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Workplace stress is no longer just a personal burden or an HR concern It is a quantifiable business risk—one that silently inflates costs, weakens resilience, and erodes performance Research from both Walking on Earth (WONE) and Harvard Business Review in […]

The Wellness Trap “Financial wellness” is the term we inherited Not the one we need It entered the corporate vocabulary with good intentions — a borrowed concept from the broader wellness movement, implying balance, health, and wholeness But as it’s […]

On July 21, 2025, Payactiv signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the State of Maine Bureau of Consumer Credit Protection, ensuring the company can continue to offer its earned wage access (EWA) services in the state  Through the MOU, […]

55% of frontline workers plan to leave their jobs within the next year The reason Work feels like a transaction, not a relationship We’re living in an era of high churn, quiet quitting, and employee disengagement And while compensation matters, […]

On July 8, Governor Ned Lamont signed SB 1369, An Act Concerning Earned But Unpaid Wage or Salary Income Advances, into law The bill restores full earned wage access (EWA) offerings for Payactiv’s product in the state by the fall  […]

On July 1, 2025, Louisiana became the 11th state to enact a dedicated regulatory framework for the earned wage access (EWA) industry This follows the passage of HB 368, the Louisiana Earned Wage Access Services Act, on June 4, 2025, […]

Effective June 17, 2025, Payactiv is now a registered earned wage access (EWA) services provider in Utah under the state’s Department of Commerce This follows the Utah Legislature’s passage of HB 279 on March 25, 2025, which received strong bipartisan […]

When it comes to employee financial wellness, the conversation almost always starts — and ends — with a single solution: the 401(k) And while retirement plans remain a cornerstone of financial security, here’s the uncomfortable truth: For millions of American […]

Maryland’s bill HB 1294, Earned Wage Access and Credit Modernization, went into effect today, following passage by the Maryland General Assembly on April 7 The bill comes after two years of collaboration between legislators, industry, consumer advocates, and the state’s […]

If compensation is the cornerstone of employee experience, why do so many workers still feel financially trapped between paychecks That’s the question Payactiv CEO Safwan Shah explored in his recent article, The Spendable Dollar Hierarchy — Through the Lens of […]