Express Wages Partners With Sports Sanitizers to Offer On-Demand Pay to Cleaning Staff

Express Wages partnered with Memphis-based Sports Sanitizers to offer on-demand pay to its cleaning and maintenance employees, the company said in an announcement published by EIN Presswire on October 20, 2026. Sports Sanitizers provides cleaning, disinfection and maintenance services to schools, government agencies and businesses.

How the Sports Sanitizers Partnership Works

Sports Sanitizers, led by founder and CEO Marcus Taylor, offers commercial janitorial cleaning, industrial cleaning, post-construction cleaning and commercial floor care. The company said on-demand pay adds a layer of support by helping employees manage expenses between paychecks.

"Building services professionals help maintain the environments where people work, learn and conduct their daily lives," said Express Wages Founder and CEO Alfred Milan. "Partnering with Sports Sanitizers gives us an opportunity to provide a meaningful benefit to the people doing this valuable work."

Milan added: "Sports Sanitizers understands that taking care of their employees is an important part of taking care of their clients. Having the option to access wages they've already earned can help ease some of the financial pressures employees often face between paydays."

Express Wages provides employer-integrated on-demand pay solutions, giving frontline workers access to a portion of earned wages before payday. The company said its plug-and-play solution is offered at no cost to employers. Express Wages is based in Delaware and headquartered in Memphis.

Express Wages Funding and Platform Reach

According to akta.pro company records, Express Wages publicly launched its earned wage access platform in April 2025 with 10 businesses under contract at launch, including Amada Senior Care's 15,000-employee network. The same records show the platform integrates via a unified API connecting to over 200 payroll and HR platforms including ADP, Paychex and Gusto, and that Express Wages closed a $1.2 million friends and family funding round. The company's total funding stands at $12.1 million, with nine funding rounds on record.

Other Earned Wage Access Partnerships

Pathward extended its partnership with Clair to continue originating earned wage advances through Clair's platform, Stock Titan reported on October 8, 2026. Payactiv and Blackhawk Network partnered to offer digital gift cards and promotions through the Payactiv app, with the experience launching in November 2026, PR Newswire reported on October 20, 2026. Lumber partnered with Branch to offer earned wage access to construction workers across the U.S., IBS Intelligence reported on October 6, 2026.

Express Wages Financial Wellness Tools

Express Wages said its strategic partnerships include insurance through Allstate, with identity theft protection for employees and their families at $6 per month per family, and 50% savings on the Monarch Money personal finance app. The company also lists mortgage literacy resources through Edge Home Finance and credit-building tools through Kovo.