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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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Product Description

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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Seller
Branch
Year Founded
2015
HQ Location
Minneapolis, MN
Twitter
@branch
2,739 Twitter followers
LinkedIn® Page
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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
"CFO"
Branch is Free. The Branch app works and allows employees to pay electronically

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What do you like best about Branch?

Uploading the information for the workers and the disbursements was relatively simple. Disbursements can be made in bulk or individually, which gives flexibility. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Branch?

The customer service side was lacking during onboarding when workers needed help setting up their apps or accessing their funds; wait times were roughly 45 minutes. Initially, it was unclear that the workers would not have a web-based site to manage their money. The "Instant Cards" tab is not 100% functional so that still needs some work. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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

We used to be a very cash-based industry, but now most payments coming in are either credit card, check or ACH payments. The funds were available in the bank, but we could not payout workers the cash payments they were accustomed to in the past. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about Branch?

Their customer service. Easy to reach out to, amazing people to work with. I also enjoy the ease of use on a laptop. And best of all... no cash! No fees for me, no fees for my employees. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Branch?

Has gotten worse! Their technology!!! It's a mostly good user experience on desktop. But on mobile, it's an absolute catastrophe. They have no app for the admin side (even though they have a great one for the end user). Their mobile site was recently updated to be optimized for mobile so it's better but still not great. Does not work at all on Safari, only on Chrome. And do NOT get me started on the stupid way they make you login! Why can't I have a username and password with two step verification like every other company on earth? Why only my cell phone number? Sometimes, the texts just don't come. Yesterday, their text provider, Twilio, was down almost all day. Couldn't do anything. Their technology team needs a complete refresh! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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

CASH! People are paying less and less in cash nowadays and that means we can't tipout servers in cash without going to the bank. Branch eliminates this problem. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about Branch?

It's a great alternative to paying out cash to employees. Has made managing cash and payouts easy and solves more problems than you'd think! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Branch?

Would be perfect if it had more integrations to pos systems but its not a huge issue Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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

Simplifies cash management

Gives me exact credit card tip out report for employees

paying out employees for miscellaneous receipts is much easier than cash Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about Branch?

Branch is easy to use for my employees, reports are easy to understand. The entire process is amazing. Team are great partners. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Branch?

The daily instant transfer limit is low. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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

Final paychecks requirements in California and assisting employees with financial wellness. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about Branch?

Onboarding with branch has been a seamless transition and we are thankful for their technology to help bring our business to the forefront of modern payroll options Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Branch?

none so far... the experience has been acceptable. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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

It has helped us move to a paperless payroll by bridging the gap among employees without bank accounts. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about Branch?

Branch was easy to set up, and I very rarely run into any issues. Working with other types of vendors I feel like I am always reaching out to get something fixed, but I hardly ever have issues with Branch, it just works the way it is supposed, which saves me tons of time. It is also a partnership that our employees really value. They also have a support to help the employees which is great! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Branch?

Sometimes when there is an issue, Branch just tells the employees to contact us. To be honest, most of the time it is on our end, but it would be helpful if Branch contacted us to let us know what the issue was because the employee doesn't always have the details we need. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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

Getting employees access to there wages so that they have gas to get to work before their first paycheck Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about Branch?

A nice perk to offer the staff and the Branch team is very quick in responding to any questions we have Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Branch?

Not many employees have decided to sign up even with the sharing the marketing materials that Branch supplied Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Branch:

Try it out! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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

It offers great budgeting tools for staff and a nice option for those that do not have a bank account Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about Branch?

The ability to pay out our users without any fees almost instantly has been a great perk for our users. Alternatives like Stripe were much more expensive, and our users had to wait days to receive their funds. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Branch?

The main downsides are the lack of ability for users to have their funds automatically deposited from their Branch account to their bank account and the inability to reverse a transfer in case of fraud automatically. The errors returned from the API are often unhelpful, and 500 errors are common when a validation error should be received. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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

Branch has solved the issue of our users receiving delayed payouts with expensive fees. This has led to a happier userbase and an overall improved user experience Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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

I like that Branch allows me to take out money before I get paid. I'm a single mom with 2 kids and sometimes I need money now and it can't wait. Branch allows me that flexibility. I also really like that Branch allows you to take out money more than once per pay cycle. With our previous service, you could take money out, but you better make sure you got what you needed because you could only do it once. Branch allows me to access my pay check money as many times as I need to in between pay dates. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Branch?

At my company everyone is salaried. Branch doesn't compute that well in my opinion. It would be nice if the money was just available at the beginning of the pay cycle instead of having to accrue daily. It's not like my salary is flexible based on hours worked. I know that our company is different from most others that they work with though in that regard. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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

I feel like Branch is solving a lot of budgeting issues that people have. Especially now when not a lot of people have savings or if they do, it's not a lot of savings. I am a paycheck-to-paycheck person and Branch helps by allowing me access to money when and if I need it. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about Branch?

It is very easy to set up and use. You have the ability to get instant pay for a small fee and free transfers to your bank account. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Branch?

I don't have any downsides except maybe transferring to your bank instantly or faster. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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

It's easy to use and see your money. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.