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PNC Bank to Expand Small Business Offerings With Embedded ADP Payroll
October 28, 2026

PNC Bank and ADP have partnered to embed ADP’s payroll and human resources capabilities in PNC’s digital banking platform, ADP said in a Wednesday (Oct. 28) press release. This integration will enable PNC’s small business clients to manage payroll, HR, banking and payments through a...

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Mercury Integrates AI-Powered Payroll Capabilities Into Entrepreneur Accounts
October 20, 2026

FinTech company Mercury added an artificial intelligence-native payroll solution to its offerings so that founders can pay employees and contractors from the account they already use to manage their money, the company said in a Tuesday (Oct. 20) press release. With AI-powered capabilities through Mercury’s...

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Exclusive: Branch Launches High Yield Savings for Workers Whose Pay Changes Every Week
October 01, 2026

Watch more: Need to Know With Branch’s Atif Siddiqi For workers with unpredictable pay, the problem with saving isn’t necessarily deciding to do it. It is knowing how much money they can afford to set aside and leave alone. Branch Founder and CEO Atif Siddiqi...

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Workday Teams With Cash App on Payroll, Experian on Verification
September 24, 2026

Cash App, a financial services platform operated by Block, has partnered with enterprise software provider Workday to integrate its payment destination into Workday’s employee payroll management system, according to a Thursday (Sept. 24) news release. Under the agreement, eligible U.S. workers using Workday will be able...

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Hourly Work Changes by the Shift but Payday Doesn’t
September 15, 2026

For millions of hourly and shift workers, flexibility is built into when they work but rarely into when they get paid. Labor Economy workers are hourly, gig, seasonal or shift-based workers earning no more than $25 an hour and typically less than $50,000 a year....

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Intermezzo Raises $10 Million for Payroll Automation Platform
September 10, 2026

Payroll infrastructure company Intermezzo has raised $10 million in new funding. The startup, founded by two veterans of Intuit, automates payroll for human capital management (HCM) platforms, Intermezzo said in a Thursday (Sept. 10) news release. These platforms often have no localized payroll capabilities in most international markets, requiring...

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61% of Firms Put Payroll Benefits Next in the Embedded Finance Queue
September 07, 2026

Embedded finance appears to have crossed a revealing threshold: Companies are treating its growing pains as reasons to improve the technology rather than abandon it. The PYMNTS Intelligence report “Embedded Finance as a Strategic Initiative” found in October that 93% of companies encounter friction with...

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Branch Wants Earned Wage Access to Be a Bridge, Not a Habit
July 28, 2026

Watch more: Need to Know With Branch’s Atif Siddiqi Before earned wage access became a FinTech category, restaurant workers had a simpler version of it: finish the shift, collect the tips and go home with money earned that day. Cashless payments disrupted that routine. Restaurants...

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Earned Wage Access Reaches Workers but Fails to Win Them
July 15, 2026

On-demand pay was supposed to address a straightforward mismatch. Employees earn money every day, but traditional payroll systems release it every one or two weeks. When a car repair, utility bill or medical expense arrives between paychecks, workers may be forced to borrow even though...