“Can DailyPay own the worker financial wellness stack by embedding on-demand pay, a branded debit card, and global remittances into every major HCM/payroll platform?”
Founded as a pure earned wage access provider, DailyPay has evolved from a simple payroll-advance benefit into a broader worker financial wellness platform. It launched a branded debit card (DailyPay Card, backed by The Bancorp), added international remittance capabilities via Brightwell/Visa Direct, and expanded into the UK through a partnership model with Level Financial Technology. On the capital markets side, DailyPay created a new ABS asset class backed by its EWA receivables and now carries over $1B in debt financing capacity, signaling a shift toward infrastructure-scale operations.
DailyPay discloses The Bancorp Bank, N.A. as its banking provider, according to the Embedded Finance Index 2026.
DailyPay does not disclose a bank charter of its own; its banking services are provided through The Bancorp Bank, N.A..
DailyPay moves money over Visa Direct.
DailyPay's cards are issued through The Bancorp Bank, N.A..
DailyPay uses Brightwell (ReadyRemit) and Visa Direct for FX and cross-border payouts.
The Embedded Finance Index 2026 maps 6 layers in DailyPay's stack: Money movement (Visa Direct); Banking / BaaS (The Bancorp Bank, N.A.); Card issuing (The Bancorp Bank, N.A.); Lending (On-Demand Pay / Earned Wage Access (EWA) and On-Demand Pay receivables ABS); Sponsor bank (The Bancorp Bank, N.A.); FX & payouts (Brightwell (ReadyRemit) and Visa Direct).
DailyPay is founded in 2015 and headquartered in New York, NY (55 Water Street, NY 10041).
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