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Beyond the Bank: Art Kimball on Financial Access, Earned Wage Ethics, and Getting Paid Your Way

Beyond the Bank: Art Kimball on Financial Access, Earned Wage Ethics, and Getting Paid Your Way

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 What do Walmart cash pickups, DoorDash paychecks, and AI-powered wage access have in common? A future where your job doesn’t need a bank to pay you. Live from isolved Connect in Charlotte, William Tincup and Ryan Leary sit down with Art Kimball from Green Dot’s rapid! division to explore the evolving world of pay distribution and why traditional payroll systems are failing today’s workforce. From unbanked middle-class workers to Gen Z avoiding resumes altogether, this episode unpacks how earned wage access is reshaping employee expectations—and why choice, ethics, and transparency matter more than ever. Art also breaks down why payroll needs guardrails, how predatory models are slipping through, and what HR leaders should be asking before rolling out any pay-on-demand solution. If you think early access to pay is just a “nice-to-have,” you’re already behind. Timestamps: 00:00 — Live from Charlotte: Kimball museums, DNA detectives, and HR talk derailed 03:20 — What is Green Dot? Financial inclusion and the unbanked 04:56 — Earned wage access: how rapid! gives employees control 05:25 — Walmart cash pickup: payroll without a bank 06:46 — Breaking payroll traditions: why the biweekly check is outdated 07:11 — rapid! vs Green Dot: B2B vs DTC, and launching with Samsung 09:13 — Text-to-pay: money movement through mobile 10:21 — The client sell: helping HR leaders compete with gig work 11:10 — Why fast food led the earned wage revolution 13:00 — The hidden trap: taxes, benefits, and getting it wrong 14:34 — Net vs gross access: how rapid! protects employees and employers 15:45 — Guardrails, fee caps, and the ethics of access 16:27 — The payday loan problem: not all wage access is created equal 18:33 — Financial literacy: the real challenge isn’t access, it’s behavior 20:09 — Why delivery mechanisms matter more than you think 20:40 — People Heroes defined: showing up, staying human, and doing the work This episode was recorded live at isolved Connect on the UNC Charlotte campus. The Heroes of HR podcast is a limited series sponsored by isolved. isolved is an HCM platform that modernizes HR, benefits, and payroll across Healthcare, Hospitality, Manufacturing, and more. Learn more about isolved: https://www.isolvedhcm.com/ Connect with Us: William Tincup LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tincup/ Ryan Leary LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ryanleary/ Connect with us on social: Site: http://www.wrkdefined.com TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@wrkdefined LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/wrkdefined Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/WRKdefined/ Twitter (X): https://twitter.com/WRKdefined Substack: https://wrkdefined.substack.com/ Powered by the WRKdefined Podcast Network.
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