Freelance Payments news and trends

Papaya to Showcase Workforce Payments Platform in Super Bowl Commercial
Cross-border Payments // February 06, 2024

Papaya Global will use a Super Bowl commercial to showcase the launch of its artificial intelligence (AI)-powered platform for executing worker payments. The new workforce payments platform provides an end-to-end solution, the FinTech company in the workforce payments industry said in a Tuesday (Feb. 6) press release.  Embedded payments...

Uber Agrees to Raise Minimum Wage for French Drivers
Gig Economy // December 20, 2023

Uber and other ride-hailing companies have agreed to give their French drivers a raise. Those workers will now be eligible for 9 euros ($9.85) per trip — up from 7.65 euros ($8.38) — and will be guaranteed an income of at least 30 euros ($32.88) per hour...

The Gig Economy Grows Up
Gig Economy // January 27, 2020

Less than 20 years ago, freelancers were still a workforce oddity. They came and went kind of invisibly, taking on overflow work from full-time staffers, floating between different companies and assignments. Even taxi driving was a full-time profession, back when freelancers were rare. Skip ahead...

Why ‘Liquidity As A Service’ Is A Gig Thing
Gig Economy // August 16, 2019

For gig workers, a growing subset of the economy where at least one-third of the U.S. workforce has taken on project-based work, getting paid in a timely manner can be critical to financial well-being. In fact, as PYMNTS found in recent research on the gig...

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Why ‘Liquidity As A Service’ Is A Gig Thing

August 16, 2019
For gig workers, a growing subset of the economy where at least one-third of the U.S. workforce has taken on project-based work, getting paid in a timely manner can be critical to financial well-being. In fact, as PYMNTS found in recent research on the gig economy, 85 percent of gig workers would work more often […]

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Razorpay Facilitates International Payments for Indian Freelancers

June 24, 2024
Razorpay now enables Indian freelancers to reduce the cost of accepting international payments. The company’s MoneySaver Export Account allows freelancers to open an account in any country, accept payments locally via bank transfers on the Razorpay platform, and save up to 50% in fees and commissions on international bank transfers, Razorpay said in a Monday […]

Papaya to Showcase Workforce Payments Platform in Super Bowl Commercial

February 06, 2024
Papaya Global will use a Super Bowl commercial to showcase the launch of its artificial intelligence (AI)-powered platform for executing worker payments. The new workforce payments platform provides an end-to-end solution, the FinTech...

Uber Agrees to Raise Minimum Wage for French Drivers

December 20, 2023
Uber and other ride-hailing companies have agreed to give their French drivers a raise. Those workers will now be eligible for 9 euros ($9.85) per trip — up from 7.65 euros ($8.38)...