Remote turns to APAC as payroll platform sets to become world leader

As demand grows to hire and pay employees anywhere in the world, workplaces undergoing rapid transformations are looking for trustworthy automation to meet demand.

Following on from recent success with its payroll business – seeing over 300 per cent year-on-year growth and positive cash flow – Remote will expand access to partners, customers, developers, and AI agents as part of a greater workforce shift towards global infrastructure.

New features include Remote MCP, which will give AI a live, secure connection to payroll, contracts, compliance data, and organisational structures, without API keys, exports or customer integration, and Remote Build capability, which will provide customised support from creation to execution.

Australian businesses of all sizes are anticipated to benefit from compliant and globally capable employment and payroll systems, whether they connect through an existing HR suite, work on top of Remote’s APIs, or log in directly.

Remote APAC GTM lead Nick Martin said: “Over the past five years, Remote has solidified its position as the trusted payroll and employment infrastructure for businesses operating across borders.

“This is especially important in the APAC region, where we see significant cross-border collaboration with contractors, offshore employees, and employees working remotely from different states and countries across the region.”

The expansion is anticipated to revolutionise Australian operations and become their leading employment infrastructure.

Remote co-founder and CEO Job van der Voort highlighted compliance as a key consideration, adding: “Trust comes with getting the hard things right, consistently, at scale. That is exactly what we have spent years doing: building the infrastructure, the compliance depth, and the owned entities that make it possible to get this right, in every country, every time.

“Opening that up to the world is the next step, and we are just getting started.”

Noting that leading HR platforms, such as Workday, BambooHR, and Personio, are using Remote to power global employment offerings, and leading companies also trust its Global Payroll, the infrastructure has become globally recognised and relied on.

Martin added that the capabilities come at a crucial time for Australian businesses.

He said: “In speaking with our customers, we’ve found that recent industrial relations reform, from Payday Super to the statutory right to work from home in Victoria, are changing the way Australian businesses think about workforce planning and hiring.

“Global hiring has become less of a strategic choice, and more of a practical operational requirement”.

As demand and growth surge, however, so do legal complexity and compliance regulation, necessitating careful and considered technological choice.

Martin said: “What Australian businesses need now is a reliable payroll and employment infrastructure to navigate this evolving landscape, and a robust foundation for any HR tool or AI agent to plug into and ensure people get hired correctly, paid on time, and are protected by law, no matter where they are.”

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