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Globally, 3 million people now have Wagestream membership through 1,200 employers - across the U.K., Europe and U.S. - making it the world’s most widely-used financial wellbeing provider.

 

Offered through employers, the platform attracts more than 12 million monthly visits, helping members to earn, learn, save, spend and borrow on their own terms, all in one smartphone app.

 

Wagestream is a B Corporation, built with a social charter to provide fair financial services.

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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...
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Wagestream joins Times Tech100, as one of UK's fastest-growing companies

Wagestream has been named one of the UK's fastest-growing companies in the prestigious annual Tech100 rankings, compiled by The Times.

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Next, Suez and Asda participate in winter financial wellbeing campaign

Asda, Suez, Next and Brakes were among the employers participating in a Wagestream-led campaign to support their employees through the financial pressures of winter and help them build positive financial behaviours for the New Year.


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How financial stress can impact workplace wellbeing

Shift-based and frontline workers have been priced out by traditional finance; either they are charged more than the other 50 per cent, or they are not given access at all.So what actually is financial wellbeing, and why should employers care about it?

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New research reveals a financial wellbeing 'empathy gap'

The State of Financial Wellbeing research programme, led by Wagestream, has revealed that higher earners fail to understand the financial realities of their lower-earning colleagues, preferring to 'educate' staff rather than remove barriers to improved financial wellbeing.


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Why there's a perception gap in employee savings

Many leaders think the answer to employees struggling with the cost of living is financial education. But while education is helpful, understanding perceptions of employee savings gaps can help build better solutions, as Emily Trant explains.

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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...arrow-right-solid-black

 

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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
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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.
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Employers turn to financial wellbeing

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

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Financial wellbeing offerings NEED to improve, says research

With International Stress Awareness Day this week, employers are being urged to accelerate their financial wellbeing...
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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.arrow-right-solid-white

 

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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”,
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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
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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 Josepharrow-right-solid-white

 

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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
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‘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.”
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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 retentionarrow-right-solid-black

 

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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...arrow-right-solid-white