Freelancing is big business, made up of millions of small players in markets as diverse as Web development and Uber drivers. Here’s how Nagarajan Rao, Head of Product at Transpay, sees cross-border payments shaping up in a global gig economy Read more…
Transpay Wins “Best e-Commerce Payment Solution” at 2016 Kalahari Awards
Transpay, a B2B/B2P cross-border payments platform, was awarded “Best e-Commerce Payment Solution” by the Kalahari Awards, in a ceremony held in Lagos, Nigeria today. Since… Read More + Read more…
Freelancers Union: The state of freelancing in Pakistan
SOURCE: FREELANCERS UNION
Over the last few years, the biggest and the most positive change we have seen in Pakistan, is the change in mindset. When I started freelancing in 2008, I was wary of telling people that I work from home. It was kind of a stigma. Over the years this has changed, now you see freelancers are perceived to be in a high-income bracket gaining more respect, more acceptance and more money! Although the stigma is still prevalent things are way better than before. Read more…
Freelancers Union: The state of freelancing in Bangladesh
SOURCE: FREELANCERS UNION
Today Bangladeshi freelancers make up about 12% of all freelancers in the world. Gradually employers have begun to trust Bangladeshis with their projects. Read more…
Transpay CEO Visits Bangladesh & Shares Strategies for Growing Freelance Economy
Recently our CEO, Samish Kumar visited Dhaka to meet with local bank partners to discuss strategies to further grow the digital economy in the country. Top executives team of all major banks in Bangladesh participated as we discussed the, the relentless Bangladeshi freelancer and the benefit for becoming the destination for payments to Bangladeshi freelancers. Read more…
Bankless Times: Transpay preaches iteration and agile design to keep pace with customer demands
SOURCE: BANKLESS TIMES
Be adaptable. The easiest way is to ask your customers what they want then build it. That is what Transpay did a few years ago, Senior Vice President Nagarajan Rao told me at this fall’s Money20/20 conference in Las Vegas. Transpay is a global B2B/B2P cross border payments platform. Its technology enables instant transfers in local currencies across an independent proprietary network to a bank account or pickup location. Read more…
ProPakistani: Pakistan’s Freelancing Future Looks Bright
Source: ProPakistani
Mohsin Mehmood, Transpay country manager in Pakistan, shares his experience freelancing and provides a look at the current freelancing market in Pakistan in a guest column for ProPakistani. Read more…
Let’s Talk Payments: An Infographic That Explains B2B Opportunity in FinTech
SOURCE: LET’S TALK PAYMENTS
Aiming to reduce the challenges in the segment, multiple startups are coming up with solutions for B2B payments. In this infographic, Let’s Talk Payments illustrates the 28 FinTech firms operating in the B2B space.
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How to prepare yourself for the coming gig economy
SOURCE: BIZ JOURNALS
Freelancing is on the rise and this presents huge opportunities for workers, as well as the businesses that can leverage their skills to gain competitive advantage. In looking globally at this phenomenon, also referred to as the “gig economy,” it’s even more remarkable. New, highly skilled talent based in developing nations such as Bangladesh, Pakistan and India is now readily available to U.S. companies, and U.S. freelancers are now able to sell their services globally as well. Read more…
Takeaways from Phocuswright 2015: Payments in the Home-Rental Industry
Our first-time at the Phocuswright Conference was a success. We exhibited, we mingled and we soaked up the insights being shared by this year’s speakers. As an event dedicated to “travel innovation,” the discussions that stuck with us centered on the innovations in alternate lodging, namely home-sharing and vacation rentals. The rising global popularity brings up the question, how are these platform handling payments to their increasingly global homeowners? Read more…