The IRS states that if you work odd jobs for money, occasionally sell short stories or have both a day job and a side business, you are considered to be self-employed in the USA. Even if you occasionally declare a loss, what matters is that you operate your firm with the aim of generating a profit.
Payer, the leading B2B technology company specializing in digital conversion, payments, and finance automation, with a mission to digitalize the B2B industry wherever payments play a central role, has announced that it will now facilitate American Express payments across the Nordics in Denmark, Finland, Norway, and Sweden. This means that companies using Payer as a B2B
Silicon Valley Bank UK, the bank of the most innovative companies and investors in the UK and Europe, today announced the closing of financing for UK-listed global technology company Wise. Silicon Valley Bank UK acted as lead arranger of the syndication, with six other banks participating in the new £300m capital facility to support Wise’s future
The main reason that credit cards try to lure you in with welcome bonuses, rewards, and travel perks is to improve your chances of earning interest on your credit card. Credit card interest, also known as APR, or annual percentage, can easily add up to more than late fees and annual fees combined. As a
Banks have started to send $13bn in cash backing Elon Musk’s takeover of Twitter according to people familiar with the matter, the latest sign the $44bn deal for the social-media company is on track to close by the end of the week after months of twists and turns. Musk late on 25 October sent a
Papaya Global, the leading global people management platform for the remote working era and already known as a payroll technology innovator, has announced today that it is now poised to further extend international payments through cutting-edge technology with the integration of J.P. Morgan’s payment processing products and solutions that could transform Papaya’s global payroll enabling
BitPay, the world’s largest provider of Bitcoin and cryptocurrency payment services, has announced support for Polygon and MATIC. Consumers can buy, store, swap and spend MATIC within the BitPay app later this week. For the first time, BitPay app holders will have access to spend other ERC-20 tokens including USDC, DAI, ETH and WBTC on
N26 Crypto, which has been developed in partnership with crypto custodian Bitpanda, will initially be rolled out in Austria before being expanded to other key markets over the next six months. According to N26, the launch has been inspired by the strong local demand for crypto with 40% of its users either actively trading or
Nubank, one of the largest digital financial services platforms in the world with over 70 million customers across Latin America, announces today the creation of Nucoin, its own cryptocurrency on the Polygon blockchain network. The company’s tokens are expected to be launched in the first half of 2023, will be distributed free of charge to customers
The origins of blockchain technology can be traced to David Chaum, who first proposed the idea in the early 1980s. You might be most familiar with blockchain today as the home of cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin. In an effort to increase transparency, blockchain technology keeps track of all Bitcoin transactions. However, blockchain technology is not just
bolttech, one of the world’s fastest-growing international InsurTech companies, announced Tokio Marine, alongside other shareholders, will lead bolttech’s Series B funding round. One year after closing the largest Series A funding round ever for an InsurTech, the investment values bolttech, Singapore’s own native InsurTech unicorn, at an up-round valuation of roughly $1.5 billion. Bolttech’s strengths and
Wio Bank PJSC, the region’s first platform bank, has announced a partnership with Stripe, a financial infrastructure platform for businesses, which will enable SMEs in the UAE to access the power of e-commerce faster and more easily and conveniently. Through this collaboration, Wio Business, the company’s first digital banking application, will enable SMEs and independent contractors—who
