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What do you like best about Branch?

Branch is quick and easy!! My employees LOVED when we tranisitoned to branch. They get paid everyday instantly! It keeps my on my toes with distributing tips daily instead of weekly. There were times before I introduced Branch to the Restaurant Group that I would fall behind on my tip spreadsheet. I would find myself having to rush to finish it at the end of the week. When you rush mistakes happen. Mistakes with peoples money is not a good thing. Now Branch is part of my daily ruteen! It has also put the restaurant group as a whole in a better postion finacially. Not having to have a weekly pay out of tips being deducted from the bank accounts is probably the most important! Having Branch deduct it form our account daily has put us in a better postion.

Thank you Branch! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Branch?

Honestly, I don't have anything bad to say about Branch. I have not ran into anything that I dislike. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Branch solving and how is that benefiting you?

Branch is helping our restaurant gorup tremendously. It forces me to do my tip spreasheet daily. We are paying our staff daily. Before I was putting it off and rushing to finish the spreadsheet for the week. When you rush mistakes happen. Mistakes with peoples money is not a good thing.

Secondly, which is most important. Instead of paying out weekly tips form the bank accounts for 4 different restaurants. Now we are paying out daily. The daily deductions from the accounts vs the large weekly sum has put the restaurant group as a whole in a much better finacal position!! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Branch Overview

What is Branch?

Branch is the leading workforce payments platform that delivers fast, flexible options for people to get paid. Easily pay W-2 and 1099 workers: offer cashless tips, reimbursements, paycard alternative, earned wage access, and other types of payments—all from one platform. No pre-funding needed. Whether it’s sending earnings to employees or contractors, companies choose Branch because they know that faster payments can help them strengthen worker loyalty, save time and money, and unlock productivity to drive business growth. Earners that sign up with Branch can receive a free bank account, quick access to earned wages, rewards, and personal finance tools to help them manage their cash flow between paychecks. Branch partners with the nation’s leading companies in hospitality, healthcare, gig platforms & marketplaces, and staffing services. Customers like Jimmy John’s, Uber, and Continuum experience greater efficiency, worker loyalty and retention by implementing our solutions. Want to join their ranks? See what Branch can do for you by requesting a demo.

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Branch is a mobile-first technology that helps workers grow financially. Filling the gap for low-income working Americans that are underserved, Branch provides transparent and equitable financial services, including instant access to earned wages.

How do you position yourself against your competitors?

Branch is a fast, easy, and embeddable solution for technology partners looking to deploy free financial services and faster payment methods to their customers. Instead of having to build something themselves, partners can turn to Branch for a seamlessly embeddable solution that can be customized to best meet their unique needs. We offer open APIs that not only enable real-time data transfer, but also provide an embedded experience within a partner's platform, which allows for a continuous user experience. While adding value to a partner's offering, our tools help streamline the payroll process for businesses and assist the employees of those businesses in getting ahead financially—all at zero cost.


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Branch
Year Founded
2015
HQ Location
Minneapolis, MN
Twitter
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2,740 Twitter followers
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256 employees on LinkedIn®

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Stephanie F.Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
4.0 out of 5
"Branch is an easy way to pay out tips daily."
The fact that team members have all their funds loaded directly into their card.
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Kim N.Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
4.0 out of 5
"Easy way to pay tips out daily!"
Branch is easy to use and identify employees that have accounts and those that still need accounts. Working with a daily file that provides the co...
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Carlos R.Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
4.5 out of 5
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Branch is Free. The Branch app works and allows employees to pay electronically
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KN
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Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
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What do you like best about Branch?

Branch is easy to use and identify employees that have accounts and those that still need accounts. Working with a daily file that provides the correct pay amounts makes it easy and seamless to pay Employees tips out daily. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Branch?

It can be difficult to ensure that Employees have correctly activated their card and account to ensure that they have access to their funds. 95% of the time it is easy, but for Employees that are not tech-savy the process can be cumbersome and difficult to help them navigate. The Employee/card holder Branch support Team is not helpful in assisting with these issues. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Branch solving and how is that benefiting you?

Branch allows us to continue to pay our Employees their tips on a daily basis, rather than make Employees wait until payday to collect their tips. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

SF
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Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
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What do you like best about Branch?

The fact that team members have all their funds loaded directly into their card. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Branch?

How hard it is to troubleshoot and work with Branch support. Getting very basic answers of things that have been tried before reaching out for further support.

Also team members not being able to reach branch support. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Branch solving and how is that benefiting you?

Not needing cash flow in stores. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
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What do you like best about Branch?

WEB site is easy to use when looking up accounts & Distributions Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Branch?

When an employee is requesting help by calling into Branch - They turn them back to us. I in turn have to email as I do not have the answer and Branch does have to take care of the issue afterall. It just seems like we go in circle when help is needed. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Branch solving and how is that benefiting you?

The ease of employees having acces to their Tips/Mileage on a daily basis. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

CR
CFO
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
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What do you like best about Branch?

Branch is Free. The Branch app works and allows employees to pay electronically Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Branch?

$300 Daily transfer limit on immediate transfers to account. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Branch solving and how is that benefiting you?

I do not have to have cash on hand. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

JC
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
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What do you like best about Branch?

The biggest upside is not having to replenish petty cash multiple times per week at every restaurant location for server tip payouts. It saves everybody in the company time and the onboarding and training was seamless. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Branch?

The only downside is the possibility for user error. Even with the checks in place, you can't completely eliminate human error and your risk is a bit greater than if you were limited to only cash-on-hand, but it hasn't been too big of an issue for us. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Branch solving and how is that benefiting you?

This is solving our cash replenishment issue since very few customers pay with cash these days and servers like to (and should) receive their tips at the end of their shift. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

SK
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What do you like best about Branch?

Easy to setup, great reporting and insights, excellent implementation team. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Branch?

Nothing comes to mind as far as dislikes. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Branch solving and how is that benefiting you?

Branch helps to simplify and streamline payments to 1099 contractors Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

MP
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What do you like best about Branch?

The website is very intuitive and seemless Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Branch?

Slightly confusing to implement and get our teams to understand the logistics of cash outs. But once underway, super convenient and easy. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Branch solving and how is that benefiting you?

Cash shortages in store Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

SB
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
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What do you like best about Branch?

I love how easy it is to receive my money right away. You can transfer money very easy to another bank. And you can get cash back at certain restaurants! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Branch?

Fee's for taking money out at an atm

The way you have to go to certain places to put cash on the card. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Branch solving and how is that benefiting you?

Branch helps me keep everything organized in the business Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

SS
General Manager
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
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What do you like best about Branch?

Helps the business maintain proper cash flow Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Branch?

The customer service is terrible, almost everyone I have talked to has taken multiple days to even respond to my issue. When calling the number it almost is never someone who is very fluent in English and communication is not great. They are not understanding my issue or I can not understand what they are trying to say. Also right after launching there was some sort of branch outage that really negatively impacted my roll out. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Branch solving and how is that benefiting you?

This service is allowing us to have more cash available inside the store. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

JP
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What do you like best about Branch?

What impressed me the most was that I was on the phone and had a substantive conversation with a Branch representative only a few moments after submitting an inquiry! Honestly, I was expecting a few days to go by before hearing from someone based on previous experiences with other companies. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Branch?

I wish the instant transfer amount were a bit higher. It's only a daily limit, but we've had two instances where the employee had to wait for the day change to withdraw their money when they needed the funds ASAP. And support was unable to authorize a one-time increase in the daily limit in both of these cases. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Branch solving and how is that benefiting you?

When an employee hasn't worked for a few months, which is typical in our business, it allows us to send them money a week before their first paycheck. This is also very helpful as our employees are often traveling for work. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Clint Buechler of Branch

Thank you so much for reaching out, Patrick, and our sincere apologies for the delay! It looks like our teams have been able to connect. Happy to answer any additional questions you might have.