Overview
Floatpays is a South African Earned Wage Access (EWA) platform – employees draw earned but unpaid wages mid-cycle. The Automize Floatpays connector covers employee sync, earnings uploads, withdrawal reconciliation.
- Regions: South Africa.
- Plans: Employer agreement – Floatpays handles employee transactions.
Setting up the connection
Auth type: Bearer Token.
- Floatpays employer dashboard → API → create token.
- In Automize → Settings → Connectors → Floatpays. Paste token.
Find your credentials at https://www.floatpays.com/.
Rate limits
Per-employer.
Data model
EWA primitives:
Employer ─── Employees ─── Earnings (per pay period, uploaded by employer)
└─ Withdrawals (employee draws on Floatpays app)Available operations
7 operations available. Click any row to jump to its detail.
| Operation | Category | What it does |
|---|---|---|
| Get Withdrawal | Earnings & Withdrawals | Get withdrawal detail by ID |
| List Withdrawals | Earnings & Withdrawals | List employee withdrawals (for payroll deduction reconciliation) |
| Upload Earnings | Earnings & Withdrawals | Upload earned-but-unpaid earnings for the current pay cycle |
| Create Employee | Employees | Onboard a new employee (or update if exists) |
| Deactivate Employee | Employees | Mark an employee as left |
| List Employees | Employees | List employees registered on the employer account |
| Get Deduction File | Payroll | Fetch the pay-cycle deduction file for payroll import |
Operations
Create Employee
Onboard a new employee (or update if exists)
| Parameter | Required | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
Employee Id employee_id | No | text | |
First Name first_name | No | text | |
Last Name last_name | No | text | |
Id Number id_number | No | text | |
Mobile Number mobile_number | No | text | |
Email email | No | text | |
Salary salary | No | text | |
Pay Frequency pay_frequency | No | text | |
Start Date start_date | No | text |
Deactivate Employee
Mark an employee as left
| Parameter | Required | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
Employee Id employee_id | Yes | text |
Get Deduction File
Fetch the pay-cycle deduction file for payroll import
No input parameters.
Get Withdrawal
Get withdrawal detail by ID
| Parameter | Required | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
Withdrawal Id withdrawal_id | Yes | text |
List Employees
List employees registered on the employer account
No input parameters.
List Withdrawals
List employee withdrawals (for payroll deduction reconciliation)
No input parameters.
Tips
- Returns withdrawal events for reconciliation. Pull into payroll for net-pay reduction.
Upload Earnings
Upload earned-but-unpaid earnings for the current pay cycle
| Parameter | Required | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
Pay Cycle Start pay_cycle_start | No | text | |
Pay Cycle End pay_cycle_end | No | text | |
Earnings earnings | No | text |
Tips
- Daily/weekly earnings per employee. Floatpays caps withdrawals to earned amount.
FAQ
- How does the employer reconcile?
- Floatpays advances cash to employees from its float. Employer deducts withdrawn amount from net pay at month-end + remits to Floatpays.
- vs PayMeNow?
- Both SA EWA. Floatpays larger employer base. PayMeNow stronger on frontline workforce.