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This article covers trends in the US payroll-card market, benefits and risks of using the cards, applicable state and federal laws, and tips for advocates assisting workers on payroll cards.
Global smartphone adoption is set to ramp up massively in the coming years, particularly in developing markets. As more unbanked consumers gain access to smartphones and mobile internet services, new opportunities for mobile financial services models will arise. This GSMA…
This article traces wages’ social productivity among farm workers on the Zimbabwean-South African border. In this migrant-labour setting, money’s form matters. Because currency objects are physically the same, it is difficult for workers to store them in an insecure environment,…
This report focuses on the last mile challenges faced by Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA) workers in accessing their wages after the wages have been credited to the workers’ bank or postal accounts. It is based on…
The government of India has shifted from cash payment of wages under the renamed Mahatma Gandhi Employment Guarantee Scheme to settlement through bank accounts. This has been done in order to prevent defrauding of workers and to give them greater…
This article evaluates the United Kingdom’s Wages Act 1986, including in relation to cashless pay.