How to grow your payments app with recruitment and staffing agencies
By SendPay Business · · 2 min read
Small recruitment and staffing agencies find staff for shops, warehouses, care homes, restaurants, offices and building sites. Some charge a one-off fee when a permanent hire starts, while others supply temporary workers and bill clients each week for the hours worked. Agencies usually pay their temps before their own clients pay them, so slow payments squeeze them hard. A payments app that sends placement fees and weekly timesheet invoices with a pay-now link can win these agencies, and every client who pays sees your app.
Talk to recruitment agencies
Ask local recruitment and staffing agencies:
- How do clients pay your placement fees today, and how long do they take?
- How do you bill clients each week for temporary workers?
- How long is the gap between paying your temps and being paid by clients?
- How much time do you spend chasing late invoices?
Send placement fees with a pay-now link
An invoice with a pay-now link sent on the day a new hire starts gets the fee in faster than a bank transfer the client has to set up.
Bill temp hours every week
A weekly invoice built from approved timesheets, with a pay-now link, shortens the gap between paying temps and getting paid.
Grow through the businesses they staff
Agencies work with many local employers. One agency on your app puts it in front of every business it supplies.
Build it
Create your own financial platform.
Pick a template, name it, brand it, preview every page before you pay. Your brand, your users, your fees.
Build my platform →Questions people ask
What about virtual assistants?
The virtual assistants guide covers VAs handling admin, email, diaries and social media for busy business owners, often billing by the hour or monthly.
Virtual assistants →What about accountants and bookkeepers?
The accountants and bookkeepers guide covers how they advise many small businesses on getting paid, and how each one can bring you new business customers.
Accountants and bookkeepers →Can I call it a bank?
In most countries "bank" is a protected word you can only use with a banking licence. Call it an account, a wallet, an app or a platform. The accounts and payments behind a SendPay Business platform are powered by licensed partners.
Is there a step-by-step plan I can follow?
Yes. The free launch checklist takes you from picking your people and naming your app to setting fees, going live and winning your first ten customers.
Digital bank app launch checklist →How do I start?
Pick a template, name it and preview every page before you pay. Your platform can be live on your own domain within 24 hours of confirmation.
Build my platform →Read next
This guide is general information, not legal or financial advice. SendPay Business is a technology company, not a bank, and does not take deposits; regulated services on the platforms are provided by licensed partners. PayPal, Patreon and Substack are named as reference points only and are not affiliated with SendPay Business.