rewrite this title HiBob’s Payroll Solutions Get an Automation Upgrade With New Modulr Integration – UC Today

Payments automation provider Modulr has partnered with HiBob to embed its payment tools directly into the platform’s payroll workflow. The tie-up connects payroll approval to payment execution within a single platform, removing the manual steps that typically sit between the two processes.

“Our partnership with Modulr brings a true end-to-end HR, payroll, and finance experience to our customers that is easy to use and build on as they scale,”

said Bobby Chadha, Senior Product Director at HiBob.

The partnership targets a challenge affecting finance and payroll teams across mid-sized and multinational organizations: the gap between calculating payroll and actually moving money. That gap often involves exporting files, logging into bank portals, and reconciling outcomes across multiple systems,each step a potential source of error or delay.

What the Integration Actually Does

Under the partnership, HiBob embeds Modulr’s payments automation directly into its payroll workflow. Once a payroll run is approved inside Bob, salary payments and HMRC transfers are executed through Modulr’s platform. No file exports, no bank portal logins, no separate reconciliation step.

The result is a single end-to-end process from approval to pay day. Finance teams gain automated execution and clearer visibility into payment status throughout the cycle instead of chasing confirmation across disconnected tools.

From a governance standpoint, the integration supports separation of duties, documented approvals, and auditable confirmation that payments were released as intended. Removing manual handoffs also reduces the risk of errors introduced during file creation or data transfer, a risk that increases for companies managing large payrolls.

Modulr described the partnership as a reflection of its broader strategy to embed payments close to the workflows where financial decisions are made. “Partnering with HiBob allows us to bring payments automation into a critical workflow for finance and payroll teams, reducing friction and increasing accuracy and reliability,” said Melek Pirgon, Chief Product Officer at Modulr.

Why Payroll Errors Are a Business Problem

Modulr and HiBob cited research suggesting that up to 25% of UK employees experience payroll errors, with issues ranging from incorrect payment amounts and late transfers to tax-related discrepancies.

A missed or incorrect payment can trigger support tickets, manual corrections, and reprocessing cycles that consume time across HR, payroll, and finance teams simultaneously. When those teams operate on separate systems, each correction adds another layer of coordination, and another opportunity for something to go wrong.

The integration directly addresses this problem by reducing reliance on manual file handling and lowering the risk of incorrect uploads or version-control issues. Automation removes the touchpoints most likely to introduce inconsistencies, particularly when payroll is processed across multiple locations or business units.

For HR and payroll professionals, the practical benefit is clear: fewer tools, fewer handoffs, and fewer opportunities for error on the day that matters most to employees. Clearer audit trails and faster reconciliation replace the back-and-forth that tends to pile up around pay day administration.

Building a Foundation for Scalable Payroll

The Modulr and HiBob partnership is a direct response to a problem that has frustrated payroll and finance professionals for years: the disconnect between calculating pay and executing it. By bringing both functions inside a single workflow, the two companies aim to remove the manual handoffs that have long been accepted as part of the process.

For HR and payroll teams, the day-to-day difference is straightforward—fewer tools, fewer steps, and less time spent chasing confirmation that payments went out correctly. For finance leaders, it means audit trails and controls are built in rather than retrofitted after the fact.

Whether this signals a wider shift in how HR and finance software vendors think about payments remains to be seen. But with the integration now available for HiBob customers, the gap between payroll approval and pay day just got a lot narrower.