--- description: Find out why DailyPay Pay Balance is one of the best inventions of 2021 title: DailyPay Pay Balance: The 100 Best Inventions of 2021 image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt126038d074939d05/698a1eb5e76ad27ef163966d/best-inventions-dailypay-pay-balance-02.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 --- Nov 10, 2021 # Cash When You Need It DailyPay Pay Balance by [TIME Staff](/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close  _SPECIAL MENTION:_ With [DailyPay](https://www.dailypay.com/ "undefined") and its new Pay Balance feature, workers don’t need to wait until their employer’s payday to access money they’re making. The app shows workers how much they earn every day, and DailyPay will front them any amount of that balance for an ATM-like fee ($2.99 for immediate transfers, $1.99 next day). Employers provide employee pay data to DailyPay and deduct withdrawn funds from regular paychecks. _—Don Steinberg_ ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Article","@id":"https://time.com/collections/best-inventions-2021/6115513/dailypay-pay-balance/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/collections/best-inventions-2021/6115513/dailypay-pay-balance/"},"headline":"Cash When You Need It","datePublished":"2021-11-10T11:15:41.000Z","dateModified":"2026-03-02T23:56:35.974Z","description":"Find out why DailyPay Pay Balance received a special mention on TIME's 2021 Best Inventions list.","url":"https://time.com/collections/best-inventions-2021/6115513/dailypay-pay-balance/","keywords":["list","franchise","best inventions","Best Inventions 2021"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt126038d074939d05/698a1eb5e76ad27ef163966d/best-inventions-dailypay-pay-balance-02.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Staff","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/time-staff/"}],"creator":"TIME Staff","articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt126038d074939d05/698a1eb5e76ad27ef163966d/best-inventions-dailypay-pay-balance-02.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/collections/best-inventions-2021/6115513/dailypay-pay-balance/","name":"Cash When You Need It"}}]}] ```