--- --- Jun 21, 2023 # Papaya Global Moving money by Don Steinberg  Eynat Guez, co-founder and CEO of Papaya Global. Eynat Guez, co-founder and CEO of Papaya Global.Courtesy of Geva Talmor/Papaya Global CEO Eynat Guez thrust her Tel Aviv–based payroll-­management software company into the spotlight in January, when it withdrew about $100 million from Israeli banks to protest Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s plan to overhaul the judiciary. Other firms joined in. “If you decide to lead something, you need to be brave enough to say your opinion out loud,” Guez says. Her $3.7 ­billion company knows [how to move money](https://time.com/6251791/high-interest-rates-means-for-your-money/) in 160 countries. Cross-border payments have long been slow and arduous, but with a growing slate of money-­transfer licenses and a new partnership with JPMorgan Chase, Papaya Global helps companies with global ­workforces—­including Toyota and ­Microsoft—­quickly pay employees wherever they live. _A weekly newsletter featuring conversations with the world’s top CEOs, managers, and founders._ [_Join the Leadership Brief_](https://cloud.newsletters.time.com/signup?nln=leadership&source=100companies). Papaya Global: 2023 TIME100 Most Influential Companies ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Article","@id":"https://time.com/collections/time100-companies-2023/6285162/papaya-global/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/collections/time100-companies-2023/6285162/papaya-global/"},"headline":"Papaya Global","datePublished":"2023-06-21T10:55:40.000Z","dateModified":"2026-03-03T00:15:43.770Z","description":"","url":"https://time.com/collections/time100-companies-2023/6285162/papaya-global/","keywords":["TIME100 Companies"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt749f369117674b68/698a3dc986f68e40746f2852/time100-companies-Papaya-Global-2023.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/blt749f369117674b68/698a3dc986f68e40746f2852/time100-companies-Papaya-Global-2023.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/time100-companies-2023/6285162/papaya-global/","name":"Papaya Global"}}]}] ```