Fintech Finance

JULY 10, 2025

Ageras , a leading software platform for accounting, admin and banking for small businesses in Europe, has acquired Dutch payroll software company Employes , marking its second acquisition in 2025 and its eighth to date. Employes has in the last years experienced rapid, profitable growth.

Payroll

Fintech Finance

JULY 10, 2025

The roll-up of Dutch payroll software company Employes marks Danish-founded Ageras’ second acquisition this year and its most significant since its 2024 takeover of French business banking platform Shine from Société Générale, says Ageras’ CEO, signalling that change is coming for the way small businesses across Europe pay their wages.

Payroll

Fintech Labs Insights

MAY 12, 2025

Human Interest Simplified 401(k)s for small businesses through digital onboarding and payroll integrations, becoming the fastest-growing provider in the U.S. Website: figure.com Headquarters: San Francisco, California, USA Founded: 2018 Total Funding: $675 million 8.

FinTech

Fintech Labs Insights

MAY 12, 2025

Human Interest Simplified 401(k)s for small businesses through digital onboarding and payroll integrations, becoming the fastest-growing provider in the U.S. Website: figure.com Headquarters: San Francisco, California, USA Founded: 2018 Total Funding: $675 million 8.

FinTech

PYMNTS

MAY 14, 2019

Restaurant management platform Toast has launched Toast Payroll & Team Management, a payroll and HR solution designed for the restaurant industry, the company said in a release. The new service makes payroll easier by automating it, and it also streamlines onboarding and reduces compliance risk.

Payroll

Finextra

JULY 11, 2025

Home News Wholesale Ageras makes 8th acquisition with payroll company Employes Editorial This content has been selected, created and edited by the Finextra editorial team based upon its relevance and interest to our community. No doubt, this is our most significant acquisition since Shine joined us last year.”

Payroll

PYMNTS

DECEMBER 28, 2018

Though FinTech has, in many ways, heated up the competition with banks, traditional financial institutions (FIs) widely began to realize in 2018 that their best strategy to remain competitive in today’s financial services landscape is often to collaborate with (not against) those FinTech firms. Visa Acquires Longtime Partner Fraedom.

B2B

PYMNTS

MAY 15, 2019

Restaurant technology firm Toast is stepping into the payroll sphere with its Toast Payroll & Team Management offering, it was announced on Tuesday (May 14). “In fact, almost two-thirds of Toast customers listed this as their top challenge in the 2018 Toast Restaurant Success Report. billion.

Payroll

PYMNTS

APRIL 22, 2020

While there has been some innovation in wage payment mechanisms as more employers shift away from the paper check toward direct deposit and payroll cards, little has changed about the timing of those payments. The payroll status quo has created cash flow challenges for many employees, particularly the estimated 60 percent of U.S.

Payroll

PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

For purposes of this analogy, the “basement” into which bad mice are creeping is most likely your legacy payroll/expense management software and its possibly compromised connections. While technological advancements have revolutionized many aspects of operations, payroll and expense management are not [among] them.

Payroll

PYMNTS

JULY 24, 2019

Payroll startup Gusto announced Wednesday (July 24) that it has raised $200 million led by former U.S. Gusto aims to unravel payroll complexity for small and medium businesses (SMBs). has its own set of diverse and complex labor laws, making it hard for SMBs to find a suitable payroll product. “I Every state in the U.S.

Payroll

CB Insights

OCTOBER 21, 2018

The 2018 Fintech 250 have raised approximately $53B in aggregate funding across 947 deals since 2013, and includes startups at different investment stages of development, from early-stage (seed/Series A) companies to well-funded unicorns. Outside the US: 44% of the 2018 Fintech 250 are based outside the US. Please click to enlarge.

FinTech

PYMNTS

MARCH 2, 2020

These businesses do not always have the time or resources to find and hire temporary workers, add them to payroll, and remove them a few weeks later. Companies thus often turn to staffing agencies — which keep temporary workers on payroll and send them out as needed to short-term jobs — to help them connect with ad hoc workers.

Payroll

PYMNTS

MAY 21, 2020

D eel, which works in payroll for remote workers, is coming off a Series A funding round for $14 million, CNBC reported Thursday (May 21). The company, founded in 2018, has focused since its inception on connecting remote workers with payment solutions.

Payroll

PYMNTS

MARCH 30, 2018

There is one exception to B2B payments’ aversion to speed: payroll. Employers see potential in faster payments technologies to remedy key points of friction in payroll, like fixing payroll errors. 1 request” for clients of payroll company Wagepoint, its CEO, Shrad Rao, told PYMNTS last year. “We and Canada.”.

Payroll

PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 5, 2020

Global worker movements across borders have the payroll industry frequently assessing new strategies and products. 4) it would expand its flagship payroll service Dayforce into New Zealand. Ceridian went public nearly two years ago in spring 2018 with an initial public offering (IPO) that exceeded expectations.

Payroll

PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 16, 2019

government is updating its payroll systems and has picked payroll partners to support the modernization process. The GSA noted that NewPay aims to overhaul existing legacy payroll systems to improve efficiency and security using Software-as-a-Service. In an announcement on Thursday (Sept. 12), the U.S.

Payroll

PYMNTS

JULY 5, 2018

payroll services market saw consolidation this week with Asure Software announcing Tuesday (July 3) that it acquired USA Payroll. A press release said USA Payroll is a reseller of various payroll and human resources solutions, including Asure’s HRIS platform, Evolution.

Payroll

PYMNTS

DECEMBER 13, 2019

Payroll information for tens of thousands of Facebook employees, including banking information, names, bank account numbers and the last four digits of Social Security numbers, was stolen from an employee’s car in an apparent smash and grab, according to a report by Bloomberg. . The company reached out to employees on Friday (Dec.

Payroll

PYMNTS

OCTOBER 3, 2018

During the 2018 Minor League Baseball season, the Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp drew an average of 5,000 fans to each of its games, and serving that crowd meant rallying Bragan Field at the Baseball Grounds’ army of ticket takers, ushers, concessions staff, merchandise vendors and more. and Canadian MiLB clubs. Employee-Focused Solution.

Payroll

PYMNTS

DECEMBER 18, 2018

Other things – like payroll systems getting their first major disruption in over a decade – are certainly worth following, even if the tea leaves aren’t quite clear yet. Could anyone have predicted the rise of “bleisure” travel or Canadians’ love affair with plastic ? Data: $3 billion: The amount Tencent has invested in 40 U.S.

Payroll

PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 9, 2020

Deel says its technology addresses the biggest logistical hurdles that are associated with onboarding globally remote full-time staff and contractors, which are compliance and payroll. Deel has focused on linking remote workers with payment offerings since its inception in 2018.

Payroll

PYMNTS

APRIL 26, 2019

billion in 2018. Payroll diversion has become a significant form of payments fraud as well — in this case, the bad actors snare login credentials from employees, and change direct deposit information. Recently announced statistics from the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) bear out this trend.

Business Email Compromise

PYMNTS

MAY 1, 2018

Australia’s new regulations for payroll will apply to all businesses with at least 20 employees, and experts are urging employers to quickly take a headcount of staff and be ready to comply with the new requirements. Employers must count each employee on their payroll and keep a copy for their records.”.

Payroll

Finovate

MARCH 7, 2024

Payroll connectivity provider Argyle raised $30 million in Series C funding this week. ” Headquartered in New York and founded in 2018, Argyle made its Finovate debut at FinovateSpring 2022. Photo by David Besh The post Payroll Connectivity Provider Argyle Raises $30 Million in Series C Funding appeared first on Finovate.

Payroll

PYMNTS

JANUARY 12, 2017

As payroll joins the high-tech stratosphere populated by other business processes, corporations are beginning to shift their approaches to this area. Analysis from Bloomberg BNA in its “ 2017 Outlook — International Payroll ” report released just before the new year suggests data protection has become a paramount concern for payroll managers.

Payroll

PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 14, 2019

Federal Government is gearing up to overhaul and upgrade its payroll technology thanks to a $20.7 Reports in GCN this week said the government has announced funding for the payroll project that will upgrade the way an estimated 800,000 federal employees are paid. million investment from the Technology Modernization Fund.

Payroll

PYMNTS

AUGUST 17, 2018

As part of the partnership , DATIS will attend and sponsor the upcoming Relias Impact Nation 2018 conference for the second year running to promote the complementary aspects of the Relias and DATIS platforms. The event will take place Oct.

Payroll

PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 20, 2020

Such factors could drive companies worldwide to seek the utility and flexibility of delivering payroll via prepaid cards, and this month’s Deep Dive examines companies’ growing interest in these tools. . Alternative payroll methods are also important in countries like the U.S., A 2018 survey polled 158 U.S.-based

Payroll

PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 25, 2019

based Juniper Research is projecting that contactless payments will be on the uptick, Sage is teaming up with FinTech Modulr for payroll as well as accounts payable payments for U.K. The Transport for London deployment, for instance, had 760 million contactless trips in the year concluding in September 2018. according to reports.

Payroll

PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 12, 2020

BitPay Send lets firms facilitate client cashout requests, provide payroll payments, offer rebates or rewards, pay freelancers or affiliates and settle with marketplace sellers, according to the announcement. Bitcoin last exceeded the $16,000 price point on Jan. The price of the cryptocurrency was $16,301.03 as of 7:17 p.m.

Stablecoins

PYMNTS

JULY 5, 2018

The payrolls at U.S.-based percent unemployment by the end of 2018, noted Reuters. Private payrolls increased 189,000 in May, the report noted. percent amid higher-than-expected payroll gains. Total payrolls increased by 223,000 workers, which was more than the estimate of 188,000. percent marking an 18-year low.

Payroll

PYMNTS

JANUARY 17, 2019

The evolution of payroll is all about pushing back against the notion of one-size-fits-all. As innovative technologies move down stream, small and medium-sized businesses are poised to benefit significantly from being able to customize a flexible payroll and human capital management (HCM) program. ” In the U.S.,

Payroll

PYMNTS

DECEMBER 21, 2018

The holiday season always brings with it a major crush of hiring for temporary employees — and the year 2018 was widely forecasted to be one for the record books on that account. That’s because, during the busiest sales season of the year, payroll and back-office worries are the last things any entrepreneur wants to think about.

Payroll

PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 28, 2019

Square ‘s Q4 earnings 2018 results came after market close on Wednesday (Feb. The Cash App , Square said, had more than 15 million monthly active users in December 2018, more than double the number seen in the final month of 2017. 27), showing the continuation of several trends seen in recent quarterly reports.

Debit Card

PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 2, 2018

billion in the third quarter of 2018, a 6.7 During the same period, direct deposit for payroll and other consumer disbursements represented the largest number of transactions at close to 1.7 billion in the second quarter of 2018, a 6.2 NACHA – The Electronic Payments Association – announced Thursday (Nov. billion, which is a 3.7

ACH Network

PYMNTS

JANUARY 18, 2019

As reported late this week in Dark Reading , and as estimated by security research firm Agari , efforts are “ramping up” wherein criminals look to “divert payrolls” of senior executives. Agari said the payroll diversion scams are on the rise, and are gaining traction as a result of social engineering.

Business Email Compromise