Ripple Emerges Among Top 100 Companies That Care About Employees
People Magazine has recognized Ripple by placing it in the prestigious list of “100 Companies Who Care For Employees And Society.” Ripple Recognized For Employee Contributions To Social Good By People Magazine The firm shared the exciting development with its followers on August 23, as well as thanked its employees who helped the community endlessly […]
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Brad Garlinghouse said tech companies have an obligation to contribute to solving societal issues. Brad Garlinghouse, the CEO of blockchain-based payments firm Ripple, disagrees with Coinbase’s new policy restricting its employees from engaging in political discussions at work.Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong first announced the ‘apolitical’ policy in a blog post on Sep. 27. He encouraged Coinbase employees to not indulge in political discussion and keep their focus on the company’s mission of creating an open financial system for the world. Garlinghouse disagrees, telling CNBC that technology....
Just several days ago we brought you news of a new service called Paybits. Paybits effectively allows employees to control how much of their paycheck gets converted to bitcoin, but yet another company is coming on the scene to help out with bitcoin payroll. Dubbed Bitwage, the company took to social sharing website Reddit.com to submit their press release. What they are offering is a service that serves as "the first formal bitcoin payroll service." As of today, the payroll service has launched in the form of a private alpha, and the company says this alpha has been designed for smaller....
A newly released survey from Bitwage, a bitcoin-focused payroll solution provider, has revealed that 47% of bitcoin companies are open to paying their employees in the digital currency. The survey sought to assess the sentiment toward bitcoin payroll options held at more than 150 bitcoin-friendly companies, most of which were based in the US. In total, 38 companies responded, with 18 reporting they would be open to paying bitcoin wages. Of the companies surveyed, 10.5% of the employers who responded are currently paying employees, at least in part, in bitcoin. Notable bitcoin companies....
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