Date & Time: Thursday, February 19, 2026 at 1:00PM ET
Speakers:
Jason Lee, Chief of Chime Enterprise, Chime Workplace
Sharath Hari, Vice President, Everest Group
Description:
Earned wage access is at an inflection point—and employers are driving the reset.
New independent research from Everest Group shows a clear shift in how organizations evaluate EWA. What began as an instant pay advance is now judged on its ability to reduce financial stress, integrate cleanly with payroll, and scale without compliance risk. Legacy, fee-based models are increasingly falling short.
In this webinar, Jason Lee, Chief of Chime Enterprise, joins Sharath Hari, Vice President of Everest Group, to unpack findings from The End of Earned Wage Access (As We Know It), a first-of-its-kind study based on input from 100+ U.S. HR, payroll, finance, and operations leaders.
Together, they’ll explore:
- Where legacy EWA models break down—and why employers are switching providers
- What enterprises now require from modern EWA (zero fees, payroll alignment, compliance readiness)
- How EWA is evolving from instant pay into a foundation for broader financial wellness
- What this shift means for employee trust, productivity, and long-term workforce strategy
For HR, Total Rewards, Payroll, and Benefits leaders, this session offers a research-backed blueprint for what comes next.
This isn’t the end of EWA—but it is the end of business as usual.
