Forty Under 40: Travis L. Fink

At age 25 and just one year out of college, Travis Fink has already been running his own business for two years. “I was just a little impatient,” he says modestly.

Fink graduated from Fayetteville High School and then studied at the University of Arkansas, where he earned a degree in financial management. He’s long known he wanted to be an entrepreneur. The idea of a payroll business – PayTime processes payroll for companies that outsource that task – arose through contact with a couple of friends who worked in the business.

“We saw a local need for a payroll service bureau – one that specializes in payroll, has the advanced technology to compete with national firms, yet remains responsive to our customers,” says Fink of PaySolutions Inc., the corporate name of his company. He and his wife, Becky, along with one part-time employee, currently process payrolls for clients in four states. Recently, the company purchased offices in Springdale. Fink believes theirs is the only company in the region that specializes in payroll. “A lot of people do payroll, but many of them are accountants and CPAs who do other things also. We focus on payroll.”

Along with his wife, Fink also credits God for his success. “Without Him, there’s no way we could have make it this far.”