Zenefits news and trends

Payroll App Provider Ranking Sees Slight Changes In Latest Measure
Mobile Applications // March 14, 2023

Who doesn’t love a payroll app? They are among our favorites as we map out their movements each month in the Provider Ranking of Payroll Apps. As is often the case, there’s either no movement or small changes, and so it is with this latest...

Paychex Flex Retains Lead in Payroll App Provider Ranking
Payroll // October 26, 2022

In this edition of PYMNTS’ Provider Ranking of Payroll apps, there is a substantial difference in scores between our top 5 and our lower 10. Some highlights include our movers and shakers gaining ranking slots from the previous assessment. There is a new name coming...

Payroll App Provider Ranking’s ‘Top Earner’ Brings Home a Score of 100
Payroll // July 20, 2022

It’s easy to remain the top earner if you keep achieving a perfect score. That’s what the reigning champion in the PYMNTS Provider Ranking of Payroll apps has done again this month. There are some notable achievements elsewhere in the ranking too. Among the highlights...

Payroll App Provider Ranking Sees Two Contenders Make Double-Digit Gains
Payroll // June 07, 2022

Two contenders have earned themselves a raise in this month’s edition of PYMNTS’ Provider Ranking of Payroll apps. They’ve each made a double-digit improvement to their score and picked up two positions in the ranking. While they’re getting closer to the leaders, they have a...

Interviews & Exclusives
Unicorns Remain (IPO) Shy

July 07, 2016
Amid stock volatility, some unicorns pull back from previous IPO plans. Could there be cannibalization amid mergers and acquisitions, too?

Unicorns Still Toeing (Hoofing) The IPO Line

June 16, 2016
Still a dearth of tech IPOs this year, making our unicorns skittish about public debuts. Plus, a new U.S. unicorn entrant makes a bow. And a few layoffs to boot.

Quick Reads
Some Unicorns Expand, Some Don’t

February 17, 2017
Adyen said that payments volumes for the firm were up 80 percent year over year to a volume of $90 billion. The key drivers were and have been retail and fashion, the firm said. Global expansion has been proceeding apace as the firm signs new clients and is live in 2,700 stores across the U.S. and Europe. […]

Zenefits CEO Jumping Ship To Trump?

December 05, 2016
Human resources software firm Zenefits, which has been beset by legal wrangling over its business practices, is about to lose its captain. The New York Times reported that Zenefits CEO...

Zenefits Ordered To Charge Wash. State Clients

December 02, 2016
Zenefits, the cloud-based, free online HR software provider, has just been dealt another blow by regulators — this time directly to their business model. Zenefits’ basic business model of distributes...