Sometimes payday can't come early enough. Bills come too soon or an emergency occurs and you need money you don't have. Advanced paycheck services allow you to get your money sooner, but they generally come at a high cost. ActiveHours provides you with your paycheck when you want it, and they won't charge you a cent.


ActiveHours exists to help hourly workers get paid early when they need it. If you work a job tracked by the hour and use an electronic clock-in/clock-out system, you can sign up. From there you enter your hours and provide your bank's information (if you have privacy concerns, read this). Once ActiveHours verifies your information, you can get your next paycheck deposited directly into your bank account early. If you don't want all of it up front, you can select a specific number of hours for early payment instead. When your paycheck gets deposited into your account on payday, ActiveHours will remove only the forwarded money. You don't have to pay them anything, but they operate on a donation system so you can support them if you like.

ActiveHours currently requires an invite, but if you want to sign up you can by using the link below they'll know you came from Lifehacker and let you in right away. Remember, you need to be an hourly worker with an employer that uses an electronic clock-in/clock-out system in order for everything to work.


ActiveHours (you must use this link to sign up)