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Banking Tech Awards USA
May 29 2025
583 Park Avenue, New York

Congratulations to all the 2024 Banking Tech Awards USA Finalists

Project Awards – For Banks and Financial Institutions Finalists

Excellence in Tech Awards

Leadership Awards

Project Awards – For Banks and Financial Institutions Finalists

Best Bank & FinTech Partnership

  • Provide, powered by Fifth Third Bank - Provide
  • CBW Bank - Using an API-driven Transaction Banking Platform to Enable Fintech success (Real-Time Payments and Other Complex Fintech Funds Flows)
  • Space Coast Credit Union and MeridianLink, Inc. - MeridianLink & Space Coast Credit Union: Revolutionizing Productivity, Workflow, and User Experience
  • Nomad Global - Nomad Changing the Engine Mid-Flight: Core Banking Infrastructure Transition
  • TBOM - TBOM Deposit and Credit Offering
  • KeyBank - Key Patient
  • First Citizens Bank - First Citizens Partners with Wealth Access to Leverage Data Unification Technology

Best Community Bank/Credit Union Modernization

  • Esquire Bank - Esquire Bank - Digital Transformation Initiative
  • Nutmeg State Financial Credit Union - The Cotribute Platform
  • TBOM - TBOM Deposit and Credit Platform Offering
  • Kish Bank - Your Kish, Your Way

Best Contribution to Economic Mobility

  • ADP - Wisely by ADP
  • Tricolor - Tricolor
  • MPOWER Financing - MPOWER Financing: Holistic and Innovative Lending Based on Forward-Looking Algorithm
  • Stash - Stash Investing
  • BNY Mellon - BNY Mellon x MoCaFi Collaboration

Best Digital Initiative

  • TBOM - TBOM Deposit and Credit Platform Offering
  • Chase - Credit Journey Score Improvement Tool
  • F.N.B. Corporation - eStore® — Revolutionizing The Way Customers Bank
  • JP Morgan Chase - Manhattan Design System
  • FV Bank - Beyond Banking - FV Bank’s Digital Asset Custody Innovation
  • Morgan Stanley - Power E*TRADE Desktop global launch
  • Morgan Stanley - MSO Prospect

Best Embedded Finance Initiative

  • HSBC Bank USA - Pioneer in Embedded Finance to Cloud ERP
  • The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. - PNC Flex Pay
  • QuickFi - QuickFi Platform
  • Wysh - Wysh: Life Benefit


Best Mobile Initiative

  • Merrill Wealth Management - Mobile Advisor Experience (MAX)
  • J.P. Morgan - JPMAM Sales Assist V2T Platform
  • J.P. Morgan - Mobile Insights+
  • J.P. Morgan - JPOI
  • Morgan Stanley - Mobile Device Attestation Service

Best Tech Overhaul – Back Office

  • J.P. Morgan - Meridian Data Services Platform
  • JPMorgan Chase - Chase Debit Platform – Path to Modernization
  • JPMorgan Chase & Co. - Global Banking Platform

Best Use of Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning

  • Wells Fargo - Wells Fargo - Advanced Fraud Detection System (AFDS)
  • Wells Fargo - Wells Fargo Fraud Co-Pilot
  • Morgan Stanley - Intelligent Document Processing
  • Morgan Stanley - AI @ Morgan Stanley Assistant
  • Morgan Stanley - Morgan Stanley Release & Change Intelligent Tech Ops Support (iTOS)

Best Use of Data

  • Chase - Credit Journey Score Improvement Tool
  • JPMorgan Chase - Deposits Data Modernization
  • J.P. Morgan - AppStatus
  • Morgan Stanley - Error Budget Based Change Management
  • Morgan Stanley - IntelliObserve360
  • Morgan Stanley - Contact Center Data Analytics & Reporting transformation via PowerBI

Best Use of Tech in Business Banking

  • Grasshopper Bank - BaaS Platform for SMBs and Startups
  • Citizens Financial Group - Citizens Digital Business Account Opening
  • TD Bank - Tap to Pay on iPhone on TD Bank Mobile App
  • Bluevine - Bluevine's Integrated Approach to Small Business Banking
  • Morgan Stanley - SPA Injection

Best Use of Tech in Combatting Fraud

  • J.P. Morgan - Fraud Connect
  • Wells Fargo - Wells Fargo Adaptive Counter Defense
  • Synchrony Bank - Synchrony Bank and SentiLink Partner to Combat Deposit Account Fraud

Best Use of Tech in Consumer Banking

  • Bank of Montreal (BMO) - BMO Green to Blue
  • F.N.B. Corporation - eStore® — Revolutionizing The Way Customers Bank
  • JPMorgan Chase - Blueprint
  • JPMorgan Chase - Chase First Banking

Best Use of Tech in Lending

  • JP Morgan - iQC
  • YouLend - AI-Powered Embedded Financing Solution
  • Texas National Bank - SMB Depositor Pre-Qualification and Automated Lending
  • Synchrony - Synchrony PRISM Underwriting Platform

Best Use of Tech in Private Banking/Wealth Management

  • Charles Schwab & Co., Inc.- Schwab Personalized Indexing Digital Enrollment
  • Morgan Stanley - FA Monitoring O2 Framework
  • Merrill Wealth Management - Merrill Video Pro
  • J.P. Morgan - Connect Platform
  • First Citizens Bank - First Citizens Bank Leverages Data Unification Technology
  • Morgan Stanley - Morgan Stanley Private Markets Dashboard
  • Morgan Stanley - Release Engineering TransformationTeam
  • Morgan Stanley - UMA Client Customization
  • BNY Mellon and Publicis Sapient - Wove

Best User/Customer Experience Initiative

  • Chase - Credit Journey Score Improvement Tool
  • Tricolor - Automás
  • F.N.B. Corporation - eStore® — Revolutionizing The Way Customers Bank

Top Innovation

  • F.N.B. Corporation - eStore® — Revolutionizing The Way Customers Bank
  • J.P. Morgan - STARS Aggression
  • Morgan Stanley - Morgan Stanley DocuSmart – Flexible and Intelligent Document Authoring Platform
  • Goldman Sachs - Goldman Sachs Marquee
  • Morgan Stanley - Artificial Intelligence (AI) Powered Technology Change Risk Assessment Engine

Top Innovation - Financial Wellness

  • Chase - Credit Journey Score Improvement Tool
  • Intuit Credit Karma - Intuit Assist for Credit Karma
  • Merrill Wealth Management - Merrill Advisor Match
  • SoFi - Student Loan Verification


Excellence in Tech Awards Finalists

Best Core Banking System

  • Nymbus - Nymbus Core Transformation for PeoplesBank
  • Temenos - Temenos Core Banking
  • CSI - CSI NuPoint® Core

Best Digital Banking System

  • FIS - FIS Digital One Consumer Studio
  • Mahalo Banking - Thoughtful Banking™ Platform
  • Temenos - Temenos Digital
  • Apiture - Apiture Digital Banking Platform - Consumer Banking Solution
  • Moxo - Moxo
  • Fiserv, inc. - Experience Digital from Fiserv

Best Digital Business Banking Solution

  • Dragonfly Universal Online Banker - Dragonfly Financial Technologies
  • iGTB Intellect - CBX
  • Apiture - Apiture Digital Banking Platform - Business Banking Solution
  • Mercury - Mercury Vault

Best Embedded Finance Solution

  • Check - Credit & Fraud Protection, Embedded Setup & Embedded Support
  • QuickFi - QuickFi Platform
  • HSBC Bank USA - Pioneer in Embedded Finance to Cloud ERP
  • Corpay Cross-Border Solutions - Corpay Cross-Border Global Enterprise Management
  • MoneyLion - Engine by MoneyLion
  • Highnote - Highnote
  • BM Technologies (BMTX) - BM Technologies (BMTX) Best Embedded Finance Solution

Best Embedded Finance Solution for Banks, Credit Unions & Financial Institutions

  • Wysh - Wysh: Life Benefit
  • TransferMate Global Payments - TransferMate for Banks & FIs
  • FintechOS - FintechOS
  • Cotribute - The Cotribute Platform
  • SavvyMoney - Financial Checkup

Best Embedded Finance Solution for Lending & Payments

  • YouLend - YouLend
  • Payitoff - Payitoff
  • Wisetack - Wisetack Embedded Consumer Financing
  • SellersFi - Best Embedded Finance Solution
  • Bread Financial - Bread Pay Virtual Card

Best as-a-Service Solution

  • S&P Global - S&P Global KY3P® (Know Your Third Party)
  • Derivative Path - DerivativeEdge
  • Appdome - Appdome Unified Mobile App Security Platform
  • MeridianLink, Inc. - MeridianLink's Innovative as-a-Service Solution Highlighted Through its Partnership with FedChoice FCU
  • System Crew (North America) LLC - Modern Workplace as a Service
  • Carefull - Carefull
  • Mitek Systems - Check Fraud Defender by Mitek
  • LinkLive - LinkLive Best as a Service
  • Green Check - Green Check
  • Biz2X - Biz2X - Loan Origination Platform

Best as-a-Service Solution for Payments

  • Flywire - Flywire Global Payment & Receivables Platform for B2B
  • Finastra - Finastra Payments To Go
  • CPI Card Group® - Card@Once®
  • UniTeller Financial Services - UniTeller Digital Link
  • Corpay Cross-Border Online Payments Platform - Corpay Cross-Border Solutions
  • VGS - VGS, Payments Tokenization
  • FINBOA - FINBOA Payment Disputes Solution

Best as-a-Service Solution for Wealth Management

  • Moxo - Moxo
  • CapIntel - CapIntel's Omni Solution for Advisors
  • Docupace - PreciseFP
  • FusionIQ One - FusionIQ

Best as-a-Service Solution – Integration & Automation

  • Zafin - Zafin IO (Zafin Integrate & Orchestrate)
  • Laserfiche - Laserfiche Cloud
  • SS&C Technologies - SS&C EVOLV

FinTech Start-up of the Year

  • Winnow Solutions, LLC - Winnow – Compliance & Automated Change Management
  • Unbox the Universe - Unbox Recovery
  • MAJORITY - Migrant Banking
  • Nomad - Nomad - Global Banking for Emerging Markets
  • Global PayEX Inc. - Global PayEX : AR /AP Optimized
  • Method Financial - Method Financial’s Embeddable API Suite

LendTech Start-up of the Year

  • Hawthorn River, a CSI company - Hawthorn River
  • Union Credit - Credit Union Marketplace
  • Uplinq - Uplinq
  • Stratyfy - Stratyfy

LendTech of the Future

  • Provenance Blockchain - Provenance Blockchain
  • Indecomm - What Happens Behind the Scenes in Mortgage Does Not Stay Behind the Scenes
  • Lama AI - Lama AI - AI-Powered LOS Platform
  • Abrigo - Abrigo Community Lending Software
  • Finastra - Embedded Consumer Lending Solution
  • SellersFi - LendTech of The Future
  • SS&C Intralinks - SS&C Intralinks LoanStream

LendTech of the Future - Credit Decisioning

  • Ocrolus - Ocrolus
  • Uplinq Financial Technologies - Uplinq
  • Stratyfy - Stratyfy

Vehicle & Equipment LendTech of the Future

  • Open Lending - Lenders Protection™
  • Octane - Octane
  • QuickFi - QuickFi Platform

Tech of the Future

  • Carefull - Carefull
  • TreviPay - Financial Partner Gateway
  • Laserfiche - Laserfiche
  • interop.io - interop.io
  • iGTB Intellect - iGTB Cash Management Powered by eMACH.ai
  • SellersFi - SellersFi
  • Quavo Fraud & Disputes - QFD® End-to-End Dispute Management Solution for Issuers
  • Wealth Access - Data Unification Technology
  • Green Check - Green Check

Tech of the Future - Customer Outreach & Communication

  • Refine Intelligence - Digital Customer Outreach
  • BOND.AI - Autopilot
  • LinkLive - LinkLive

Tech of the Future - Fighting Fraud

  • Deduce - Deduce Identity Network
  • DataVisor - DataVisor’s AI-powered Fraud and Risk Platform
  • Valid Systems - Instant Funds & RTLA

Tech of the Future - Risk & Compliance

  • Napier - Client Screening
  • S&P Global - Supplier Risk Indicator and Entity Insights Solutions
  • Minerva - Minerva
  • 4CRisk.ai - 4CRisk.ai Compliance Map

Tech of the Future – AI & Data

  • ULTIPA, INC. - Graph XAI for Real-time Liquidity and Asset & Liability Management and Attribution Analysis
  • Zenarate - AI Coach
  • IBM - Machine Learning for IBM z/OS (MLz)
  • CGI - CGI Credit Studio
  • FIS - FIS EPIC and PREBOTs
  • SmartStream Technologies - SmartStream Air
  • SS&C Intralinks - SS&C Intralinks DealCentre[AI]
  • RedCompass Labs - RedFlag Accelerator
  • Pagaya - Pagaya: The Future of Financial Inclusion in Financial Services
  • Yodlee, Inc - Yodlee's Insights Engine for Banking

Tech of the Future – Customer Engagement

  • Kasisto - Gabby, Intelligent Virtual Assistant, powered by KAI for First Financial Bank
  • Glia - Unified Interaction Management Platform
  • Moxo - Moxo

Tech of the Future – Customer Experience

  • Coviance - Coviance
  • Ness Digital Engineering - The Options Clearing Corporation - Working with Ness Digital Engineering
  • Savana - Digital Delivery Platform
  • Mahalo Banking - Thoughtful Banking™ Platform
  • Katipult Technology Corp. - Katipult DealFlow

Tech of the Future – Decision Making

Tech of the Future – Digital Trust

  • 1Kosmos - 1Kosmos Delivers High Assurance Trust, Security and Privacy for Digital Banking
  • CompoSecure - Arculus
  • ID-Pal - ID-Pal
  • AtData - AtData's Fraud Prevent API Derived From Email Intelligence Data
  • Mastercard - Mastercard Identity
  • Traceable AI - Traceable AI's Digital Fraud Prevention
  • Mitek Systems - Mitek in-person identity verification solution
  • Atomic - PayLink by Atomic
  • HYPR - HYPR Identity Assurance Platform

Tech of the Future – Personalisation

  • Pulsate - Pulsate
  • Total Expert - Total Expert Customer Intelligence
  • Yodlee, Inc. - Yodlee IEB: Product Personalization for Banking Customers

Leadership Awards Finalists

Rising Tech Star

  • Kyall Mai, Chief Innovation Officer, Esquire Bank
  • James Rockwood, Founder and CEO, CapIntel
  • Roberto Sato, President & CIO, GETTRX
  • Lily Elshaktori, Vice President, J.P. Morgan
  • Apoorva Vadrevu, Vice President, J.P. Morgan

Tech Leadership

  • Tiago Spritzer, Chief Information Officer - Technology for the Chief Operating Office (TCOO), Wells Fargo
  • Martin Korn, Chief Technology Officer, Esquire Bank
  • Doug Ricket, Founder & CEO, PayJoy
  • Karlon Johnson, Business Development Officer, Black Business Investment Fund (BBIF)
  • Jon Briggs, Executive Vice President, KeyBank
  • Thiru Venkatachalam, Executive Director, Morgan Stanley
  • Subhadeep Bhattacharjee, SVP of Technology (Software Quality Management Group), Northern Trust Corporation

Tech Leadership – Visionary CEO

  • Jonathan Wilk, CEO, CompoSecure
  • Dave Skirzenski, CEO, Raistone
  • Steve Bryson, Founder and CEO, GETTRX

Tech Team of the Year – Bank/Financial Institution

  • Bank of America - Operational Intelligence
  • Esquire Bank - Esquire Bank - Technology and Development Team
  • HSBC Bank USA - HSBC Embedded Finance Global IT
  • Merrill Wealth Management - Merrill Platforms & Capabilities
  • JPMorgan Chase - Global Technology at JPMorgan Chase
  • J.P. Morgan - Global Liquidity Onboarding

Tech Team of the Year – Software & Services Provider

  • BankTech Ventures - BankTech Ventures
  • Zsuite - Implementation, Technology, and Operations Teams
  • COCC - COCC Integrations Team
  • Mahalo Banking - Mahalo Banking Team
  • SS&C Intralinks - SS&C Intralinks Professional Services & Services Delivery

Woman in Technology (WIT) – Bank/Financial Institution

  • Roben Dunkin, Chief Operations & Innovation Officer, PGIM
  • Ailun Qin, Vice President, Morgan Stanley
  • Judy Dinn, EVP & CIO, TD Bank
  • Brianna Elsass, Managing Director, Head of U.S. Digital Servicing and Technology, Bank of Montreal (BMO)
  • Inez Louzonis, Managing Director, Head of Platforms and Capabilities, Merrill Wealth Management

Woman in Technology (WIT) - Software & Services Provider

  • Barbara Cousins, Chief Information Officer (CIO), Chief Security Information Officer (CISO) and Head of Internal Audit, Flywire
  • Jenn McMackin, Global Director of Customer Success, Gresham Technologies
  • Miriam Sheril, Head of Product - US, Form3
  • Carolyn Homberger, President Americas, Featurespace
  • Provi DeLeon, Managing Director, Sales, Americas, Treasury & Capital Markets, Finastra
  • Mitra Roknadbadi, Chief Marketing Officer, OpenFin
  • Sabrina DeVito, Chief Strategy Officer, Best Egg
  • Janelle Sallenave, Chief Experience Officer, Chime Financial Inc

Woman in Technology (WIT) – Visionary Leader

  • Anabel Perez, CEO & Co-Founder, NovoPayment
  • Margaret J. Hartigan, Founder & CEO, Marstone, Inc.
  • Luvleen Sidhu. Chair, CEO and Founder, BM Technologies (BMTX)