DailyPay users who joined individual arbitration claims over the app’s paycheck advance fees began receiving settlement payments in 2026, with recipients reporting amounts from about $45 to just over $100, some sent by PayPal through the payout company Tremendous. The money comes from a private mass arbitration, not a class action, so there is no public claim form and nothing for other DailyPay users to file.
What Is This About?
DailyPay payments are real. People who signed up with a law firm to bring an individual arbitration claim against DailyPay have been receiving settlement money, and recipients report payments ranging from about $45 to just over $100. Several say they were contacted by text or email to sign a settlement agreement and never filled out a public claim form themselves.The right label for this is mass arbitration, not a class action and not a mass tort. DailyPay’s user terms send disputes to individual arbitration, so instead of one class case, law firms file large numbers of separate claims at once. When those claims settle, each claimant signs a private agreement and gets paid individually. Nothing is filed on a public docket, and there is no court-approved settlement website where a reader can look themselves up.
The claims generally allege that DailyPay’s fees for instant access to earned wages make its advances a form of credit, and that DailyPay did not give the cost disclosures federal lending and electronic-transfer laws require. Those are allegations. DailyPay has disputed that its product is a loan, the settlement terms have not been made public, and no arbitrator or court has publicly found DailyPay liable.
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How the Payments Are Arriving
Some payments are arriving digitally rather than by check. A recipient shared with OpenClassActions.com a PayPal notification showing $100.28 sent by Tremendous, with the note “Sent on behalf of DailyPay Settlement Distribution.” Tremendous is a payments company that businesses and settlement administrators use to send digital payouts, including legal settlement disbursements. The amount is more than double the roughly $45 other recipients have described, which fits amounts that vary from person to person.The note does not say which matter the money comes from, and OpenClassActions.com has not been able to confirm that with DailyPay or a law firm. What the public record does show is that there is no other DailyPay payout it could plausibly be: there is no court-approved DailyPay class action settlement, a 2025 federal suit in Georgia was dismissed in December 2025 after the parties settled privately, and the New York Attorney General’s case has not paid anyone. That makes the private arbitration settlements the most likely source.
A PayPal payment can be checked without clicking anything in a message: open the PayPal app or website directly and look for the incoming payment there. A real settlement payout never asks the recipient to pay a fee, send money back or hand over a password to release it.
Why the Amounts Are Small and Vary
Individual arbitration settlements are negotiated to reflect what each claimant could realistically recover, and paycheck advance fees are small — often a few dollars per transfer. Payments in the $45 to $100 range are consistent with refunding a portion of a typical user’s fees rather than awarding large damages. Amounts vary by person, and the law firm handling a claim may take its fee out of the settlement under the client’s engagement agreement.Because the agreements are private, there is no published total, no count of how many people were paid, and no schedule for further rounds.
Can Other DailyPay Users Still Get Paid?
Not through this round. There is no class, so nobody is included automatically and there is no deadline to file. Recipients report that at least one intake has already closed to new clients. Other firms continue to advertise that they are taking on DailyPay users for new individual arbitration claims, but joining one is a private arrangement with a law firm, not a claim against a settlement fund, and there is no guarantee of any payment.A reader who gets an unsolicited text or email asking for a signature should confirm who sent it before sharing personal or bank details. A genuine settlement agreement comes from the firm the person actually signed up with.
The New York Attorney General Case Has Not Paid Anyone
These payments are unrelated to New York’s lawsuit. Attorney General Letitia James sued DailyPay and MoneyLion in April 2025, alleging their fees work out to annual percentage rates far above New York’s usury caps. DailyPay had filed its own federal suit against the Attorney General days earlier, and after DailyPay removed the state case to federal court, it was sent back to New York Supreme Court in September 2025. DailyPay moved to dismiss in early 2026, and no ruling has been reported. That case has produced no refunds. Full background is in our MoneyLion and DailyPay New York lawsuit coverage.Questions
Is the DailyPay settlement payment a class action settlement?
No. The payments come from individual arbitration claims that law firms filed for DailyPay users, which is called a mass arbitration. There is no class, no court-approved settlement and no public claims website.
Can I still file a claim to get a DailyPay payment?
There is no claim form. Only people who signed up with a law firm and signed an individual settlement agreement are being paid, and recipients report that at least one intake has closed to new clients.
Is a PayPal payment from Tremendous for the DailyPay settlement real?
Tremendous is a legitimate payout company, and a recipient shared a PayPal notice showing $100.28 sent by Tremendous on behalf of “DailyPay Settlement Distribution.” Check any such payment by opening the PayPal app or website directly rather than tapping a link in a text or email. A real settlement payment never requires the recipient to pay a fee or send money back.
Is the New York Attorney General case paying DailyPay users?
No. The New York Attorney General’s lawsuit against DailyPay is still pending in New York state court, DailyPay has moved to dismiss it, and it has produced no payments.
Did DailyPay admit wrongdoing?
There is no public finding or admission. The arbitration settlements are private, their terms are not published, and DailyPay disputes that its paycheck advances are loans.
Sources
- DailyPay Terms of Service (arbitration provision)
- Recipient-provided PayPal payment notice from Tremendous, “Sent on behalf of DailyPay Settlement Distribution” (reviewed by OpenClassActions.com, October 2026)
- Tremendous — legal and class action settlement disbursements
- Davis v. DailyPay, Inc., No. 1:25-cv-03204 (N.D. Ga.) — docket via CourtListener
- Payments Dive — DailyPay seeks to dismiss NY lawsuit
- Payments Dive — DailyPay pushes back against NY AG
