Congratulations to all of our 2025 winners!
Project Awards – For Banks and Financial Institutions
Best Bank & FinTech Partnership
Winner:
JPMorgan Chase & Thought Machine
Best Credit Union/Community Bank & FinTech Partnership
Winner:
Star One Credit Union & Payfinia
Best Community Bank/Credit Union Modernization
Winner:
Thread Bank: Revitalizing a 120-Year Old Community Bank
Best Digital Banking Initiative
Winner:
RBC: RBC Clear™
Best Digital Initiative by Community Bank/Credit Union
Winner:
Collins Community Credit Union: Talkdesk
Best Embedded Finance Initiative
Winner:
Citi: Citi Pay®
Best Tech Overhaul
Winner:
Ally Financial: Bridging the Tech Divide
Highly commended:
J.P. Morgan AWM: Transformation of JPM Asset Management Derivatives Platform
Morgan Stanley: Trade Surveillance
Best Use of Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning
Winner:
Morgan Stanley: DevGen.AI
Highly commended:
Bank of America Private Bank: Erica
Discover: GenAI Risk Reduction
Best Use of Data
Winner:
Bank of America: GCIB Launch
Highly commended:
Morgan Stanley: Project Pyramid
Best Use of Tech in Business Banking
Winner:
Grasshopper Bank
Best Use of Tech in Combatting Fraud
Winner:
First Technology Federal Credit Union: ARIC™ Risk Hub
Best Use of Tech in Consumer Banking
Winner:
JPMorganChase: Chase Assisted Account Opening
Best Use of Tech in Lending
Winner:
JPMorganChase: Chase Assisted Account Opening
Best Use of Tech in Lending
Winner:
United Wholesale Mortgage: KEEP
Best User/Customer Experience Initiative
Winner
JPMorganChase: Total Value Scorecard
Financial Wellness Champion
Winner:
Beyond Finance
Top Innovation in Banking
Winner:
FinWise Bank: MoneyRails™
Top Innovation in Banking – Internal Operations
Winner:
Morgan Stanley: WebstaX
Highly commended:
Bank of America: GCIB Launch
Morgan Stanley: Mainframe Git Integration
Excellence in Tech Awards categories – for software and service providers
Best AI Solution
Winner:
Uptiq Inc: UPTIQ
Best AI Solution - Data Insights & Knowledge Management
Winner:
IBM: IBM Synthetic Data Sets
Highly commended:
Hapax
FIS: FIS EPIC and PREBOTS
Best AI Solution - Customer Engagement & Retention
Winner:
BOND.AI: Autopilot from BOND.AI
Best AI Solution - Risk, Regulation & Compliance
Winner:
WorkFusion: WorkFusion AI Agents for Financial Crime Compliance
Highly commended:
4CRisk.ai: AI Agents and Ask ARIA CoPilot
4CRisk.ai: Regulatory Change Management and Intelligence
Best Customer Experience Solution
Winner
FIS: FIS® Premium Payback™
Best Customer Experience Solution – Customer Engagement & Actionable Insights
Winner:
WaveCX: WaveCX Digital Product Engagement Platform
Best Customer Experience Solution – Customer Communications
Winner:
Talkdesk: Talkdesk Financial Services Experience Cloud™
Best Core Banking System
Winner:
Temenos
Best Digital Banking System
Winner:
Lumin Digital
Best Digital Banking System for Community Banks/Credit Unions
Winner:
Q2: Q2 Engage
Best Digital Trust Solution
Winner:
TransUnion: Trusted Call Solutions
Best Digital Trust Solution – ID Verification & Authentication
Winner:
Prove Identity Inc.: Prove Verified Users
Highly commended:
Mitek: MiVIP
Socure: RiskOS
Best Embedded Finance Solution sponsored by TaskUs
Winner:
april
Best WealthTech Solution
Winner:
BridgeFT: WealthTech-as-a-Service
Best Embedded Lending Solution
Winner:
Wisetack: Embedded Consumer Financing for Services
Best Embedded SME Financing Solution
Winner:
Raistone: Raistone Connect
Best Embedded Cross-Border Payments Solution
Winner:
Brightwell: ReadyRemit
Best Embedded Payments Solution
Winner:
Ingo Payments: Embedded Finance Platform
Best LendTech Solution
Winner:
FinMkt
Highly commended:
Kashable
Best LendTech Solution – Decision Engine
Winner:
Better.com: Tinman™
Best SME LendTech Solution
Winner:
SellersFi
Best Auto & Equipment LendTech Solution
Winner:
F&I Sentinel: Citadel Platform
Best LendTech Solution – Loans
Winner:
SS&C Technologies: SS&C EVOLV
Best Personalization Solution
Winner:
LoanPro: Transaction Level Credit™
Highly commended:
Apiture: Apiture Data Intelligence Solution
Vertice AI: Member Growth Solution
Best as-a-Service Solution
Winner:
Derivative Path: DerivativeEDGE
Highly commended:
Blockdaemon: Blockdaemon Institutional Vault
NETSOL Technologies Inc.: Transcend Retail (Formerly known as Otoz)
Best as-a-Service Solution – Dispute Management & Resolution
Winner:
Quavo Fraud & Disputes: QFD® - Dispute Management Software
Best as-a-Service Solution – Payments
Winner:
i2c Inc.: Payment Hub
Best as-a-Service Solution - Regulation & Compliance
Winner:
Green Check
Highly commended:
Winnow Solutions, LLC: Winnow
Best as-a-Service Solution – Cards
Winner:
Brim Financial: End-to-End Payments and Cards Platform-as-a-Service
LendTech Start-up of the Year
Winner:
Setpoint
FinTech Start-up of the Year – Risk, Regulation & Compliance
Winner:
Cable
FinTech Start-up of the Year
Winner:
SecureSave
Highly commended:
Method Financial
Wink
Leadership Awards - for individuals and teams
Tech Leadership
Winner:
Scott Zoldi, Chief Analytics Officer, FICO
Highly commended:
Bhaskar Kalita, Global Head-Financial Services and Insurance, Quantiphi
Tech Leadership - Visionary CTO
Winner:
Sabet Elias, Chief Technology Officer, BNY
Tech Leadership - Visionary CEO
Winner:
Dr. Siva G. Narendra, Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder, Tyfone
Highly commended:
Trevor Rozier-Byrd, Chief Executive Officer, Stackwell
Woman in Technology – Bank/Financial Institution
Winner:
Brianna Elsass, Vice President and Head, US Digital Servicing and Technology, Bank of Montreal
Woman in Technology – Software & Services Provider
Winner:
Alex Ford, Chief Revenue Officer and President, North America, Encompass Corporation
Highly commended:
Serena Smith, Chief Client Officer, i2c Inc.
Jessica Teji, Head of Partner Success, SentiLink
Woman in Technology – Visionary Founder & CEO
Winner:
Neha Narkhede, Chief Executive Officer and Co-founder, Oscilar, Inc.
Highly commended:
Yinglian Xie, Chief Executive Officer and Co-founder, DataVisor
Tech Team of the Year
Winner:
Winnow Solutions, LLC
Editor's Choice
Editor's Choice - Banks and Financial Institutions
Metropolitan Commercial Bank: Digital Onboarding & Omnichannel Banking
Editor's Choice - Software & Service Providers
QuickFi