And creator job boards

‘Buy now pay later’ shakes up consumer payment, Pallet is introducing a new opportunity for creator monetization, and former Facebook employee, Frances Haugen, delivers her testimony in front of the senate.

Buy now pay later

From Digital Native, by Rex Woodbury

• BNPL (Buy Now Pay Later) schemes are on the rise and in the future, they could mirror fully-fledged financial institutions.
• 7 in 10 of BNPL users prefer it to credit cards, 78% of users want more solutions in future and 51% of all consumers use BNPL.
• Of those who don’t use it: 30% mention a lack of rewards, while 30% prefer debit cards.

Curators are the new creators

From Consumer Startups, by Leo Luo

Pallet is a new startup offering creator-managed job boards where companies can pay the creator to be listed.

• An easy way for creators to diversify monetization.
• Followers have easy access to jobs matching their specific interests, as job pivots become more and more common.
• Companies get better candidates.

Microsoft on remote work

From Boundless, by Paul Millerd

Microsoft published an extensive study on remote work and its effects on collaboration. Some interesting finds: