Ewa news and trends

Indeed Flex and Branch Team to Offer Temps Same-Day Pay
Faster Payments // September 30, 2024

Temporary staffing platform Indeed Flex launched a partnership with workforce payments company Branch. Via the collaboration, the companies are offering Same Day Pay, which lets Flex users get up to half their earnings within an hour after finishing a shift, according to a Monday (Sept....

Payfare Withdraws Financial Guidance as DoorDash Partnership Winds Down
Partnerships // September 27, 2024

Earned wage access (EWA) company Payfare said Thursday (Sept. 26) that it is withdrawing its previously issued 2024 financial guidance for revenue and earnings after learning that its core services agreement with DoorDash will not be renewed. The companies are establishing a transition plan to begin in...

DailyPay to Expand Earned Wage Access Services to UK
Disbursements // September 23, 2024

DailyPay will expand its earned wage access (EWA) services to the United Kingdom this fall. The solution, which will mark the company’s first expansion outside the United States, will initially be offered to DailyPay’s existing clients who have operations in the U.K., the company said...

DailyPay Unveils Financial Wellness Tool for Credit Monitoring
Personal Finance // September 16, 2024

DailyPay has debuted “Credit Health,” a tool to help users monitor their financial wellness. Announced Monday (Sept. 16), the offering is integrated into the earned wage access (EWA) company’s app, letting users stay on top of their credit status. The company said the need for...

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Earned Wage Access Debate Set to Heat Up Between FinTechs and Regulators

February 09, 2024
The debate between regulators and FinTechs over the state of earned wage access (EWA) innovations looks set to heat up through the next several months. In a Feb. 7 letter to Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) Director Rohit Chopra, the American Fintech Council urged that a meeting be set up with “relevant stakeholders” to have […]

Real-Time Payroll Helps Struggling Workers Avoid Payday Loans

January 27, 2023
Sixty-three percent of Americans were living paycheck to paycheck as of November, up from 60% the month prior, according to a recent report. Low wages do not entirely explain this...

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Fiserv Acquires Earned Wage Access Firm Payfare

December 23, 2024
Payments and financial services technology company Fiserv is acquiring earned wage access (EWA) provider Payfare. “This acquisition complements the embedded finance solutions of Fiserv with card program management, a white-label consumer app, and a microservices orchestration layer,” Fiserv said in a news release Monday (Dec. 23). Those offerings from Payfare, combined with Fiserv’s expertise in processing, bank ledgers and integrated […]

Indeed Flex and Branch Team to Offer Temps Same-Day Pay

September 30, 2024
Temporary staffing platform Indeed Flex launched a partnership with workforce payments company Branch. Via the collaboration, the companies are offering Same Day Pay, which lets Flex users get up to...

Payfare Withdraws Financial Guidance as DoorDash Partnership Winds Down

September 27, 2024
Earned wage access (EWA) company Payfare said Thursday (Sept. 26) that it is withdrawing its previously issued 2024 financial guidance for revenue and earnings after learning that its core services agreement...

DailyPay to Expand Earned Wage Access Services to UK

September 23, 2024
DailyPay will expand its earned wage access (EWA) services to the United Kingdom this fall. The solution, which will mark the company’s first expansion outside the United States, will initially...