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Criterion Partner

Can a mid-market HR/payroll platform win and retain employers by embedding on-demand pay and adjacent financial benefits directly into the employment workflow?

IndustryHorizontal SaaS / HR & Payroll
The story

Criterion Partner appears to be a mid-market HR/payroll platform that has partnered with Clair to offer on-demand pay (earned wage access) to its business customers. Beyond this single confirmed embedded finance signal, the public footprint is sparse, leaving most of the stack uncharted.

Last 12 months
2023-01
The stack
Accounting gap: none