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Nacha Reports Same Day ACH Volume Jumps 37% in Q3

October 23, 2026
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Mercury Integrates AI-Powered Payroll Capabilities Into Entrepreneur Accounts
Payroll // 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...

Chase Adds Payroll to Larger Business Banking Offering
B2B Payments // October 07, 2026

Chase is expanding its payroll service to help business clients dealing with cash flow pressures. The new offering, announced Wednesday (Oct. 7), brings Chase Payroll alongside the banking and payment activities business customers already manage through the lender. “Small business owners are constantly balancing employees,...

Workday Teams With Cash App on Payroll, Experian on Verification
Payroll // 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...

Hourly Work Changes by the Shift but Payday Doesn’t
Payroll // 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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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. Only 11% of them have access to on-demand pay through […]

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...

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...

Every Instant Payout Is a New Customer Waiting to Happen

June 04, 2026
Financial institutions have long treated disbursements as back-office logistics. Move the money, book the revenue and support the commercial client. However, the PYMNTS Intelligence report “Banking Both Sides: Instant Payouts...

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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 AI agent, Mercury Command, the new Mercury Payroll is designed […]

Chase Adds Payroll to Larger Business Banking Offering

October 07, 2026
Chase is expanding its payroll service to help business clients dealing with cash flow pressures. The new offering, announced Wednesday (Oct. 7), brings Chase Payroll alongside the banking and payment...

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...

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....