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Seamless multi-country payroll across every major Southeast Asian economy, now on one unified HCM platform.
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Darwinbox, a leading global HR technology platform, today announced the upcoming launch of its native payroll solution for Singapore and Malaysia, reinforcing its commitment to these key Southeast Asian markets. Scheduled for early 2026, this expansion will bring localised payroll capabilities tailored to the regulatory and business needs of Singaporean and Malaysian enterprises. Darwinbox is among the very few global HCM providers investing in building payroll engines tailored for Southeast Asia, underscoring its dedication to region-specific innovation. This expansion strengthens Darwinbox’s existing payroll footprint across Indonesia, the Philippines, Thailand, India, and six GCC countries.
The integrated payroll offering, built on Darwinbox's modern HCM platform, encompasses the entire employee lifecycle from hire to retire. The payroll platform is powered by Darwinbox's proprietary RIVeR (Review, Initiate, Verify & e-approve, Release & Report) framework, which processes more than 1.2mn payslips each month. The solution ensures 100% automated payroll processing that is accurate, audit-ready, and compliant with local regulations.
Payroll in Singapore and Malaysia presents significant challenges due to complex statutory requirements and frequent regulatory updates. In Singapore, enterprises must ensure accurate Central Provident Fund (CPF) contributions, file returns with the Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore (IRAS), and remain compliant with shifting wage credit and tax relief schemes. In Malaysia, payroll administrators navigate multiple layers of compliance including Employees Provident Fund (EPF), Social Security Organisation (SOCSO), and Monthly Tax Deductions (PCB), alongside region-specific wage rules and statutory benefits. These complexities are compounded for organisations operating across multiple Southeast Asian countries, where fragmented systems and manual processes often result in inefficiencies, errors, and compliance risks.
Darwinbox addresses these complexities with a global payroll solution that offers:
Enhanced accuracy with end-to-end automation: Integrated CoreHR and workforce management ensure that attendance, reimbursements, transfers, promotions, and other employee lifecycle events automatically flow into payroll, reducing errors and ensuring accuracy.
E-verification for 100% digital payroll: The platform supports reconciliation, variance analysis, and e-verification and approval workflows for reviewers, auditors, and approvers on a single dashboard, eliminating manual data extraction and simplifying payroll management.
Robust control, compliance, and audit readiness: Embedded with exhaustive audit trails, approval tracking, and tighter data controls, the solution helps organisations maintain strict compliance standards while ensuring transparency and control over payroll operations globally.
Speaking about the significance of this milestone, Chaitanya Peddi, Co-Founder, Darwinbox, said: “Today, we are proud to announce native payroll for Singapore and Malaysia, marking a significant step forward in our mission to unify payroll management for enterprises across every major economy in Southeast Asia. Payroll in the region is often burdened by complex statutory requirements, diverse workforce structures, and fragmented systems. Most payroll solutions struggle to scale for large enterprises, resulting in gaps in compliance and operational efficiency. With Darwinbox payroll, organisations can now consolidate all payroll processes into a single platform while automating workflows end-to-end and ensuring accuracy, compliance and control across borders.”
He further added: “Our belief is that payroll delivers its maximum value only when it rests within the enterprise HCM. With Darwinbox, every input from employee and compensation data to time, attendance, and benefits flows natively within a single system. This removes the inefficiencies of managing multiple integrations, improves accuracy at scale, and ensures payroll is always compliant and audit-ready. By unifying core HR, workforce management, and payroll, we are delivering the model that enterprises across Southeast Asia need to operate with confidence and to scale seamlessly across borders.”
About Darwinbox
Darwinbox is an AI-powered global HCM that is trusted by 1000+ enterprises, 4mn+ employees across 130+ countries. Its marquee customers include leading global brands like Starbucks, McDonalds, Dominos, Zara, AXA, Cigna, WeWork, and many more. Darwinbox is the youngest and only Asian-origin HCM player to be recognised as a Challenger on Gartner’s Magic Quadrant for HCM suites for 1000+ employee enterprises and has been appreciated by the analysts for its continuous innovation and focus on customer outcomes. A customer’s choice in Gartner’s Voice of Customer report, four years in a row, Darwinbox is backed by global investors like Microsoft, Salesforce ventures, KKR, Partners Group, OTPP, TCV and others.
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