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Finovate Awards
September 10, 2026
Winners announced at FinovateFall 2026

Congratulations to all the 2026 Finalists

Awards for Banks and FIs only:

Best Anti-Fraud/AML Solution

  • Capital One Auto
  • Mastercard
  • Zenus Bank

Best Banking as a Service Provider

  • Banco Popular Dominicano
  • Cross River
  • FinWise Bank
  • Millennium bcp
  • nbkc bank
  • Pathward

Best Consumer Lending Solution

  • Addi
  • Eurobank S.A.
  • Fairlo
  • Happen Bank (previously LendingClub)
  • TBC Bank
  • U.S. Bank

Best Customer Experience Solution

  • Allstate Identity Protection
  • Bank of Montreal
  • Happen Bank (previously LendingClub)
  • Millennium bcp
  • TBC Bank
  • U.S. Bank

Best Digital Bank

  • DBS Bank
  • Grasshopper
  • Happen Bank (previously LendingClub)
  • TBC Bank

Best Financial Mobile App

  • Eurobank S.A.
  • TBC Bank
  • Ziraat Teknoloji A.S.

Top Fintech VC

  • Hashkey Capital
  • Motive Partners
  • RevTech Labs Capital

Awards for Banks, FIs, and Fintechs:

Best Consumer-Facing Payments Solution

  • Flywire
  • Millennium bcp
  • Paymentus Corporation
  • PayNearMe
  • Pushpay

Best Corporate Payments Solution

  • AccessPay
  • Papaya Global INC
  • TransferMate
  • U.S. Bank
  • ValidiFI

Best Cryptocurrency Application for FIs

  • Cross River
  • Customers Bank
  • Mesh
  • Pyth Network
  • Stablecore

Best Enterprise Payments Solution

  • APEXX Global
  • Marqeta
  • One Inc
  • Paystand
  • Silverflow
  • TabaPay

Best Fintech Partnership

  • Betterment and Rate
  • Constant AI and Eltropy
  • Greenlight and U.S. Bank
  • Huntington Bank and True Link
  • Narmi and Grasshopper Bank
  • Trust & Will and Fifth Third Bank

Best Generative AI Solution

  • DBS Bank
  • FICO
  • Encore AI (previously Insait)
  • mBank S.A.
  • Trust & Will
  • Zest AI

Best ID Management/KYC Solution

  • Encore AI (previously Insait)
  • Shufti
  • Worth

Best RegTech Solution

  • Flagright
  • Green Check
  • Oscilar
  • Shufti
  • ThetaRay
  • WaterfallCalc

Best SMB/SME Banking Solution

  • Akbank
  • ANNA Money
  • Candescent
  • Fundbox
  • QuickFi
  • Visa

Best Marketing/Customer Acquisition Solution

  • Goodbuy
  • Naehas
  • Paige
  • Policybazaar.ae

Best Wealth Management Solution

  • Akbank TAS
  • Childfree Trust
  • Jump
  • PensionBee

Excellence in Financial Inclusion

  • Platcorp Group
  • Starlight
  • Ualett
  • UniTeller Financial Services
  • VantageScore
  • Zenus Bank

Most Impactful AI-Based Solution

  • Chargebacks911
  • DBS Bank
  • Grasshopper and Narmi
  • Optimal Blue
  • Scienaptic AI
  • TRM Labs

Excellence in Stablecoins, Tokenized Deposits, or Tokenized Assets

  • Alphapoint Treasury
  • Coinbase Business
  • Kinexys by J.P. Morgan
  • Sphere Labs
  • Stablecore
  • UR Technology

Excellence in Risk Management

  • Amplify Technology
  • DBS Bank
  • Forward Financing
  • Oscilar
  • Prestatech

Awards for Fintechs and Tech Firms only:

Best Alternative Investments Solution

  • Arch
  • InvestCloud
  • IRA Financial
  • iTrustCapital
  • Kiavi

Best Back-Office/Core Services Solution

  • COCC
  • CSI
  • Finzly
  • Nymbus
  • Synctera
  • Temenos

Best Embedded Finance Solution

  • april
  • Bloom Credit
  • Conferma
  • Fundbox
  • Nakitera
  • The Greens

Top Emerging Fintech Company

  • Circuit & Chisel
  • Evergreen.ai
  • Hamachi.ai
  • LendAPI

Awards for Individuals:

Executive of the Year

  • Bobby Ritterbeck, Best Egg
  • Heath Tarbert, Circle Internet Group
  • Nicky Senyard, Fintel Connect
  • Bam Azizi, Mesh
  • Melissa Eggleston, nbkc bank
  • Eynat Guez, Papaya Global
  • Brad Calhoun, Teachers Federal CU
  • Cody Barbo, Trust & Will

Innovator of the Year

  • Unyime Tommy, Assurdly
  • Colleen Wilson, Best Egg
  • Scott Zoldi, FICO
  • Benjamin Walker, Fundbox
  • Scott Ramon, nbkc bank
  • Neha Narkhede, Oscilar
  • Narendra Singh, Paymentus
  • Praveen Giri, QuantChainAnalysis UG