbers were off to a rocky start for the year when new data from the U.S. Department of Labor revealed lower-than-expected jobs numbers for the month of December. But...
January 05, 2018
December Jobs Report Falls Short
The U.S. labor market slowed a bit more than economists expected in December, with a noted slip in retail employment. Reuters reported that payrolls were up by 148,000 positions, a...
With 96% of corporates that offer earned wage access saying it helps attract new talent, and 75% of millennials saying that it would influence their acceptance of a job offer, it’s obvious why almost two-thirds of employers see earned wage access as a low-cost tool for employee recruitment and retention. PYMNTS examines the trend in the latest issue of the “Money Mobility Tracker®,” a collaboration with Ingo Money.
