Tagged: earned wage access

January 21, 2023 @ 1:35 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Instant Financial, the pioneer of fee-free, responsible earned wage access (EWA) solutions, unveiled its new website, brand positioning and card design to reflect the company’s  leadership in on-demand pay. Since its founding in 2015, Instant has “built the most comprehensive, fee–free earned wage access platform… Read More

December 16, 2022 @ 10:27 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Instant Financial, which claims to be the “pioneer” of fee-free, responsible earned wage access (EWA) solutions that help employees take control of their financial wellness, announced that the company “reached several growth milestones in 2022, confirming the demand for on-demand pay and electronic tips solutions… Read More

December 11, 2022 @ 10:06 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Earned Wage Access (EWA) service provider Paywatch has reportedly secured $9 million via a pre-Series A funding round that was led by existing investor Third Prime. The investment round also included contributions from Hana Ventures which is the venture division of Hana Financial Group in… Read More

April 13, 2022 @ 11:15 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Wagestream, a financial wellbeing app, has raised a $175 million Series C funding round. The company was founded in 2018 by Peter Briffett (CEO), Portman Wills (CTO) and a group of financial charities to give people access to a set of fairer financial services, delivered… Read More

November 30, 2021 @ 10:39 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

GajiGesa, an Indonesia-based company that offers financial wellness solutions that include the Earned Wage Access (EWA) program, today announced a $6.6 million pre-Series A round. New contributors to the round include MassMutual Ventures, January Capital, Wagestream, Oliver Jung, Patrick Walujo, Chee-Yann Wong, RS. Bunda Group,… Read More

October 5, 2021 @ 7:43 am By Omar Faridi  |  

A significant 92% of consumers given Earned Wage Access (EWA), a service that allows people to get paid as they earn, said that it helped them to settle bills on time, “avoid overdraft fees and payday loans, and become less dependent on credit cards –… Read More

September 8, 2021 @ 4:43 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

As part of its increased B2B focus and overall business strategy, Netspend is introducing the Netspend Earned Wage Access platform and mobile app, which will enable companies to provide their workers with on-demand access to accrued wages or earnings that the employees have already earned… Read More

June 27, 2021 @ 7:44 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Fifth Third Bank Momentum Checking clients will now be able to get access to their paychecks up to 2 days early. The US-based lender had started offering the Early Pay option in certain markets earlier in 2021 in order to assist its customers with avoiding… Read More

June 12, 2021 @ 8:34 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

New York-based Clair, an earned wage firm for gig economy workers and technology contractors, has finalized a $15 million Series A round that was led by Thrive Capital. Clair’s latest investment round brings the Fintech firm’s total funding to $19.5 million. The company’s seed round… Read More