Circular economy fintech Twig shuts down
Finextra
FEBRUARY 4, 2024
Twig, a London-based 'circular economy' fintech is closing down after failing to raise funding.
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Finextra
FEBRUARY 4, 2024
Twig, a London-based 'circular economy' fintech is closing down after failing to raise funding.
Fintech Finance
APRIL 23, 2024
This collaboration aims to build a more financially sustainable creator economy. Leveraging Accelerated Payments funding solutions, inflverse has developed a proprietary platform that is revolutionising payments within the creator economy.
Payments Source
MAY 14, 2020
The sharing economy faces its first true crisis, but the payment companies that enable nontraditional payrolls say that the best way to fuel the recovery is to simply be more creative in how people get paid.
The Fintech Times
APRIL 28, 2024
Looking to ensure the longevity of the creator economy, Accelerated Payments , the business funding solutions provider, has partnered with inflverse , a global financial management platform for creator agencies. According to Goldman Sachs Research , the creator economy now includes 50 million creators.
The Paypers
APRIL 23, 2024
UAE-based du has announced the launch of du Pay to boost UAE’s transition toward a cashless economy and support the national digitalisation agenda.
Payments Source
FEBRUARY 26, 2021
More people are joining the gig economy, and a major driver of this trend — particularly for those working multiple gigs — is a need for faster access to cash to meet expenses.
Stripe
SEPTEMBER 5, 2023
Stripe data shows that the creator economy has evolved but is still thriving. We’ve seen this evolution up close, as many of the largest creator platforms use Stripe Connect to onboard creators and pay out funds around the world.
Fintech Finance
MAY 2, 2024
Abillio (or the “Company”), a fintech startup specialising in invoicing and payments for the gig economy, announces the global launch of its API-based platform, designed to streamline payments and DAC7 compliance for online gig platforms.
The Fintech Times
JANUARY 16, 2024
Oman is on an accelerated path toward the digital transformation of its banking sector, guided by the country’s Vision 2040 which aims to diversify its economy. Creating a thriving digital economy With the PSP license in Oman, Paymob further delivers on its mission of creating a thriving MENAP SME digital economy.
Axway
FEBRUARY 5, 2023
The API economy is simply the use of APIs in the digital economy. APIs help companies embarking on a digital transformation strategy to achieve integration and deliver better and new services quicker. APIs make it easier to create better user …
Segpay
SEPTEMBER 20, 2023
In the dynamic landscape of Brazil’s rapidly growing e-commerce market, the subscription economy has emerged as a powerful force, reshaping how businesses engage with customers and generate sustainable revenue streams. The Rise of Brazil's Subscription Economy Now let us explore our main topic.
Agile Payments
JULY 7, 2023
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The Fintech Times
MARCH 8, 2024
The certification also showcases its commitment as a player in the global movement for an inclusive, equitable and regenerative economy. B Corps envision an economy that benefits everyone and strives for positive change. Jenkins continues: “We chose B Corp Certification because it aligns closely with our core value of ‘Impact’.
PYMNTS
OCTOBER 13, 2020
India's economy was lagging even before the pandemic. But now, the economy has contracted by almost a quarter, affecting the poor most acutely, according to WSJ. Workers who had migrated to support their families by working in the cities had to come back home as the economy crashed.
The Paypers
AUGUST 8, 2023
Mastercard has partnered with Empresa Interbancaria de Serviços (EMIS) to launch a co-branded contactless card with EMV technology to boost the digital economy in Angola.
Payments Source
NOVEMBER 24, 2019
Stripe and Adyen are among the best known and most VC-friendly firms that enable quick account onboarding for gig economy supply chains — but a lot of competitors are gunning for their position.
PYMNTS
JANUARY 27, 2020
Skip ahead to the present-day gig economy , chiefly a byproduct of the Great Recession, when firms shed workers in the millions and whole industries contracted or vanished. It’s anybody’s guess how gig economy market dynamics will shake out at this point. The gig economy is full of these contradictions. In It for the Money .
Payments Dive
JUNE 6, 2022
The creator economy has become a global phenomenon overnight, and companies are paying close attention.
PYMNTS
AUGUST 12, 2020
officials ordered the economy to shutter for most of Q2, starting in late March weeks after other European countries, and gradually eased restrictions starting in late May, the WSJ reported. s sinking economy is the region depends on activities that require personal contact. In contrast, the U.S.
BlueSnap
JULY 18, 2023
The post 3 Payment Innovation Trends for Today’s Uncertain Economy appeared first on BlueSnap. Over the last few years, digital payments have been impacted by COVID, followed quickly by aggressive growth. And now, we are facing a downturn, which is also affecting payments and how businesses think about them.
PYMNTS
APRIL 14, 2020
The gig economy is set to expand and take on new importance as the nation and world recover from COVID-19. A crippled economy reorganized itself around freelancers and independent contractors – a nomadic workforce that has crystallized over the ensuing 12 years. While there is no roadmap at present, fortunately, there are pathways.
Payments Dive
JUNE 6, 2019
Latin America presents a growing regional economy, however the payments and ecommerce industries present unique challenges.
TechCrunch Fintech
MARCH 22, 2024
Nsave, a fintech based in Geneva making banking in Switzerland accessible to people in countries at war or those with unstable banking sectors or facing high inflation, has raised $4 million seed funding.
Finextra
NOVEMBER 10, 2023
Camilla Bullock, Chief Executive Officer for Emerging Payments Association Asia, delves into the role of payments interoperability in the digital economy and its facilitation of global trade ahead of Singapore Fintech Festival 2023.
PYMNTS
JULY 13, 2020
Before the pandemic hit, the global freelancing economy was expected to experience significant proliferation. As the PYMNTS Gig Economy Tracker noted earlier this year, freelancers are set to make up more than half of the U.S. Payments are key to the trust equation, particularly when hiring expands across borders. talent pool by 2028.
PYMNTS
NOVEMBER 2, 2020
3) will likely have seismic reverberations for gig economy companies and the millions of individuals and families who rely on them as economy lifelines in the midst of a pandemic. That comes as the pandemic is having a sizable impact on the gig economy itself. In California, a state ballot vote tomorrow (Nov.
PYMNTS
JUNE 16, 2020
Even Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said Tuesday the longer the country’s economic downtown persists the potential for more long-term damage to the economy. Companies being kept alive that would otherwise have gone out of business … will begin to weigh on the overall potential for growth of the economy and on productivity.”.
PYMNTS
AUGUST 12, 2020
Federal Reserve officials said they don’t think the economy is coming back in full until the pandemic is contained, Reuters reported. If we don’t follow that, while people may feel freer, the economy will grow slower,” Kaplan said, according to Reuters. Instead, U.S.
Payments Source
FEBRUARY 19, 2020
The International growth of the gig economy requires hyper-local solutions, a challenge many fail to appreciate. This isn’t just in how a company articulates its value proposition locally.
PYMNTS
DECEMBER 11, 2020
The digital-first economy was huge factor in automotive sales this year, as evidenced by a new report from JD Power. The research company’s annual sales satisfaction index showed that decreased showroom traffic caused by COVID-19 shutdowns fast-tracked dealer adoption of digital selling tools.
PYMNTS
DECEMBER 17, 2020
The digital-first economy has spawned many new business models, and one that has taken flight during this end-of-the-year period is on-demand retail partnerships. They come in two flavors. In the first one, a service company partners with a retailer to be an exclusive on-demand service provider. Think TaskRabbbit and IKEA.)
PYMNTS
NOVEMBER 30, 2020
The Indian economy has suffered a blow due to the COVID-19 pandemic in spite of its massive 1.3 While India was once among the world’s fastest growing economies, now it’s one of those that is contracting the quickest. billion customer base, The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) writes. India’s gross domestic product has fallen 7.5
PYMNTS
SEPTEMBER 4, 2020
With reopening phases doing little to quell consumers’ appetite for online shopping experiences, grabbing consumers’ attention and earning their trust is of utmost importance for merchants looking to survive in this new digital economy. We surveyed 2,437 U.S.
Payments Source
MARCH 30, 2020
The gig economy flourished in part for its ability to get timely payments to workers. Uber and Lyft, for example, offer express payments to drivers who need to use those funds to refill their gas tanks before picking up the next rider. But these payment innovations mean very little when there isn't sufficient money flowing into the system.
PYMNTS
FEBRUARY 27, 2020
That’s because a decade ago, the gig economy was still in its nascent stages. According to the latest edition of the Gig Economy Tracker , PYMNTS found that 42 percent of U.S. gig economy. According to the latest edition of the Gig Economy Tracker , PYMNTS found that 42 percent of U.S. gig economy.
PYMNTS
MARCH 19, 2020
Bank of America (BoA) said it’s clear America has entered a recession caused by the coronavirus and its effect on the nationwide economy, according to a report by CNBC. We are officially declaring that the economy has fallen into a recession … joining the rest of the world, and it is a deep plunge,” Meyer said. “We BoA Chief U.S.
PYMNTS
SEPTEMBER 18, 2020
In the evolving sharing economy, trust takes on additional dimensions as people make their actual dwellings available for strangers to rent or, conversely, rent lodgings from a stranger. Attracting more participants in the sharing economy requires that new and existing users feel comfortable sharing their homes, cars, assets or expertise.
PYMNTS
JANUARY 27, 2021
Riding the success of the global connected economy and a better than expected performance from the iPhone 12, the company logged its first $100 billion quarter, with the number reported during its earnings announcement on Wednesday (Jan. Apple also continued to benefit from the stay-at-home economy. 27) coming in at $111.4 billion.
PYMNTS
DECEMBER 24, 2020
In the economy, chief financial officers (CFOs) participating in a survey are reasonably optimistic about next year. 70% : Approximate share of North American chief financial officers (CFOs) who expect a boost to the economy by the middle of next year due to the vaccine.
Fintech Finance
JANUARY 25, 2024
or Europe, online sales are expanding at a much faster pace in rising economies, of 20%, according to Statista’s data, in the study. “There is a solid demographic reason for this: rising economies have a young and growing population, contrasting developed regions.
PYMNTS
SEPTEMBER 15, 2020
Building consumer trust during the COVID-19 pandemic is a tall order as sharing economy providers such as Airbnb and Uber struggle to recover lost revenues. They must reassure customers they are safe from viral contagion in sharing economy spaces while ensuring their personal data is secure from rising incidents of fraud.
Payments Source
MAY 27, 2020
Many companies are postponing product rollouts until the economy improves, but the Samsung Money debit card could be better suited for spending habits during the coronavirus pandemic.
PYMNTS
OCTOBER 26, 2020
The faster spread this fall of COVID-19 in Europe compared to the spread in the United States during the same period has left Europe's economy sputtering even as the U.S. economy continues to come back to life, according to new data cited by The Wall Street Journal (WSJ). rose to 55.5 in October from 54.3 in September, WSJ reported.
PYMNTS
DECEMBER 6, 2020
Mastercard , in its just-released Mastercard Economics Institute ’s Economy 2021 report titled “The E-Conomy is Here to Stay,” looks at the past year's economic trends in order to see what's coming next for businesses, according to a press release emailed to PYMNTS. A total of 74 percent of new U.S.
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