Stax.ai, Finch Partner on Payroll-Linked Census for TPAs

Stax.ai, an AI-powered operating system for retirement plan administrators, is expanding its partnership with Finch, a payroll and employee data connectivity provider.

The partnership comes as TPAs face additional payroll and participant data complexity with SECURE 2.0 long-term part-time (LTPT) rules reshaping census obligations in 2025, the firms note.

Plan sponsors can connect payroll operations to the portal, and data is then automated to Stax.ai’s census and compliance engine. Plan sponsors can connect to most major payroll providers by API or tech-assisted integrations through Finch.

The partnership also offers bidirectional payroll and participant data that automates deferral and contribution updates; and payroll connectively inside Stax.ai’s white-label client portal and workflows.

“Plan consultants know that getting accurate payroll and census have been the toughest, most unreliable part of plan administration,” said Naru Muraleedharan, founder and CEO of Stax.ai. “Other payroll connectivity and aggregation tools left major gaps, but our partnership with Finch closes them—delivering the clean, automated, and accurate system the industry has been waiting for.”

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