Payroll

Mobile technology provider Branch is expanding a work scheduling and payment app it makes available to companies, enabling the Pay feature to help hourly workers forecast hours and advance their pay.

Business management software provider Sage will partner with U.K. fintech Modulr to deliver real-time salary and supplier payments to small and medium-size businesses in the country.

As the federal budget dispute shoves an increasing number of government workers to the sidelines, there’s a window to provide payments relief that’s superior to options such as payday lending and bartering.

Payroll needs can be tricky — especially on the open seas, where cruise staffers often have to go through several expensive steps to cash out their paychecks.

Many low-wage employees continue to be paid by paper check. WiseWage has built an online portal on the idea that workers and their employers have a shared interest in electronic paychecks.