Fintech

When Stripe Inc. launched its e-commerce payment services in 2011, the San Francisco-based startup wasn't presenting itself as a major threat to online giant PayPal — and even with its new $9.2 billion valuation, it still might choose a different path.

Capital One Financial in McLean, Va., is splitting up the management of its cards business.

U.S. fuel cards were a relatively complacent niche until a few years ago, when a wave of consolidations and digital innovations transformed the $66 billion-plus industry into a hotbed of competition.

As subscription services get more complicated, the technology required to send bills, process payments and execute marketing campaigns will become harder to manage.

Credit unions frequently struggle with monitoring and measuring the real success of a marketing campaign, so Financial Center First CU set out to solve that common problem.

CU Journal's annual awards program features strategies with a proven track record of boosting the bottom line.

The cost-saving measure also is helping the credit union attract tech-savvy and green-thinking members.

It's not easy making an annual report interesting as well as digestible to members, but First Tech Federal Credit Union may have found a way.

A new take on project management has led to a 40% reduction in meeting hours and labor costs associated with major projects.

Sun Community FCU created a cost-savings plan in-house, using a portion of the savings to fund bonuses for team members who generated the ideas behind the expense reduction measures taken.