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HR Tech Awards 2025 Winners Announced

In this blog post, Lighthouse Research & Advisory's Ben Eubanks announces the winners of HR Tech Awards 2025 winners.

Wagestream won in the Total Rewards and Employee Wellbeing category for having the Best Frontline-focused Solution.

Wagestream is named an HR Tech Awards 2025 Winner

Wagestream has been recognized as a winner in the Total Rewards and Empmloyee Wellbeing category for having the Best Frontline-focused Solution.

See the full collection of HR Tech Awards 2025 winners.

More Americans are stressed about their finances, and it has dangerous consequences for health and IQ

Wagestream's Chief Impact Officer, Emily Trant, was quoted in a Fortune story detailing the impact of financial stress on American workers.

Additionally, Wagestream's State of Financial Wellbeing: US Workforce Report 2025, was noted for discussing how financial stress impacts peoples' sleep patterns.

Wagestream names Prelini Udayan-Chiechi as CMO amid rising demand

Financial wellbeing provider Wagestream has announced the appointment of Prelini Udayan-Chiechi as Chief Marketing Officer (CMO), reporting to CEO and Co-Founder, Peter Briffett.

Udayan-Chiechi brings a wealth of experience to Wagestream...

Wagestream Sets New Marketing Strategy with CMO Appointment

Udayan-Chiechi’s wealth of experience spans two decades in marketing leadership roles, particularly in the technology and high-growth industries. Her impressive track record includes successes...

Wagestream welcomes Prelini Udayan-Chiechi as Chief Marketing Officer, as demand increases for financial wellbeing services

Udayan-Chiechi brings over 25 years of global marketing, growth and digital marketing experience to Wagestream as the company eyes US leadership position, following UK success...

Floor & Decor Enhances Employee Financial Wellbeing with Wagestream

More than 12,000 Floor & Decor associates will now have access to a number of new financial benefits in one employee app. Including budgeting and savings tools, flexible pay, and financial education - all in one app, designed by financial inclusion and wellbeing experts at Wagestream..

Wagestream Joins the American Fintech Council

The American Fintech Council (AFC), the premier industry association representing responsible fintech companies and innovative banks who deliver critical access to safe and affordable financial services, has announced that financial benefits platform Wagestream has become its newest member.

Wagestream and Harri Team Up to Serve Financial Wellbeing Benefits

In today’s competitive hospitality landscape, attracting and retaining top talent is crucial. Hospitality operators all over the world are standing out by offering financial wellbeing benefits for their hardworking staff through the Wagestream platform.

Halfords supports staff financial wellbeing with budgeting app

Every Halfords employee now has access to financial wellbeing app Wagestream, having rolled it out to thousands of staff around the UK. It...

It’s time to end money stigma at work

A hard-to-shift stigma is stopping UK employees from seeking more support with money in the workplace, despite employers ramping their financial wellbeing efforts. The cost-of-living

7 in 10 hiding money worries at work

While overall focus on employee welfare increased during the pandemic, survey reveals financial wellbeing is still falling down businesses’ agendas.

Employers turn to financial wellbeing

Workers in the UK are stressed about finances, but wellbeing programmes can help.

Financial wellbeing offerings NEED to improve, says research

With International Stress Awareness Day this week, employers are being urged to accelerate their financial wellbeing...

Startup looks to change our preconceptions of payday

London Evening Standard delves into the origins of financial wellbeing startup Wagestream, and how it hopes to build a ‘financial super-app’ for frontline workers.

Clipper delivers flexible pay to 9,000 employees

Clipper Logistics plc has become the first logistics provider to remove the locked pay cycle and offer staff flexible pay, in a major new financial wellbeing initiative for its workforce.

Best pieces of money advice revealed

“Pay your bills and stay out of debt” is the single best piece of money guidance Brits will ever receive, according to research. The study of 2,000 adults revealed “build for a rainy day”,

Coronavirus: One in five Brits have already been hit in the pocket by lockdown

Discretionary spending is definitely down and commuting costs have also plummeted but the sheer uncertainty about job prospects means

How Wagestream Is Eradicating Post-Christmas Number Crunching

Wagestream, the financial wellbeing fintech startup, has revealed that Christmas debt cripples 50 percent of the British population. This coincided with research from the Joseph

Bupa launches financial wellbeing for 11,000 staff

Bupa has teamed up with income streaming and financial wellness app Wagestream, one of several fintech firms providing real-time access to wages as they are earned, to ease cash flow

‘You can get your money when you need it’

“Wagestream helped me afford to get into work when I was stuck instead of taking out a payday loan or something, which is what I would have done.”

Staff at Bella Italia, Café Rouge and others draw down £902,623 with flexible pay

The financial benefit, provided by Wagestream in partnership with Fourth, was implemented for 7,000 CDG employees in May 2019 as part of the organisation’s recruitment and retention

Wagestream closes $51M Series A to plug the payday gap without putting workers in debt

Getting your work wages on a monthly (not weekly nor biweekly) basis has become a more widespread trend as the price of running payrolls...