EDMONTON, Alberta–(BUSINESS WIRE)–ATB Financial (‘ATB’), the leading Alberta-based financial institution with over $100 billion in total assets and assets under management, has partnered with Nmbr, Canada’s first dedicated embedded automate payroll software provider, to launch ATB Payroll. The collaboration marks the first time a financial institution has partnered with a payroll infrastructure provider in Canada, allowing ATB’s small business clients to run payroll directly from their business banking portal.
For many small and rural businesses, payroll is still one of the most complex and manual parts of running a company. Between managing data in multiple systems, sending remittances to the CRA, issuing paystubs and T4s, reporting to both CRA and their own accounting systems, and ensuring compliance across provinces, the process is so cumbersome that nearly 40% of businesses still pay employees by e-transfer, cheque, or cash.
ATB Payroll takes away that hassle, so ATB’s small business customers may automate these payroll tasks without having to go through the trouble of hiring a third-party payroll provider.
“Payroll has always been a big problem for small businesses,” said Simon Bourgeois, CEO of Nmbr. “Our goal is to make payroll easy by putting it into the tools that business owners already use to do their work.” By adding payroll directly to ATB’s digital banking experience, we’re giving Alberta’s business owners back vital time and control, and we’re also enabling the bank offer real innovation to its customers.
The connection combines ATB’s strong customer relationships and financial infrastructure with Nmbr’s cutting-edge payroll APIs to make the experience seamless and connect compliance and convenience. ATB Payroll lets business clients access payroll through their ATB Business Portal, check their account balances in real time, keep up with tax compliance, and process payments faster. They also offer two-day payroll at no extra cost, which is a first for a major Canadian bank.
Azim Esmail, Associate Vice President of ATB Ventures, said, “At ATB, we are always looking for new ways to help and empower Alberta businesses.” “Creating and releasing tools that make important tasks easier for our clients is a great example of how we can use new ideas to help them grow and do well.”
ATB is already testing the new payroll tool with a small number of early customers. It aims to make it available to more clients in 2026. The relationship is part of ATB’s larger plan to add more tools and services to its business banking platform. This will make the bank a leader in digital financial innovation in Canada.
About NMBR
Nmbr is Canada’s first company that makes integrated payroll software. It was made to make it easier for businesses to create and launch their own payroll software. Simon Bourgeois, Drew Millington, and Kevin Langlois, who are all experienced professionals in the field, started Nmbr. It makes it easier to build payroll systems by providing APIs and embeddable front-end components that take away the difficulty of creating payroll software. This greatly lowers the costs and administrative work that comes with it.
About ATB Financial
At ATB Financial, we are driven by the desire to give our clients, communities, and the world more options. We are a top financial institution in Alberta with more than $100 billion in total assets and assets under management. Our success comes from more than 5,000 team members who provide excellent service to more than 843,000 clients through our Personal and Business Banking, ATB Wealth Management, and ATB Capital Markets businesses. ATB Financial offers professional advice and services through our large network of branches and agencies, our 24-hour Client Care Center, four entrepreneur centers, and our digital banking choices. The Canadian Council for Indigenous Business gave ATB Financial bronze certification as part of the Partnership Accreditation in Indigenous Relations program.