Why Payroll Leaders Shouldn’t Fear EWA with Jim Colassano #131
Nick Day is joined on The Payroll Podcast by Jim Colassano who has more than 25 years of experience in all facets of the Payments and Cash Management industries.
He joined The Clearing House in 2016 as a Senior Vice President in the Product Development and Strategy group, where he is focused on product strategy and bank readiness for TCH’s new real-time payments system. In this role, he works closely with TCH owner banks on opportunities and applications to address business-related payment problems and identify strategic priorities for this new payments infrastructure.
Before joining The Clearing House, Jim spent 10 years with HSBC as a Product Executive in their Payments and Cash Management group. During that period he served as the Global Product Head for their Payables business which had responsibility for faster payments initiatives as well as cash, check and ACH payment products worldwide. Before joining HSBC, he spent 15 years with JPMorgan Chase in a variety of cash and treasury management roles. Jim holds Masters Degrees in Banking and Finance from Pace University.
So without further ado, welcome Jim Colassano to the Payroll Podcast!
In this “Why Payroll Leaders Shouldn’t Fear EWA” episode with Jim Colassano on The Payroll Podcast, we also explore:
- What does the word payroll mean to you?
- What is earned wage access? Is it different to early wage access?
- What is the RTP network and how is EWA related to it?
- What growth has The Clearing House seen regarding earned wage access over the last year?
- Can you tell us more about the Payment Nerds Podcast?
- Why would employers want to offer on-demand pay?
- How exactly does EWA help with employee attraction/retention?
- How can employers implement earned wage access via real-time payments in the U.S.?
- How can Payroll Providers Benefit from Connecting to Open Banking Platforms?
Links highlighted in this “Why Payroll Leaders Shouldn’t Fear EWA” episode are included below:
- Jim Colassano’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/james-colassano/
- EWA Case Study: https://www.theclearinghouse.org/payment-systems/rtp/rtp-use-cases/Use-Cases/Earned-Wage-Access
- LinkedIn Company Page: https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-clearing-house/
- Clearing House Twitter: https://twitter.com/TCHtweets
- Nick Day LinkedIn Profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nickday/
- Leading Payroll Recruiters: JGA Payroll Recruitment
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