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Deep Dive: Adapting Worker Payments To The On-Demand Era

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Consumers have come to expect on-demand service when they watch movies, make online purchases or hail rides, for example, but this practice contrasts with how most employees are paid. Various compensation alternatives have recently emerged that are more aligned with workers’ on-demand expectations. On-Demand Pay And The Gig Economy .

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Square Lets Sellers Dispatch Couriers With On-Demand Delivery

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To let merchants send out delivery drivers for orders made on their websites, Square unveiled availability of its On-Demand Delivery for Square Online Store offering in an announcement on Wednesday (June 24). And, in November 2019, Square had unveiled the completion of an arrangement to sell Caviar to DoorDash.

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Uber Eats Moves Into On-Demand Grocery Delivery

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Uber Eats is stepping up moves into online grocery deliveries as the coronavirus continues to spread worldwide, stifling rideshare demand and crippling supermarkets, according to a Financial Times report on Wednesday (April 1). The company already dipped its toe in the grocery delivery arena with a trial in Australia in 2019.

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Phlatbed CEO: How Mobile Tools Keep On-Demand Wages Moving

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million households lacked access to bank accounts as of 2019. percent in 2019, its lowest rate in a decade since the FDIC first began tracking this statistic in 2009. Both businesses and consumers are still attempting to deal with the financial hardships brought on by the ongoing pandemic. In the U.S.,

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Walgreens, Postmates Team For New York On-Demand Delivery

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To provide on-demand delivery for shoppers looking for health and wellness products, Walgreens and Postmates have announced a collaboration. Postmates’ on-demand delivery service, combined with Walgreens ’ scale, “will allow both businesses to better meet the needs of their customers,” according to the announcement.

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On-Demand Payroll Leads B2B FinTech Funding

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backers focused on accounts payable (AP) technology, cannabis procurement and small business lending, to name a few – but it was a FinTech specializing in the high-growth market of on-demand payroll that secured the top spot in this week’s roundup. and also to scale to meet existing customers’ demand.

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Freight Spot Rates, Volumes On Upswing Amid Retail Demand – But Will It Last?

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That’s because consumer demand is picking up, but retail inventories are relatively low. To that end, as reported in Commercial Carrier Journal, with reporting from online sessions held by FTR, freight demand is strong now – but there’s still uncertainty ahead. percent higher than August 2019.