PayCaptain is the first payroll provider to become a Plain Numbers Partner

PayCaptain has become the first ever payroll provider to partner with Plain Numbers – in a programme which will give thousands of workers the confidence to understand their payslips.

As the cost-of-living crisis causes a great deal of anxiety for many people, getting to grips with income and outgoings has become an even more important challenge for millions of UK adults.

The new three-year collaboration aims to ensure employees understand their personal finances better. Together, we aim to give working people access to tools and strategies to make more informed spending and saving decisions – an integral element in achieving financial security.

PayCaptain staff will be trained as Plain Numbers Practitioners who will then work to implement improvements to the way numbers are communicated with support from the Plain Numbers team. The work will also result in the certification of Plain Numbers communications.

PayCaptain’s innovative and award-winning app enables employees to have greater control of how, when, and where they receive their pay. It makes understanding payslips easy, with practical and personalised money management guidance – as well as payment splitting, emergency cash, employer match-saving incentives, and tax code and benefit-checking features.

Simon Bocca, Founder and CEO of PayCaptain, said: “Employed people have settled for too long with payroll that doesn’t meet their needs. Partnering with Plain Numbers is just one way we can improve financial security for thousands of workers. PayCaptain will ensure that people receive informative and engaging payslips and an app enabling them to make great decisions about what best to do with their money.”

Anna Buckle, PayCaptain’s Head of Employee Experience, said: “Poor numeracy is the most common consumer vulnerability, with around 20 million working adults impacted daily. We want to build a payroll solution that is easy for people to use and enables them to confidently review their pay and decide what they want to do with their hard-earned cash. We’re delighted to be alongside the FSCS, Aviva, More Than and others in the Plain Numbers community.”

Mike Ellicock, Co-Founder & Chief Executive of Plain Numbers, said: “We’re delighted that PayCaptain is the first payroll tech company to become a Plain Numbers partner. This partnership has huge potential to further enhance PayCaptain’s innovative payroll solution by presenting numbers in a way that more people can understand. With the cost of living crisis upon us, people understanding their earnings has become more significant than ever. We’re excited to start moving forward with such important work.”

You can learn more about PayCaptain on their website.