Jason Lee is a fintech entrepreneur and the Founder and CEO of DailyPay, the current market leader in the on-demand pay software sector.
A financial engineer by training, Mr. Lee spent nearly two decades on Wall Street creating numerous new products and markets to manage areas of risk. In 2015 he disrupted the calcified world of payroll processing by launching a start-up that grew into a premiere enterprise software company that promotes financial wellness.
Jason’s vision for DailyPay was to create products to deepen the relationship between the employer and employee. DailyPay’s mission is to democratize access to pay for the most people, providing them with financial security and peace of mind.
He leads DailyPay’s Management Committee and serves as Chairman for the Board of Directors.
DailyPay has been awarded a Top 500 Human Capital Management Application (#112), Financial Services Platform of the Year (2019), Stevie Award for Financial Company of the Year (2019), and a Top 10 HRMS Tech Company (2018, 2019).
An innovator with a mission, purpose and real results, Jason is a well-known public speaker and author whose work has been featured in Forbes, CNBC, The Wall Street Journal, and Bloomberg. He has been recognized as one of the premier thought leaders in global finance by the International Financing Review and Milken Global Institute. He has also been named one of the Top 20 Digital Innovators in Benefits, and the Gold Winner for “Innovator of the Year” for the 2020 CEO World Awards.
Throughout Jason’s long-standing career in the financial services industry, he has served as Chairman of the Board of SafeSpace, a social services nonprofit based in New York City dedicated to family rights advocacy. Mr. Lee co-founded The Alicia and Jason Lee Foundation with his wife, Alicia, in 2020.
Mr. Lee is an ardent supporter of organizations focused on fair representation, equity, and re-entry including The Kalief Browder Foundation, House of Renewed Hope, Innocence Project, and Defy Ventures, all of which focus on the rights of the falsely accused, in particular for those who do not have the resources or means for fair representation. Mr. Lee
Mr. Lee graduated from the University of Pennsylvania.
The New York Times: Apps Will Get You Paid Early, for a Price
Pay-advance apps have been downloaded millions of times, and more employers are offering them as benefits to workers who need cash. Americans have become accustomed to summoning just about anything on demand, from groceries to car rides. Now it’s just as easy to get paid when you want. As the coronavirus pandemic squeezes household budgets,…
Passage to Profit Show Guest Appearance
PROVIDING EMPLOYEES WITH ON-DEMAND ACCESS TO THEIR PAY WITH THE CO-FOUNDER OF DAILYPAY, JASON LEE, EPISODE #87 Providing On-Demand Access to Employee Pay with the Co-Founder of DailyPay, Jason Lee, 10-11-2020
Global FinTech Series Interview
At the peak of the Covid-19 lockdowns, one way companies had to immediately digitize their systems was by accelerating on-demand business payments, like employee payments. Jason Lee, CEO and Co-Founder at DailyPay joins GlobalFinTechSeries to share his thoughts and to talk about DailyPay’s journey so far. Read the interview here
