WEX in the News: Tech in Maine, Building a Strong Corporate Culture, and More

Growth is the most defining characteristic of WEX, and we owe the bulk of that growth to our relentless capacity for innovation and to our people, who power it. Both have been in the news this past month. Here’s a quick glance at some recent highlights:

Our fearless leaders

• As CEO of a company that perennially wins awards for being a great place to work, Melissa Smith was tapped by Medium.com to share some of her leadership strategies for improving company culture. (One of her tips? “Model the behavior you want to see in your employees.”)
• The Glass Hammer interviewed Kim Ford, our senior legal director of Asia Pacific and global issuing, about how she blends two career disciplines to forge her own successful path.
• PaymentsSource explored the ways in which health savings accounts (HSAs) are being used as recruitment tools, interviewing WEX Health’s VP of human resources, Sherry Olson, for the article.

Our take on Hurricane Florence

When Hurricane Florence crashed through North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia and Georgia, Government Fleet and Fleet Owner turned to Bernie Kavanagh, our senior vice president and general manager of large fleet, for insight about how fleets should approach hurricane preparedness.

Our Tech Talk Portland event

Mainebiz shared our enthusiasm for our inaugural Tech Talk Portland event, which opened up our Tech Talks, originally just for WEXers, to the public for the first time.

Our expanded and renewed agreement with Marathon Petroleum Corp.

WEX’s expanded multi-year agreement with Marathon will see our company provide sales and marketing resources to further drive Marathon’s retail growth. Convenience Store Decisions, Work Truck, Fleet Management Weekly, Convenience Store News, Fuels Market News, Automotive Fleet and Fleet Owner all reported the announcement.

Our new fleet card partnership with Monro Inc.

When news dropped that vehicle service chain Monro now accepts our fleet payment solutions from its customers, it was covered by Fleet Owner, Fleet Management Weekly, Fleet Financials, Work Truck and Automotive Fleet.

Our partnership with Troovo on virtual payments in Asia

Earlier this month, PaymentsSource and PYMNTS.com announced our partnership with Sydney-based Troovo Technologies, which we’ll work with to unlock travel and B2B spend using virtual cards in the Asia-Pacific region.

Our growing Canadian presence

PYMNTS.com called out our expansion in Canada with Moneris Solutions.

Our travel and corporate solutions segment revenue

This segment experienced a 38 percent year-over-year increase in revenue to $75.6 million in the second quarter, as covered by Business Travel News.

For more on WEX, our employees and why we’re a great a place to work, continue exploring our blog.