Congratulations to all the 2023 Banking Tech Awards Finalists
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Banking Tech Project Awards Finalists
Banking for Good
- CTBC Bank: Caring My Way - A Digital Charity Donation Platform
- Morgan Stanley: Improving Aspiration in Computing & Technology (IMPACT), a Morgan Stanley STEM Education Program
- MPOWER Financing: MPOWER Financing Scholarships
- African Bank: African Bank Enterprise & Supplier Development
Best Bank & FinTech Partnership
- Abbove & Puilaetco Bank: Richer Life Plan
- Banco BPI: BPI Bank and Data4Deals – BPI Rewards Program
- myPOS: Unique Collaboration Introducing Integrated Banking & Fintech App for Coca-Cola HBC
- Token.io and HSBC UK: Partnering to transform payments in the online retail space
- NatWest and Cogo: The Carbon Tracker
- Deutsche Bank and GFT Technologies: Cirrus programme
- Commonwealth Bank of Australia and Paydock: Powerboard
Best Contribution to Economic Mobility for SMEs
- DBS Bank: DBS Quick Finance
- Banco Provincia: Cuenta DNI Comercios
- Millennium bcp: iziBizi
Best Contribution to Economic Mobility for Consumers
- Paysafe: Paysafecash
- O-City by BPC: O-City automated fare collection by BPC
- Zenus Bank: Zenus Infinite Visa debit card and account
- ADP, Inc: Wisely by ADP
- Banco BPI: AGE
- MPOWER Financing: ReFi loans
- Comviva: Bankily - Pioneering Financial Inclusion and Digital Banking in Mauritania
- BancoEstado: Pasaje QR and Bolsillo Electrónico Familiar
Best Embedded Finance Initiative
- Alliance Bank Malaysia Berhad: Virtual Credit Card (VCC)
- BTG Pactual: BTG Pactual Banking
- Banco BPI: BPI Expresso Imobiliário
- HSBC: Pioneer in Embedded Financing to Cloud ERP
- Yabx Technologies: Yabx BNPL with Airtel Money
- Banco Mercantil del Norte, S.A.: EcoDigital Banorte (App Whitelabel)
- Solaris: Pole position - embedded finance in the mobility industry
- Union Bank of India and Infosys Finacle: Union Bank UVConn & UVA
Best Mobile Initiative for Consumers
- DBS Bank: A Purpose-Driven Digital Bank Enriching Lives
- Alliance Bank: Virtual Credit Card with Dynamic Card Number Feature on allianceonline Mobile
- Far Eastern International Bank: Bankee Social Bank by Far Eastern International Bank
- Alior Bank S.A.: Introducing Alior Pay
- SoFi: Checking and Savings
Best Mobile Initiative for Business
- Merrill Wealth Management: Mobile Advisor Experience (MAX)
- Payit by NatWest: Best Mobile Initiative for Business
- RBS International: eQ mobile
- J.P. Morgan: Mobile Insights+
- Owners Bank: Owners Bank
- HSBC: Kinetic
- QNB Finansbank: QNB Wallet
Best Mobile App for Consumers
- Piraeus Bank: Winbank App
- K&H Bank Hungary: K&H mobilebank
- Zenus Bank: Zenus Bank app
- Monument Bank: Monument Bank Mobile App Evolution
- İşbank: Nays
- tbi bank: tbi bank app - the first fee-free mobile banking app in Bulgaria
- Punjab National Bank and Infosys Finacle: PNB One - Super App
- J.P. Morgan: JPO International (JPOI) - Mobile App Uplift
- Malayan Banking Berhad: MAE App
Best Newcomer Banking Brand
- VeloBank: VeloBank
- Owners Bank: Owners Bank
- Monefit: Financial Fitness for All
- Griffin Bank: The bank you can build on
Best Tech Overhaul – Back Office
- Castle Trust Bank: Castle Trust Bank's Data Utilisation Project with COEO
- NatWest: Finance Transformation
- Deutsche Bank: Cirrus
- Emirates NBD and Infosys Finacle: Emirates NBD Core Banking Upgrade
- J.P. Morgan: Meridian Data Services Platform
Best Tech Overhaul – Front Office
- Bank of Montreal (BMO): Canadian Digital Banking (CDB)
- DBS Bank: Branch Connect
- Morgan Stanley: Power E*TRADE
- VeloBank: VeloBank’s new mobile app
- J.P. Morgan: Transformation of JPM Asset Management Derivatives platform in collaboration with JPM Corporate and Investment Bank
Best Use of Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning
- Merrill Wealth Management: Merrill Insights - Leveraging AI for an Improved Client/Advisor Relationship
- DBS Bank: SGD Current Account and Savings Account (CASA) Liquidity Management Models
- DBS Bank: Next Best Conversation (NBC)
- DBS Bank: Foreign Exchange Contextualise Pricing
- United Overseas Bank: SG REITS Discretionary Portfolio Management & Optimization
- Evolution AI: Evolution AI/DF Capital
Best Use of Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning in Fighting Fraud
- Wells Fargo: Wells Fargo AIM Fraud A.I. Platform
- DBS Bank: Delivering real-time fraud detection with the DataFirst Programme
- NatWest: Featurespace ARIC™ Risk Hub
Best Use of Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning – Virtual Assistant
- Banco BPI: Virtual Assistant
- DBS Bank: DBS Car Loan Digibot
- Anna: Anna Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning
Best Use of Cloud
- Optima bank: 1st fully cloud-based Enterprise Data Warehouse in a Greek bank
- Morgan Stanley: Flexibility and Scalability - Migrating Financial Risk Calculations to Public Cloud
- Macquarie Bank: Macquarie Bank's Public Cloud Migration
- Monument Bank: Monument Bank Cloud Platform
- NatWest: Finance Transformation
- Deutsche Bank: Cirrus
Best Use of Data
- ZiraatBank: Data Analysis Based Internal Control Model
- CTBC Bank: CTBC Brain - Hyper-Personalized Precision Marketing for the Best Offer by 5R Strategy
- DBS Bank: DBS’ AI Industrialization
- DBS Bank: GENE
- Morgan Stanley: Almanac
- Morgan Stanley: Application Reliability Tool (ART)
- VeloBank: VeloBank's new CRM system
- HSBC: Hybrid Data Distribution Service
- J.P. Morgan: AppStatus
- JPMorgan Chase: JADE Entitlements Management (JEM)
Best Use of Data – Customer Insights, Personalistion & Rewards
- Merrill Wealth Management: Merrill Insights - Revolutionizing the Client & Advisor Relationship
- DBS Bank: Cognitive Nudge Suite
- Banco BPI: BPI Rewards Program
- Lloyds Banking Group: Lloyds Bank Market Intelligence digital channel
Best Use of RegTech
- SS&C Intralinks: Lloyds Bank & SS&C Intralinks for KYC Case Management
- Wells Fargo: Wells Fargo Enterprise Complaints Management Platform Project
- Morgan Stanley: FA Monitoring O2 Framework
Best Use of Tech in Business Lending
- 365 Business Finance: AI-powered automated decision, underwriting and funding tool
- CTBC Bank: CTBC SME Loan Online Application Platform
- HSBC: Transforming HSBC's Lending Business with Solidatus
- Lloyds Banking Group & Publicis Sapient: Virtual Credit Assistant (ViKAS)-Road to Recovery
- J.P. Morgan: Lending Wizard
Best Use of Tech in Consumer Lending
- Lloyds Banking Group & Publicis Sapient: Your Credit Score (YCS) by Lloyds Banking Group
- Updraft: We help you make changes that pay off
- MPOWER Financing: ReFi loans
- Resimac and Infosys Finacle: Resimac Core Modernization
- Malayan Banking Berhad: Maybank Home2u
- Malayan Banking Berhad: Maybank’s Personal Loan STP
Best Use of Tech in Combatting Fraud
- NatWest: Biometric Approval
- NatWest: Featurespace ARIC™ Risk Hub
- DBS Bank: Geolocation Real-Time Fraud Detection
- Morgan Stanley: FraudHub - Next Gen Fraud Prevention Platform
- Macquarie Bank: Macquarie Authenticator
- Wells Fargo: Check Fraud Project
- J.P. Morgan: Fraud Connect
Best Use of Tech in Corporate Banking
- CTBC Bank: CTBC Links
- HSBC: Omnia
- Bank Millennium S.A.: Bank Millennium for Companies mobile app
- Credit Europe Bank N.V.: Corporate Digital Banking on Azure Public Cloud
- Deutsche Bank: CRAFT (Credit Risk Agile Functional Transformation)
- HSBC: UniTransact
Best Use of Tech in Payments
- Paytm Payments Bank Ltd: UPI LITE
- BPC: BPC SmartVista Solution Suite
- Payit by NatWest: Payit by NatWest
Best Use of Tech in Private Banking/Wealth Management
- Merrill Wealth Management: Mobile Advisor Experience (MAX)
- Merrill Wealth Management: Merrill Advisor Match - Democratizing Access to Financial Advice
- Morgan Stanley: Corporate Retirement Portal
- Morgan Stanley: Fractional Share Functionality
- Coutts: 440 and Bank-in-the-App
- HDFC Bank and Infosys Finacle: HDFC Bank One-Stop Wealth Management
- J.P. Morgan: Connect Platform
Best Use of Tech in Retail Banking
- Bank of Montreal (BMO): New to Canada
- K&H Bank Hungary: K&H mobilebank
- DBS Bank: Branch Connect
- CTBC Bank: Ubiquitous Payment Facilitation Program
- Resona Holdings, Inc.: The channel transformation through "Resona Group App"
- Zenus Bank: Zenus Infinite Visa debit card and account
- BTG Pactual: BTG Pactual Banking
- Monument Bank: Monument Bank Cloud Platform
- Lloyds Banking Group & Publicis Sapient: Personal Loans Eligibility Checker by Lloyds Banking Group
Best Use of Tech in SME Banking
- CTBC Bank: Enterprise Intelligent System
- Millennium bcp: iziBizzi
- Allica Bank: Auto DIP for Commercial Mortgages
- Simply Asset Finance: Simply Connect
- HSBC: Transforming HSBC's Lending Business: Digital Credit Portal
- Tide Bank: Tide Accounting
Best User/Customer Experience Initiative
- Novo Banco S.A: Personal Client Information Update
- Bank of Montreal (BMO): BMO Savings Amplifier
- CTBC Bank: Mix and Match Online Personal Loan Project
- DBS Bank: A Purpose-Driven Digital Bank to Enrich Lives
- DBS Bank: Cognitive Nudge Suite
- DBS Bank: Branch Connect
- NatWest Group: The Digital Transformation of NatWest's Customer Messaging
- Banco BPI: AGE
Best User/Customer Experience Initiative - Payments
- Bank of Montreal (BMO): Pre-Authorized Payment Manager and Same Day Grace
- eToro, Currencycloud, Tribe Payments, Visa: Innovative payments solution for eToro's customers delivered by Currencycloud, Visa, and Tribe Payments
- Malayan Banking Berhad: ATM Cash-out Contactless Withdrawal
Best User/Customer Experience Initiative - Mobile App
- Piraeus Bank: "winbank app" - Piraeus Bank’s New Mobile Banking Application
- BTG Pactual: BTG Pactual Banking
- İşbank: Nays
- Efigence SA: CA24 Mobile App
Top Innovation
- Merrill Wealth Management: Merrill Advisor Match
- Zenus Bank: Zenus Infinite account
- Morgan Stanley: Morgan Stanley’s Unified Storage Observability Platform
- HSBC: Innovating HSBC's Lending Business: Digital Credit Portal
- HSBC: HSBC AI Markets
Top Innovation – Internal Controls
- Morgan Stanley: HView (Holistic View)
- Morgan Stanley: Morgan Stanley Systematic Change
- HSBC: Quantum Key Distribution (QKD)
- Wells Fargo: Wells Fargo Adaptive Counter Defense System
- JPMorgan Chase: JPM|C4
- JPMorgan Chase: Infinite AI LUMA and Infinite AI CAPE
- JPMorgan Chase: JADE DMS
Top Innovation – Digital Assets & Blockchain
- Mercuryo: Banking-as-a-Service
- Goldman Sachs: Goldman Sachs Digital Asset Platform (GS DAP™)
- BTG Pactual: Pioneering Digital Asset Integration in Latin American Financial Services
Top Innovation – Beyond Banking
- VeloBank Capital Group: VeloMarket
- Banco BPI: BPI VR
- Far Eastern International Bank: Bankee Social Bank/ Far Eastern International Bank
- Millennium bcp: iziBizi
Excellence in Tech Awards Finalists
Best BankingTech Solution Provider - Digital Engagement
- Intellect Design Arena Limited: CBX-R Digital Engagement Platform
- Profile Software: Finuevo Digital
- Comarch: Comarch Open Platform
Best Core Banking System
- Intellect Design Arena Limited: Open Finance enabled Core Banking Platform
- Infosys Finacle: Finacle Core Banking
- finova: Best Core Banking System
- Temenos: Temenos Banking Cloud
Best Challenger Core Banking System
- SaaScada: Cloud native core banking
- Pismo: Pismo Core
- Five Degrees Solutions B.V.: °neo by Five Degrees
- Thought Machine: Vault Core
- Tuum: Tuum Core Banking Platform
Best Embedded Finance System
- BM Technologies (BMTX): BM Technologies (BMTX) BaaS
- ecolytiq: ecolytiq embedded climate engagement suite
- HSBC: HSBC Platforms – Embedded Financing
- Raistone: Embedded Financial Services
- QuickFi: QuickFi Platform
Best Open Banking System
- Brite Payments: Instant Payments Powered by Open Banking
- Token.io: A2A Payments Infrastructure Powered by Open Banking
- Intellect Design Arena Limited: Open Finance enabled Retail Banking Platform
- Yaspa (formerly known as Citizen): PayBlox
- Mastercard: Open Banking for Account Opening
- CBI Globe: CBI S.c.p.a Benefit Corporation
- Ozone API: Ozone API - Pioneering Open Finance and Driving Global Adoption
- Nuapay: Nuapay's Authenticated Mandates
Best Digital Solution Provider – Financial & Investment Advice
- wealthpilot: B2B2C platform
- Croesus: Croesus Finansoft
- CapIntel: A Solution For Financial Advisors & Wholesalers to Drive Financial Confidence and Exceed Client Expectations
- FusionIQ: FusionIQ One
- Crystal Capital Partners, LLC: Crystal’s Alternative Investment Platform: Transparent Innovation for Wealth Managers
- Flourish: Flourish Cash: Empowering Alliance for Investors and Banks
- Merrill Wealth Management: Merrill Advisor Match - Democratizing Access to Financial Advice
Best Digital Solution Provider – Identity Verification
- ID-Pal: ID&V
- IDVerse - An OCR Labs Company: IDVerse
- Signicat: Signicat Digital Identity Platform
- Trulioo: Global Identity Verification
Best Digital Solution Provider – RegTech
- S&P Global Market Intelligence: S&P Global KY3P® (Know Your Third Party)
- Yields.io: The Yields MRM Platform
- Themis: Democratizing Governance, Risk and Compliance
- Signicat: RiskFlow Orchestration
- Netcetera AG: The balance between security, regulation, and customer convenience - Netcetera 3-D Secure Issuer Solution
- BR-AG P.S.A.: ATOME Platform
- Heliocor: Dokstor™
- Artius Global: Artius Global Shareholding Disclosure (AGSD)
Best Digital Solution Provider – Banking Tech
- Symphony: Self Service Bot
- DBS Bank: Evolve CloudOps
- iGTB Intellect: Digital Transaction Banking Enterprise Suite (DTB)
- NTT DATA: Everilion Loyalty
- TreasurUp: Foreign Exchange (FX) Front Ends for Commercial Banks
Best Digital Solution Provider – LendTech
- Codat: The universal API for small business data
- Teylor: Modern SME Financing
- Five Degrees Solutions B.V.: °neo by Five Degrees
- ezbob Ltd.: ezbob's embedded finance and banking platform
- Madiston plc: The Madiston Lending Platform
- QuickFi: QuickFi Platform
Best Digital Solution Provider – WealthTech
- Tech Mahindra: SaveTax
- BehaviorQuant: BQ Advisory
- Profile Software: Axia Suite
- Moxo: Moxo’s platform
- K A Watson Consultancy: Tax Information and Reporting Administration (TIARA)
- Qulix: Elinvar
Best Digital Solution Provider – PayTech
- UniTeller Financial Services: UniTeller Digital Link | Remittances as a Service
- B4B Payments: Suite of full stack, API driven payments services
- Shieldpay: Verify, Hold and Disburse
- Papaya Global: Papaya OS - The Only Technology Built for Payroll Payments
- Flywire: Flywire Global Payment Platform for B2B
- CoinsPaid: CryptoProcessing by CoinsPaid
- Tribe Payments: Tribe Core Platform
- Banked: Pay by Bank
- Paymentology: Paymentology’s Platform
Best RegTech Solution Provider – Compliance
- Napier: Napier Continuum
- CSI: WatchDOG® Elite
- Corlytics: Unrivalled RegTech Excellence
- Quantexa: Unify Data and Drive AI-Enabled Decisions
- ComplyAdvantage: Watchlist and Sanctions Monitoring
Best RegTech Solution Provider – Communications
- LeapXpert: The LeapXpert Communications Platform
- Wecan Group SA: Wecan Comply and Wecan Connect
- Shield: eComms Surveillance & Compliance for Financial Services
- Insightful Technology: Insightful Technology’s AI-powered technology
Best PayTech Solution Provider for Banks
- Pismo: Payments
- iGTB Intellect: Corporate Payments Solution
- Incedo Inc.: IncedoPay
- Netcetera: Netcetera ToPay Mobile Wallet
- SurePay: Confirmation of Payee Portal for PSPs
- Tassat: TassatPay
Best Reconciliation Solution
- Novatus Global: Transaction Reporting Analysis (TRA)
- AutoRek: AutoRek Solution
- SmartStream Technologies: SmartStream Air v8.0
FinTech for Good
- Fable Data: Data for Good
- Unbox the Universe: Unbox Addiction - using fintech to solve the opioid crisis in the USA
- Unbox the Universe: Unbox Urban Mining - using Fintech to revolutionize Citizens Value Perception of Waste and Materials
FinTech Start-up of the Year
- MatLogica: AADC (Automatic Adjoint Differentiation Compiler)
- Mifundo: Borderless financial platform
- MonetaGo: Secure Financing
- Salmon: Modern financial services for the next billion in Asia
- Cardeo Ltd: Cardeo
- ZSuite Tech: ZEscrow
- Rnwl: Bancassurance 3.0 - Turning banks into the trusted place for all things insurance
PayTech Start-up of the Year
- Klarpay AG: Corporate Swiss Accounts
- Jeeves: Jeeves Pay
- Monavate: Changing the way people pay from day one
Tech of the Future
- CyborgTech: Cy
- Adaptive Financial Consulting: Aeron
- Form3: Form3
- Likezero: Likezero solution
- Intellect Design Arena Limited: Open Finance enabled Retail Banking Platform
- payee-auth.com: Universal zero-knowledge privacy-preserving Confirmation of Payee, Confirmation of Wallet, Confirmation of Private Customer Data and Payee KYC
- Prove Identity, Inc.: Prove Pre-Fill
- Moxo: Moxo’s platform
- EY: EY Nexus
- PayTic: PayTic’s solution
Tech of the Future – AI and Data
- Ultipa: Real-time Liquidity Risk Management (and Attribution Analysis w/ Graph XAI)
- HAWK:AI: The future of AML and fraud surveillance
- S&P Global Market Intelligence: Entity Insights
- Kasisto: KAI-GPT
- Incedo Inc.: Incedo Lighthouse
- TurinTech: evoML
- Cardo AI: Structured Finance Management Platform
- Zenarate: Zenarate AI Coach
- Heliocor: Robolitics™ (Integrated with AlertMiner™)
- Symend: Behavioral Engagement Technology™
Tech of the Future – AI and Data – Decision Engine
- Provenir: Data and AI-Powered Risk Decisioning Platform
- Taktile: Interactive Decision Design
- Omnisient: Omnisient Privacy-Preserving Data Collaboration Platform
Tech of the Future – Blockchain
- Zumo: Oxygen
- GK8: GK8 platform for secure custody, tokenization and monetization of digital assets
- Allinfra: Allinfra Climate
- Wecan Group S.A: Wecan Comply & Wecan Connect
- Worldpay: USDC settlement
- Quant: Quant’s Overledger platform – Central-bank grade blockchain for everyone
- 1Kosmos: BlockID
Leadership Awards Finalists
Tech Leadership – Bank/Financial Institution
- Adam Marciniak, President of the Management Board of VeloBank
- Ravneet Shah, CTO, Allica Bank
- Paul Fosse, Group Head of Banking & Treasury, JTC Group
- Mohd Suhail Amar Suresh, Group Chief Technology Officer, Malayan Banking Berhad
Tech Leadership – Software & Services Provider
- Vishal Dalal, CEO (North America, APAC, EMEA), Pismo
- Jonathan Wilk, Chief Executive Officer, CompoSecure
- David Skirzenski, CEO, Raistone
- Gavin Lauchlan, Chief Product Officer, OpenFin
- Asif Peer, Group CEO & MD, Systems Limited
Tech Team of the Year – Bank/Financial Institution
- Merrill Wealth Management: Merrill Wealth Management - Platforms & Capabilities
- KBC Bank: The KBC Transform Team
- DBS Bank: Tech Heroes Behind DBS’s Acquisition and Integration
- VeloBank: VeloBank Tech Team
- Allica Bank: Payments Team
- HSBC: HSBC Platforms (NetSuite) IT Team
- Wells Fargo: Wells Fargo ISO20022 Target2/CBPR+ Payment Mandate
- TCW Group: TCW Foundational Systems
- Bank of America: EMEA Technology Team
Tech Team of the Year – Software & Services Provider
- Form3: Form3's Engineering Team
- SS&C Intralinks: SS&C Intralinks Professional Services
- NdcTech: UBL Corporate Lending System Team
Woman in Technology (W.I.T.) – Bank/Financial Institution
- Casey Franz, Managing Director, Head of Merrill Platforms & Capabilities, Merrill Wealth Management
- Karin Van Hoecke, General Manager Digital Transformation & Data, KBC Belgium, KBC Bank N.V. - Belgium
- Archana Manjunatha, Executive Director, Head of CBG Platform Transformation, DBS Bank
- Swati Kirve, Mobile Engineering Lead, Monument Bank Limited
- Pari Lennartz, Vice President of Engineering, MPOWER Financing
- Julie Fraulo, Executive Director, J.P. Morgan
- Julie Schlabach, Managing Director, J.P. Morgan
Woman in Technology (W.I.T.) – Software & Services Provider
- Reena Raichura, Director, Product Solutions, interop.io
- Rochelle Nawrocki-Gorey, CEO & Founder, SpringFour
- Nikita Mariam Thomas, Analyst, SunTec Business Solutions
- Manisha P R, Senior Architect, SunTec Business Solutions
- Janet Bastiman, Chief Data Scientist, Napier
- Barbara Cousins, Chief Information Officer (CIO), Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) and head of Internal Audit, Flywire
- Vicky Sanders, Chief Digital Officer, OpenFin
Woman In Technology (WIT) - Spearheading Growth
- Amanda Howkins, Director - Head of Global New Business, Form3
- Amanda Gourbault, Chief Revenue Officer, CompoSecure
- Mitra Roknabadi, Vp, Global Head of Marketing, OpenFin