The Texas fintech embraces a progressive culture and has taken steps during the pandemic to maintain a spirited vibe even as employees work remotely.
Top executives from the 49 companies that earned a spot in this year's ranking of the Best Fintechs to Work For cite the need for nimble shifts in business strategy, leadership style and recruiting tactics among the lessons they took away from the challenges of the coronavirus crisis.
Small, often intangible quality-of-life perks are a big part of what makes some fintechs the best ones to work for.
The Utah fintech encourages a playful attitude by devoting the first floor of its offices to entertainment and comfort with video games, Ping- Pong, a pool table and a lounge area.
Without its funhouse office, annual trips or volunteering events, the executive found ways to engage his staff virtually.
Top executives from the 49 companies that earned a spot in this year's ranking of the Best Fintechs to Work For cite the need for nimble shifts in business strategy, leadership style and recruiting tactics among the lessons they took away from the challenges of the coronavirus crisis.
Known for giving away its signature canary-hued Converse to employees and clients, this small API-centric fintech is poised to become a significant player in open banking thanks to parent company Mastercard and its vendor status with Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.
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This venture-backed company, which specializes in creating banking and payment platform APIs for other fintechs, attracts new recruits through a culture of learning.
The 49 companies that made our third annual list of Best Fintechs to Work For (a ranking compiled by our parent company, Arizent) include a wide variety of employers, such as small-business lenders, wealth management software developers, direct mortgage lenders, digital banks and payments platforms.
The credit union service organization Member Driven Technologies has a laid-back work environment but works hard to translate its internal culture to employees who may be located hundreds of miles from headquarters.
Consideration of whether each job can be done remotely is part of Payrailz's holistic approach to developing its workforce. Currently, about two-thirds of the staff works remotely.
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Revolut receives a banking license, while SumUp introduces its payments hardware. That and more in the American Banker global payments and fintech roundup.
October 22
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A failure at an Amazon Web Services data center in Virginia caused widespread outages, hitting services at several banks and fintechs.
October 20
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The effort to establish rules governing consumers' access to their financial data has been effectively derailed by litigation, moves made by the Trump-era CFPB and JPMorganChase's decision to start charging data aggregators for access to customer data.
October 20
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The credit infrastructure and analytics company secured $35 million in a Series D funding round, led by Socium Ventures, the venture capital division at Cox Enterprises, to expand cash-flow underwriting into auto lending and personal loans.
October 14
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Lebda, who died over the weekend in an ATV accident, built one of the first online financial marketplaces in 1998.
October 14
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Younger borrowers are increasingly moving money away from financial institutions, but banks could recapture Gen Z capital by helping them build credit.
October 10
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As consumers use digital subscriptions for everything from streaming movies to cooking meals, financial apps are taking different approaches to helping their customers navigate recurring payments. Should banks get in on the action?
October 2
