Better Financial, a Public Benefit Corporation on a mission to fight unexpected financial shocks faced by everyday Americans, is announcing the upcoming launch of Payroll-Linked Cash Advances to help fight income and expense shocks. Better Financial members will benefit from instant approval and access to funds when they need it most, thanks to real-time access to income & employment data from Argyle.

Better Financial Announces Upcoming Launch of Payroll-Linked Cash Advances Powered by Argyle’s Employment Data Platform

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Argyle, a leading employment data platform that provides companies access to user-permissioned employment records in real time, today announced it has joined Visa Fintech Partner Connect, a program designed to help Visa’s issuing clients quickly connect with a vetted and curated set of technology partners.

Argyle Joins Visa Fintech Partner Connect to Bring Real-Time Income and Employment Verification Services to Visa’s Clients and Partners

Visa (NYSE:V), the world’s leader in digital payments, today announced the expansion of Visa Fintech Partner Connect—a program designed to help financial institutions quickly connect with a vetted and curated set of technology providers. 

Visa Unlocks Digital-First Banking and Payment Experiences for Clients

Argyle, the trusted platform for employment records with worker consent, today announced that financial services platform company Moves Financial significantly increased customer engagement by using Argyle’s technology to create a simple, frictionless money application process for consumers.

Argyle Helps Moves Financial Give Gig Workers and Freelancers Fast, Fair Access to Capital


Argyle, the trusted platform for employment records with workers’ consent, today introduced the Open Employment Data Standards (OEDS), a mission-driven initiative established to foster transparency and industry-wide alignment across all employment records and stakeholders. 

Industry’s First Open Employment Data Standards (OEDS) Initiative, Introduced by Argyle, Streamlines Financial Transactions That Power the Economy


Round is Led by Bain Capital Ventures with support from Bedrock, F-Prime, and others 

Argyle Announces $20M Series A Round to Make Employment Data Accessible

Argyle, the company that provides infrastructure for consumers to connect their workforce platforms to businesses, announced it has closed a $2.6 million seed round from Checkr and Bain Capital Ventures.

Argyle raises $2.6M from Checkr and Bain Capital Ventures to build the backbone of the future of work

Argyle, a leading employment data platform that provides companies access to user-permissioned employment records in real time, announced it has joined Visa Fintech Partner Connect, a program designed to help Visa’s issuing clients quickly connect with a vetted and curated set of technology partners.

Argyle, a leading employment data platform that provides companies access to
user-permissioned employment records in real time, today announced it has
joined Visa Fintech Partner Connect, a program designed to help Visa’s issuing clients quickly connect with a vetted and curated set of technology partners.

Argyle Joins Visa Fintech Partner Connect to Bring Real-Time Income and Employment Verification Services to Visa’s Clients and

The nature of work is changing. People are taking on more gigs, driving for Uber, freelancing on projects. I talk with Argyle CEO and founder Shmulik Fishman about the opportunity to build an employment data ecosystem, connecting employers, payroll providers, and consumers. 

'What does it look like when we're not reliant on credit scores anymore?': Argyle's Shmulik Fishman

So far, Visa has identified about 60 partners that offer a range of technologies — from back-office functions to new front-end services, according to Angelos. Those partners include Alloy, Jumio, Argyle, Fidel, FirstSource, TravelBank, Canopy, Hummingbird and Unit21, among others. Twenty-four are located in the U.S.

Visa takes a swipe in fintech, builds new online marketplace

“The key issue in the industry is that records are stored in such disparate locations in such different types of databases that it’s impossible for any business to digest that info in a scalable way without someone to do that piping work, which I think is the first layer of consolidations.”

Is Gig Work Financially Sustainable?

Faster payments aside, gig economy workers also lack access to a wider range of employee benefits and services. “Payment companies need to anticipate the needs of gig workers across the entire lifecycle of their work history and offer a much greater breadth of services,” said Billy Marsden, co-founder of employment data platform Argyle. 

As gig work tops $1 trillion in the U.S, workers demand more real time payouts

We’re making credit scores obsolete. We don’t believe that people should be evaluated on a single number over which they have little to no control — that feels overly basic and one dimensional.

Meet The Disruptors: Shmulik Fishman of Argyle On The Three Things You Need To Shake Up Your Industry

“With open data, from a regulatory and cultural standpoint we are moving to users owning their own data and controlling who has access to their data,” Mr. Fishman said.

Argyle Simplifies Employment Data Use

When fintech startup Argyle raised $20 million in venture capital last October, co-founder and CEO Shmulik Fishman declared he wanted the company to become the “Plaid for employment records.” Now, Plaid wants to turn the payroll data tables a bit, but Fishman isn’t fretting about the apparent competition.

Argyle sees room for more than one pioneer on the “Plaid for Payroll” frontier

In this new episode of Leaders of B2B, Jake Jorgovan interviews Shmulik Fishman, CEO and Founder of Argyle. Shmulik began Argyle from an idea he’d had while working at his previous company. He was sifting through thousands of job applications with high turnover. The cumbersome process of evaluating employment eligibility struck a chord, which gave him the idea to seek out and streamline this process.

Leaders of B2B Episode 30: A World Without Credit Scores with Shmulik Fishman of Argyle

Imagine this: you want to hire a large group of people, but you’d like to learn more about them, how much they’re currently earning, etc. to be able to offer something that makes them want to join you. Today, I’m talking with the COO and Co-Founder of Argyle, Billy Marsden, about gig platform data, Argyle’s work in the financial space and so much more.

RSG158: How Argyle is Helping Unlock Employment Data for Gig Workers

Argyle, the platform for employment records with workers’ consent, has introduced the Open Employment Data Standards (OEDS), an initiative established to foster transparency and industry-wide alignment across all employment records and stakeholders. 

Argyle introduces Open Employment Data Standards initiative

OEDS Fosters Transparency and Data Security by Standardizing How Employment Data is Recorded, Stored and Distributed, Benefiting Employers, Employees and Financial Institutions


Industry’s First Open Employment Data Standards (OEDS) Initiative, Introduced By Argyle, Streamlines Financial Transactions That Power The Economy

Argyle, the platform for employment records with workers’ consent, has introduced the Open Employment Data Standards (OEDS), a mission-driven initiative established to foster transparency and industry-wide alignment across all employment records and stakeholders. 

Argyle Introduces Industries First Open Employment Data Standards Initiative

Shmulik Fishman, Argyle CEO and cofounder, spoke with Efma’s Boris Plantier about how his company is maximizing the personal value of every worker's data.

Fintech Friday: Argyle – allowing employees to control their own data

Baltic Startup Mafia is a podcast and page on Facebook and LinkedIn, where anyone in the world can get quick and easy access to startup news from three countries in the Baltic region: Latvia, Lithuania, and Estonia.

Fully remote global business raises 20 million dollars. Story of Argyle

This week 11:FS published the sequel (well, it's more DLC) to the bank as a service report; Embedded Finance, better banking business models, and it would mean the world if you check it out. 

Fintech Brain Food 20th Oct - Robinhood's margin call, Alpaca, Argyle & a BNPL teardown you can't miss

This year has been amazing for Banking-as-a-Service players. Infrastructure providers have built beautiful MVPs with ambitious roadmaps, banks have gotten rather smug with their “we’re not like other banks” rhetoric. Frankly, it’s been a historic year for fintech and a grand entrance for Fintech 2.0. 


Can Banks Catch Up On Infra? — Argyle Raises $20M from Bain Capital — Stripe Buys African Fintech PayStack

Sticking to private investments into startups for the moment, quite a lot happened this week that we need to know more about. Like API-powered Argyle raising $20 million from Bain Capital Ventures for what FinLedger calls “unlocking and democratizing access to employment records.” TechCrunch is currently tracking the progress of API-led startups.

VCs reload ahead of the election as unicorns power ahead

Argyle, an API platform that provides visibility into employment status and payroll, as well as direct deposit-switching, raised a $20 million Series A.

This Week in Fintech (10/17)

The latest venture capital, seed, pre-seed, and angel deals for NYC startups for 10/15/2020 featuring funding details for River, Sonrai Security, and much more. This page will be updated throughout the day to reflect any new fundings.

The AlleyWatch Startup Daily Funding Report: 10/15/2020

Argyle secures $20M to make employment data accessible: Argyle, a San Francisco-based company providing access to employment records, announced a $20 million Series A round of funding led by Bain Capital, with support from Bedrock, F-Prime and existing investors.

The Crunchbase News Briefing: Thu., Oct. 15

Argyle, which is building a “gateway to access employment records,” announced Thursday a $20 million Series A funding round led by Bain Capital Ventures.

Argyle raises $20 million to be the ‘Plaid for employment records’

When Shmulik Fishman started Argyle, he never wanted to have to open Keynote or PowerPoint again. His company had pulled together a $2.6 million seed round using the traditional Silicon Valley approach of sending around a pitch deck to investors and setting up funding calls once they'd glanced through it. But Fishman didn't want to return to making yet another slide presentation to pitch his company.

How founders are finding new ways to grab investor attention

Argyle's CEO is a guest on The Lend — a Podcast hosted by Joseph Arnaud about the lending industry.

The Lend Podcast — September 2020

Argyle, A U.S.-based company that provides infrastructure for consumers to connect their workforce platforms to businesses, announced on Thursday it secured $2.6 million through its seed round, which was led by Checkr and Bain Capital Ventures.

Argyle Secures $2.6 Million Through Latest Seeds Funding Round Led By Checkr & Bain Capital Ventures

Lending platform Alchemy Fintech has formed a “definitive” partnership with Argyle.

Argyle seeks to provide infrastructure for businesses and end-users alike to access workforce data. By integrating with  Argyle, uses may create a more efficient underwriting, monitoring, and fine-tuned user experience.

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Argyle Announcements

Better Financial Announces Upcoming Launch of Payroll-Linked Cash Advances Powered by Argyle’s Employment Data Platform

Argyle Joins Visa Fintech Partner Connect to Bring Real-Time Income and Employment Verification Services to Visa’s Clients and Partners

Visa Unlocks Digital-First Banking and Payment Experiences for Clients

Argyle Helps Moves Financial Give Gig Workers and Freelancers Fast, Fair Access to Capital

Industry’s First Open Employment Data Standards (OEDS) Initiative, Introduced by Argyle, Streamlines Financial Transactions That Power the Economy

Argyle Announces $20M Series A Round to Make Employment Data Accessible

Argyle raises $2.6M from Checkr and Bain Capital Ventures to build the backbone of the future of work

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