gig economy

First Data: Creating The Digital Disbursements Standard
First Data: Creating The Digital Disbursements Standard
June 26, 2018  |  Payment Methods

Not exotic. Just another step on the path to make instant disbursements a standard way to pay at a time when the demand has never...

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How Payments Can Keep Gig Workers Sticky
How Payments Can Keep Gig Workers Sticky
June 26, 2018  |  Gig Economy

Even in the digital payments world (and as more people travel more often, sometimes working freelance gigs along their journeys), the concept of home remains strong....

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Uber Facilitated More Than $600M In Tips For Drivers
Uber Facilitated More Than $600M In Tips For Drivers
June 21, 2018  |  Payment Methods

Uber, the ride-hailing company, has facilitated more than $600 million of payments in the form of tips to its drivers since it launched its in-app tipping service...

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Last Mile Sputters Amid Amazon’s eCommerce Haul, Delivery Driver Shortage
Last Mile Sputters Amid Amazon’s eCommerce Haul, Delivery Driver Shortage
June 20, 2018  |  Delivery

The trend is your friend, goes a saying in the stock market. The trend toward a driver shortage, though, is no one’s friend along the...

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Work Spaces Serve Up Coffee With Community In Apartment Buildings
Work Spaces Serve Up Coffee With Community In Apartment Buildings
June 18, 2018  |  Retail

Sometime in the near future, a gig economy or remote worker who lives in an apartment building in Austin, Texas might start their day like...

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Challenges Aplenty As The Identity Of The Entrepreneur Shifts
Challenges Aplenty As The Identity Of The Entrepreneur Shifts
June 11, 2018  |  B2B Payments

The face of the small business owner is changing, and not only because millennials are coming into their entrepreneurial age. New data from the Bureau...

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For True Story On The Gig Economy, Details, Along With Data, Matter
For True Story On The Gig Economy, Details, Along With Data, Matter
June 08, 2018  |  Gig Economy

Dueling headlines show that when it comes to the gig economy, differing data tell different stories. Citing findings from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS),...

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How Will Insurance Work In The Sharing Economy?
How Will Insurance Work In The Sharing Economy?
June 08, 2018  |  Gig Economy

You never know when those Airbnb guests — didn’t they look so innocent on Facebook? — will leave behind a broken TV, whiskey bottles and...

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Skipping The Hype, Finding The Opportunity
Skipping The Hype, Finding The Opportunity
June 06, 2018  |  Today In Data

The gig economy started out as a way for workers to make a little bit of extra money on the side, but it’s become a...

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