Slice Partners with Papaya Global to Bring Compliant Equity to Every Global Worker

Key Takeaways

• Slice and Papaya Global are partnering so companies can grant and manage equity compliantly for employees and contractors across Papaya's payroll, EOR, COR and contractor services.
• For workers engaged through Papaya's EOR and COR services, Slice equity management is included at no additional cost.
• Equity events like secondary tender offers and share sales are handled end to end: Slice calculates what is owed, withheld and reported in each country, and Papaya processes it through payroll and pays out through Papaya wallets.
• Papaya already runs its own equity on Slice. Now every Papaya customer can do the same.

Companies are global from day one. They hire across borders, pay across borders and compete for talent across borders. But most of them still manage equity as if every employee sits in the country where the company is headquartered.

Today, we're announcing a strategic partnership with Papaya Global to close that gap. The partnership connects how companies employ and pay their global workforce with how they grant and manage equity. Papaya brings its global payroll, EOR, COR and workforce payments infrastructure. Slice brings its AI-native equity tax and compliance engine, covering 67+ countries and built with lawyers and tax advisors.

Why Global Equity Breaks at the Border

Equity is a substantial part of total compensation, and companies rely on it to attract and retain top talent. But every country has its own tax treatment, securities rules, filing deadlines and registration requirements. Some of them must be met on the day the grant is made. They can't be fixed later.

Yet most equity plans are written for a single country, usually where the company is headquartered. That leaves a gap between issuing a grant letter and completing the local steps needed to administer the grant. When those steps are missed, companies face compliance exposure, and workers can lose favorable tax treatment or end up paying higher taxes.

That gap is exactly what Slice was built to close. And it's why payroll and equity can't keep living in separate systems.

What the Partnership Includes

Companies using Papaya's payroll, EOR, COR and contractor services can now grant and manage equity for their employees and contractors through Slice.

• Included for EOR and COR workers: For workers engaged through Papaya's EOR and COR services, equity management is included at no additional cost.
• Your full global workforce: Companies can also extend Slice to their full workforce, including directly employed staff, through Papaya.
• Connected data: The companies are integrating their platforms to connect workforce data in Papaya with equity records in Slice, keeping equity administration aligned as workers are hired, leave, relocate or change compensation. That means fewer spreadsheets and less manual reconciliation across Papaya's 180+ countries, with Slice's equity compliance covering 67+ countries.

Equity Events, End to End: From Tax Calculation to Payout

Equity events such as secondary tender offers and share sales don't end when the transaction is approved. Each one triggers payments and settlements: calculating the tax due in each worker's country, withholding it correctly, processing it through payroll and moving the funds to the worker. Today, finance teams stitch this together across equity tools, payroll providers, banks and spreadsheets.

The partnership splits that work between the two platforms built for each part. Slice provides the equity tax and compliance rules engine: it determines what is owed, what must be withheld and what must be reported in each country. Papaya provides the payroll and payments infrastructure: it processes withholding through payroll and settles payments through Papaya wallets, at competitive foreign exchange rates and fees. Together, they handle an equity event from the tax calculation to the money reaching the worker.

Papaya Runs Its Own Equity on Slice

Papaya isn't only a partner. It's a customer. Papaya already runs its own equity on Slice, and now every Papaya customer can do the same, with equity handled right at grant time so the value stays with the employee.

"Equity is compensation, and compensation is something we already carry the liability for," said Eynat Guez, CEO and co-founder of Papaya Global. "We chose Slice because they are a leader in global equity management and share our commitment to compliance - no shortcuts and no fixing it later."

"Companies are global from day one, but their equity is still stuck in a domestic, pre-AI era," said Maor Levran, CEO and co-founder of Slice. "With AI-native technology and real experts working together, that complexity finally goes away. Equity should work exactly like a cash salary - for any company, and for any employee, contractor or EOR worker, anywhere in the world."

Equity That Works Wherever Your People Are

Global hiring is already the norm. Global equity should be too. With Papaya and Slice working together, companies can offer equity to anyone they employ or contract, in any country they operate in, and know it's handled correctly from the day of the grant to the day of the payout.

If you're granting equity across countries, book a demo to see how Slice handles it.