Employee retention

Many of the companies in our inaugural Best Fintechs to Work For ranking share a willingness — even an eagerness — to involve rank-and-file staff in decisions about how the company is run.

With the U.S. military in mind, the Texas banking product provider's CEO, Gabe Krajicek, created a corporate culture where employees name themselves after the legendary warriors and operate under a mission to "win the war."

The online lending platform takes corporate culture seriously but encourages employees not to take themselves too seriously.

Promontory Interfinancial Network, a provider of bank products and services, goes to great lengths (sometimes literally) to retain its employees over the long term.

The fintech industry has some cool workplace quirks, but behind the fun factor is a serious mission to build an enthusiastic, satisfied workforce.

Salaries and benefits are up, as banks work harder to recruit and retain staff. So are casual days, wellness programs and other perks.

Among other initiatives, the credit union has created programs to make in-house career growth a reality and retain staff long-term.

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A few years after co-founding Level One Bank, CEO Patrick Fehring decided to survey his employees. It turned into a wake-up call.

The Detroit lender developed rotational training programs in auto finance, accounting and technology to help attract and keep promising employees, especially millennials, who had a tendency to bolt.