by dankeelan | Nov 30, 2020 | Finance, Gig Workers, Tips
THE GIG ECONOMY IS booming as more companies create space for independent workers to take on contract employment on a freelance, short-term basis. Gig workers, as they are called, are a growing self-employed workforce. Whether a direct impact of the ongoing...
by dankeelan | Nov 24, 2020 | Diversity, Finance, Gig Workers
Gig Wage, a payments platform founded by a Black former college basketball player in 2014, recently announced a partnership with online banking giant Green Dot that could take the Dallas-based startup to the next level in its mission to ensure underbanked gig workers...
by dankeelan | Nov 17, 2020 | Finance, Technology
Many businesses have benefited from the digital shift and lifestyle changes brought on by the coronavirus, but few have seen the kind of growth that the freelancer-banking app Lili has since the traditional economy went dark in March. “We have seen a huge...
by dankeelan | Nov 10, 2020 | Featured, Finance, Gig Workers, Tips
In 2020, an increasing number of people are finding themselves working from anywhere. Driven by the COVID-19 pandemic, the increase in remote work has driven consideration of a range of impacts including managing remote work teams and guarding against cyber crime....
by dankeelan | Nov 10, 2020 | Finance, U.S. Economy
The market overall had a great start to the week on Monday with the S&P 500 index climbing 1.2% during the day. But shares of gig economy stocks, which benefit from temporary, short-term work, got pummeled, a reversal of how they have performed so far in...
by dankeelan | Oct 20, 2020 | Finance, Technology
The Gig Economy Challenge was held in Malaysia for the first time this year to improve the financial situations of gig workers due to the coronavirus pandemic. In March, 110 teams from 21 member countries of Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) participated in the...
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