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Hudson

“Can a large travel-retail employer improve workforce retention and financial wellness for its hourly employees through earned wage access and on-demand pay tools?”

Founded1987
HQEast Rutherford, NJ, USA
IndustryE-commerce / Retail
The story

Hudson (formerly Hudson News) operates hundreds of travel retail stores in airports, transit hubs, and other travel locations across North America. The company employs a large hourly workforce, making earned wage access and employee financial wellness products a natural embedded finance fit. No major embedded fintech pivots have been publicly disclosed; the primary embedded finance signal is Branch's EWA and worker financial app used for Hudson's hourly employees.

Last 12 months
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Product timeline
1987
Hudson News founded, operating newsstands and convenience retail in transit locations across North America.· pivot
2018
Rebranded from Hudson News to Hudson, expanding format to full travel convenience retail.· pivot
The stack
0 layers disclosed in Hudson’s embedded-finance stack
Accounting gap: none

Hudson — frequently asked

Where is Hudson headquartered?

Hudson is founded in 1987 and headquartered in East Rutherford, NJ, USA.

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