Petl Pay Accounts for Freelancers and Agencies

Thanks for the feature The Open Letter 📨 🇿🇦 "And, while building Rafiki Works, a platform that helps users source and coordinate freelancers or contractors, local founders Greg Cooke and Nicholas Boswell saw firsthand that payments are the biggest pain for corporates and SMEs alike in managing contractors. So the pivot was clear: change the focus to payments and the coordination around it for contractors. Introducing Petl Pay petl pay is a financial orchestration tool for project-based teams. It’s the conductor that takes all the frantic instruments, time sheeting, invoicing, client payments and contributor payouts and blends them into one harmonious, project-based workflow." https://lnkd.in/dWqvGG9X #Fintech #Stablecoins #EmbeddedFinance

How Fintech Innovation Is Disrupting the Fee Structures of Freelance Websites | MEXC News: Platform fees in the gig economy have long been treated as a fixed cost of doing business. But a convergence of fintech infrastructure, ... #finpeform #fintech

If you are building independently in 2026, Contra just made a serious move. Contra Payments is not just a feature drop. It is a full stack for how freelancers and creators earn: invoices, payment links, digital products, and project payouts in one system. What I respect most is the direction: commission-free core, transparent fee breakdowns, and a product clearly built for long-term independent careers, not short-term platform extraction. From a founder lens, this is the kind of execution that compounds trust. More creator tools should look like this. What part of creator payments do you think still needs the biggest redesign next? #freelance #creatoreconomy #payments #product #contra

How Fintech Innovation Is Disrupting the Fee Structures of Freelance Websites | MEXC News: Platform fees in the gig economy have long been treated as a fixed cost of doing business. But a convergence of fintech infrastructure, ...

One issue stood out in every creator conversation: payment delays. From freelancers to full-time creators, the story is the same — uncertain timelines, multiple follow-ups, and lack of transparency. As the creator economy evolves, reliable payment systems shouldn’t be optional — they should be standard. Konekto is built to bring structure, clarity, and efficiency to creator-brand transactions. If you’ve experienced this, you’re not alone. Comment “Konekto” to learn more. #CreatorEconomy #InfluencerMarketing #DigitalPayments #Konekto #CreatorEcosystem

As we connect with businesses who are looking to demonstrate they're being #FreelanceFriendly, I thought I'd unpack what Leapers Co. policy framework does. The 10 point framework is way to create transparency around existing behaviours, and a way to plan for improving things. Any business who hires freelancers can publish their own version of the statement, completing each section with their current activities - so freelancers can see how supportive an organisation is - and a copy of the statement is also published via leapers.co, creating a centralised list of supportive orgs. Not every business will be doing something in every category, so it also acts as a roadmap for making a plan to improve over time, an annual review shows how you're making progress, and feedback from your freelancers validates things. It's not a manifesto or pledge - it's an exercise in transparency. Can you help me find the first 10 orgs who will publish their statements? https://lnkd.in/eHUyirBv

‎Upwork Inc. is a publicly traded company, which means its primary responsibility is to generate profits for its shareholders. Because of this, its priorities have shifted over time. ‎ It no longer focuses as much on supporting freelancers who are just starting or have limited funds. Instead, it operates with a strong business and revenue-driven mindset. ‎ ‎So, while some freelancers may be unhappy with the current state of the platform, it’s important to understand that from an investor’s perspective, the company is likely meeting its financial goals. The game is the game.

The future financial stack for freelancers and content creators will look like an operating system. Today it’s fragmented. Banking in one place. Invoicing somewhere else. Taxes handled manually. Investments disconnected. Credit offered blindly. The next evolution is integration plus execution. One system that: • Sees every inflow and outflow • Understands income volatility • Dynamically provisions tax • Unlocks credit based on real time behavior • Allocates surplus intelligently Not a dashboard. An operating layer for money. As I build and learn in fintech for independents, one thing is clear: Access was the first wave. Optimization was the second. Execution will be the third. And freelancers and creators might lead that shift. Because when you are your own CFO, you value agency over analytics. #FintechStartup #Neobanking #Freelancers #CreatorEconomy #AICFO #FinancialOS #StartupJourney

The average freelancer uses 6.2 tools to run their business 🛠️ Here's what I discovered talking to 100+ freelancers: Invoice software: FreshBooks, Wave, Invoice Simple Time tracking: Toggl, Harvest, Clockify Client management: Notion, Airtable, spreadsheets Proposals: PandaDoc, Proposify, Google Docs Contracts: DocuSign, HelloSign, PandaDoc (again) Payments: Stripe, PayPal, Wise Average monthly cost: $127 Average time spent switching between tools: 4.3 hours/week That's $1,524/year + 224 hours of context-switching. The real cost isn't the subscriptions. It's the mental overhead of juggling everything. This is why I'm building Novba as an integrated platform: ✅ Create proposal ✅ Client approves → auto-converts to contract ✅ Client signs → invoice auto-generated ✅ Payment plan auto-created ✅ Reminders auto-sent ✅ Payment received → cash flow forecast updates One platform. One workflow. Zero context-switching. First 100 users get lifetime free access: https://lnkd.in/d6NkDWwq Launching March 31, 2026. How many tools are YOU currently using to freelance? #freelance #productivity #buildinginpublic

The best freelancers I know think about client selection the way VCs think about deals... Not every deal gets funded. Not every pitch gets a meeting. And the deals that DO get close consideration aren't just scrutinised on the basis of the idea... The infrastructure surrounding it is put under the microscope, too. And this is the way I approach clients & projects. When a new client approaches me - I'm interested in the the brief. Sure. But what I'm actually evaluating is whether this business can deploy what I give them. It's wise to see mental bandwidth as your balance sheet. And every project you take is a capital allocation decision. You're deploying your most finite resource — focused, expert thinking — and you want a return on that investment. Which means some clients are good investments...and some clients - well, they just AREN'T. These are a couple of the green flags I look for before I commit my bandwidth: - A media buying team that knows what it's doing. . - A business with a strong ability to create outsized value in the market. A $3M company and a $40M company are not the same client, even if they're in the same niche and paying the same fee. The upside on the second is categorically different. A VC doesn't fund a brilliant founder with no route to market. So I won't write for a brilliant offer that doesn't have strong distribution to the right audience. I've passed on projects that looked great on paper for exactly this reason — and never regretted it.