Collage, a leading Canadian all-in-one HR, benefits, and payroll platform, has partnered with Nmbr—Canada’s first dedicated embedded payroll software provider—to launch Collage Payroll. This integration makes Collage the first platform within a Canadian benefits broker ecosystem to deliver a fully unified people-operations experience, combining HR, benefits, and payroll into a single, seamless system.
Quick Intel
For years, Canadian businesses have digitized HR and benefits processes but continued to manage payroll through separate providers. This disconnection requires manual data synchronization for every employee change—hires, terminations, pay adjustments, or benefits updates—leading to significant administrative effort, compliance risks, and potential costly errors. Nearly a third of businesses report spending more than 30 hours per week managing data across these systems.
The new Collage Payroll feature eliminates this friction by embedding payroll directly into the existing Collage platform. Employers gain greater control, reduced complexity, and real-time data consistency across HR, benefits, and payroll functions.
“Payroll has been the number one request from our customers for years,” said Mark Bluvshtein, CEO of Collage and VP of HR Solutions at People Corporation. “Even when HR and payroll systems work closely together, businesses still feel the friction of managing two platforms. Bringing payroll directly into Collage allows us to finally deliver a single system that manages it all, reducing complexity and giving employers far greater control.”
Nmbr provides the underlying technology that powers Collage Payroll, handling the complexities of payments, Canadian compliance, and data accuracy. Designed specifically for embedding into partner platforms, Nmbr enables a seamless, integrated user experience without requiring standalone payroll software.
“Payroll is one of the most complex systems a business can run, which is why so few companies have tried to build it themselves,” said Simon Bourgeois, CEO of Nmbr. “By partnering with Collage, we’re enabling payroll to be built the right way – fully embedded, compliant, and designed for Canadian businesses. This partnership shows what’s possible when modern payroll infrastructure meets a platform that deeply understands HR and benefits.”
The collaboration draws on deep Canadian payroll and HR technology experience. Nmbr’s founding team previously built and scaled Humi into a leading HR platform, while Collage’s leadership, including Mark Bluvshtein, brings extensive hands-on payroll expertise from roles at Wave and Humi. Together, they deliver a purpose-built, Canada-specific solution that aligns with local regulatory requirements and the practical needs of growing businesses.
Founded in 2016 and acquired by People Corporation in 2019, Collage has experienced steady growth and identified payroll as a natural evolution. The early 2025 release demonstrated strong adoption and positioned Collage to accelerate further expansion with its comprehensive, integrated offering.
About Nmbr
Nmbr is Canada’s first dedicated embedded payroll software provider, designed to simplify how businesses build and launch their own payroll software. Founded by co-founders and seasoned industry experts, Simon Bourgeois, Drew Millington, and Kevin Langlois, Nmbr simplifies the complexities of building payroll systems by offering APIs and embeddable front-end components that eliminate the challenge of building payroll software – while significantly reducing ongoing administrative burden and costs.
About Collage
Collage is an award-winning technology company that builds market-leading HR, benefits, and payroll software solutions for Canadian organizations. Collage has an extensive partner network of benefits advisors, HR consultants, and accountants and serves a large client base across the country. Founded in 2016 and acquired by People Corporation in 2019, Collage is based in Toronto and has employees across Canada.
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