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Neobank Joust Raises $2.6M To Improve Freelancer Payments

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At Joust, we understand the growing market of self-employed workers, freelancers and small businesses, and their need for an all-in-one banking solution –especially one that gives them the same benefits enjoyed by major corporations. Existing financial market infrastructure just isn’t built to provide this bundle.

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Are Mobile Payments Finally Ready To Ignite In Japan?

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It’s the market that should ignite but stubbornly refuses to. Included in Japan’s cashless by 2027 plan is doubling the ratio of card and e-money transactions from there within the next eight years in the eventual hopes of building what Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has called a “$1tn-plus cashless market.”.

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Freelancer Payments Turn Traditional Payroll On Its Head

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That figure could rise to 50 percent, it estimates, by 2027. “You’re seeing the global freelancer market pick up tremendously, in part, because of the technology infrastructure being built to allow for this.” working population. It’s not a U.S.-only France and the Netherlands, according to IPSE. ”

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