| Balancing Gig Workersâ Desire For Work Flexibility, With The Need For A Steady Paycheck Flexibility is the why many workers choose to freelance, but experienced and highly skilled workers also want the certainty of a steady paycheck. In the latest Gig Economy Tracker®, Teja Yenamandra, CEO of freelance software engineer marketplace Gun.io, explains why offering weekly paychecks, combined with other payout options, helps keep a highly skilled workforce motivated and engaged. |
| Why Unified Commerce Is Critical For Merchants â And Catnip For Fraudsters The shift to digital commerce is more urgent than ever, but fraudsters are recalibrating their attacks. Carleigh Jaques, senior vice president and general manager of CyberSource, tells Karen Webster that while the definition of âunified commerceâ is a lot more flexible, the battle against the bad actors will have to be flexible, too. |
| Earnings Reports From FIS To PayPal Herald Point Of Saleâs âNew Normalâ The first quarter should have been business as usual for the payments processors and financial-services technology companies. However, earnings reports from Fiserv, FIS and PayPal show just how the pandemic has changed things amid struggling merchants and shifting consumer sentiment. Does this brave new world offer clues about the point of saleâs ânew normalâ? |
| Helping SMBs Step Up And Scale Securely In The New Digital Economy The world has quickly gone from ‘digitize gradually’ to ‘digital only,’ creating an innovation rush that has created about ‘30 years worth of innovation in about three months,' according to Trulioo Chief Operating Officer Zac Cohen. He says that that’s good news in the long run, even if it creates major short-term challenges in making those new digital on ramps possible, productive and secure for SMBs who are making that leap for the first time. |
| Securing The Growing Digital Opportunity With the entire world gone digital in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, crooks have suddenly found themselves in a target-rich environment. Kount Senior Vice President Gary Sevounts tells PYMNTS that companies can’t avoid delving into the digital world anyway, but they can tap into better technology and richer data streams to shut fraudsters down before the bad guys ever really find a foothold. |
| | Virtual Roundtable | | Will PPPâs Lack Of Clarity Fail To Protect SMBs And Paychecks? The Administration has warned PPP loan recipients that they have now until May 14 to decide if they really need the money after all and if not, to return it by then, no questions asked. If they keep it, those questions could come in the form of audits â or worse â which many say begs the question about the programs real intent: Paycheck Protection for any SMB with less than 500 employees, or a Main Street SMB rescue program for those much smaller. Listen in as IngoMoney CEO Drew Edwards, Planters First Bancorp CEO Dan Speight and this week's On The Agenda, PPP Edition, special guest K&L Gates partner attorney Judie Rinearson join Karen Webster to discuss. |
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