WEX Inc. (WEX)
WEX Inc., a financial technology enterprise established in 1983 and headquartered in Portland, Maine, delivers diverse services across the United States and globally. The company, which operated as Wright Express Corporation until its name change in October 2012, structures its operations into three primary divisions. The Fleet Solutions segment specializes in comprehensive payment processing for vehicle fleets. Its offerings include complete customer and account management (spanning activation, retention, credit, and billing support), merchant services, and robust web-based analytics platforms designed to offer fleet managers crucial insights for optimizing expenses and capital. WEX distributes these solutions to commercial and governmental fleets of varying sizes, from local to long-haul, through both direct channels and co-branded or private label alliances. The Travel and Corporate Solutions segment provides sophisticated payment systems, which feature embedded payment functionalities, automated accounts payable, and spend management tools. A key product includes virtual cards, specifically engineered for secure, card-not-present transactions. This segment serves commercial and government entities through a mix of direct and indirect marketing approaches. Finally, the Health and Employee Benefit Solutions segment offers specialized healthcare payment products and consumer-centric software-as-a-service (SaaS) platforms for the healthcare sector. It also encompasses payroll and employee benefit solutions, with a particular focus on Brazil. This segment reaches its clientele via a broad network comprising health plans, third-party administrators, financial institutions, payroll providers, benefits consultants, software companies, and individual consumers.
Sector: Services-Business Services, NEC
Industry: Software - Infrastructure
WEX Inc.
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based on 34.08M shares outstanding
WEX Inc. provides financial technology services in the United States and internationally.
It operates through three segments: Fleet Solutions, Travel and Corporate Solutions, and Health and Employee Benefit Solutions. The Fleet Solutions segment offers fleet vehicle payment processing services.
Its services include customer, account activation, and account retention services; authorization and billing inquiries, and account maintenance services; credit and collections services; merchant services; analytics solutions with access to web-based data analytics platform that offers insights to fleet managers; and ancillary services and tools to fleets to manage expenses and capital requirements. This segment markets its products directly and indirectly to commercial and government vehicle fleet customers with small, medium, and large fleets, as well as with over-the-road and long haul fleets; and indirectly through co-branded and private label relationships. The Travel and Corporate Solutions segment provides payment solutions, including embedded payments; and accounts payable automation and spend management solutions.
Its products include virtual cards that are used for transactions where no card is presented. This segment markets its products directly and indirectly to commercial and government organizations. The Health and Employee Benefit Solutions segment offers healthcare payment products and software-as-a-service consumer directed platforms for healthcare market, as well as payroll related and employee benefit products in Brazil. This segment markets its products through health plans, third-party administrators, financial institutions, payroll companies benefits consultants, software providers, and individuals.
The company was formerly known as Wright Express Corporation and changed its name to WEX Inc. in October 2012. WEX Inc. was founded in 1983 and is based in Portland, Maine.
Leadership
Melissa Smith
President, CEO & Director
Mr. Smith
President and Chief Executive Officer
Ms. Smith
Chair of the Board
Sandra D. Kuohn
Chief People Officer
Employees
7K+
Country
US
Sector
Technology
Website
wexinc.com
| Insider | Title | Type | Shares | Value | Date |
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| COO, Benefits | Sale | 88 | $15.5K | Oct 5, 2026 | |
| COO, Benefits | Sale | 98 | $16.6K | Oct 5, 2026 | |
| COO, Benefits | Sale | 615 | $107.6K | Oct 5, 2026 | |
| COO, Benefits | Sale | 602 | $103.9K | Oct 5, 2026 | |
| COO, Benefits | Sale | 48 | $8.2K | Oct 5, 2026 | |
| COO, Benefits | Sale | 549 | $95.3K | Oct 5, 2026 |
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Insiders
- Deshaies Robert JosephCOO, Benefits
- Adams Kurt PatrickDirector
- Callahan DonDirector
- Wolfe Lauren TaylorDirector
- GROCH JAMES RDirector
- Dearborn Joel Alan JRCOO, International
- Smith Melissa DCEO and President
- Carriedo CarlosCOO, Amer. Payments & Mobility
- Kimball JenniferChief Accounting Officer
- Drew Ann ElenaChief Risk and Compliance
based on 34.08M shares outstanding
30d Avg
544.38K
60d Avg
551.82K
90d Avg
575.00K