Toptal news and trends

Payments Can Make Or Break The Platform Economy
Platform Payments // June 21, 2019

The workplace is evolving and becoming increasingly global and gig-oriented. Roughly three-fourths (73 percent) of U.S. offices will employ remote workers by 2023. While remote workers may be half the world away from an employer, the same issues around security, trust and real-time payments apply...

How Toptal Seeks To Instill Freelance Marketplace Trust
Gig Economy // June 21, 2019

Nearly three-quarters of U.S. businesses will employ remote workers by 2023. Making those payments friction-free will be key to attracting and retaining talent. In the latest Payments And The Platform Economy Playbook, Martin Chikilian, VP of talent operations for freelance marketplace Toptal, discusses how they...

Why Global Gig Workers Like Local Payments
Platform Payments // June 20, 2019

By 2023, 73 percent of all offices across the U.S. will have remote workers that eschew the traditional commute to an office setting. Though they may work as far as the other side of the world, remote workers still expect the same level of security,...

Freelancer Payments Turn Traditional Payroll On Its Head
B2B Payments // December 11, 2018

The freelance and gig work economy continues to grow, creating wide-open opportunities for FinTechs and service providers addressing a range of new pain points for both the talent and the employer. Today, nearly half of gig workers surveyed for the most recent PYMNTS.com Gig Economy...

Interviews & Exclusives
The Gig Economy’s Great 2016

January 03, 2017
With more employees, employers and cash entering the gig economy and legislation protecting gig workers passing in NYC, 2016 was a good year to gig. Will 2017 be the same?

Got Gigs?

October 24, 2016
The gig economy – employees working in short term, ad hoc positions and the companies employing them – is BOOMING. According to the inaugural PYMNTS Gig Economy Index™, more Americans...