Congratulations to the winners of the PayTech Awards 2026!
Project Awards Winners
Best Cards Initiative
Winner:
TBC Bank: TBC Card
Best Digital Currency Initiative
Winner:
CoinJar
Best Use of AI
Winner:
Freedom Bank Kazakhstan JSC: Freedom Business AI Voice Assistant
Best Use of Tech in Business Payments
Winner:
J.P. Morgan Payments: Modern Model for Business Payments
Best Use of Tech in Combatting Fraud
Winner:
Featurespace, a Visa Solution & Bank of Ireland: Fraud Transformation Journey
Highly commended:
Castle Trust Bank & Accedia: OmniPort
Best Use of Tech in Consumer Payments
Winner:
Mastercard: Move's Deposit Return Scheme
Best User/Customer Experience Initiative in Payments
Winner:
DBS Bank: AI-Enabled Digital Bank With a Heart
Top Innovation in Payments
Winner:
payabl.: payabl.one
Editor's Choice - Banks & Financial Institutions
Winner:
Xapo Bank
Excellence in Tech Awards winners
Best AI Solution
Winner:
Checkout.com: Intelligent Acceptance
Highly commended:
Flagright: AI Operating System for Financial Crime Compliance
RedCompass Labs: AnalystAccelerator.ai
Best AI Solution – Fraud Prevention & Combat for Banks & FIs
Winner:
Oscilar
Highly commended:
Charm Security
Best AI Solution – Fraud Prevention & Combat for Businesses
Winner:
Sumsub: Fraud Prevention Solution
Best AI Solution – Risk Management & Decisioning
Winner:
DataVisor: Fraud and AML Platform
Best Business Payments System
Winner:
Payhawk
Highly commended:
myPOS
Best Cards & Payments System
Winner:
Conferma: Connect Direct
Best Cards & Payments System for Banks, FIs & Fintechs
Winner:
Paymentology
Best Consumer Payments System
Winner:
Planet: All-in-One In-Store Payment and Tax-Free Solution
Highly commended:
GoCardless
Best Contribution to Economic Mobility and Financial Inclusion
Winner:
Payactiv: Earned Wage Access and Financial Wellness Platform
Best Cross-Border Payments Solution
Winner:
Navro Group Limited: Navro
Highly commended:
Payoneer
TransferMate Global Payments
Best Cross-Border Payments Solution for Banks, FIs & Fintechs
Winner:
Centiglobe: Centiglobe Connect
Highly commended:
Inpay
Best Cross-Border Payments Solution for Merchants & E-commerce
Winner:
Paysafe: End‑to‑End Cross‑Border Payments Platform
Best Customer Experience Solution
Winner:
PayJoy: PayJoy's Smartphone Lending and Card Products
Best Digital Currency Solution
Winner:
WalletConnect: WalletConnect Pay
Highly commended:
Sarvatra Technologies Pvt. Ltd.: Sarvatra Digital Currency Technology Stack
Best Digital Trust Solution
Winner:
LSEG Risk Intelligence: LSEG Identity Verification Solutions
Best Embedded Payments Solution
Winner:
Corpay Cross-Border Solutions: Corpay Cross-Border Integrated Payments
Best Embedded Payments Solution for Merchants & E-commerce
Winner:
Splitit: Installments-as-a-Service Platform
Best Embedded White-Label Payments Solution
Winner:
Wallester AS: Wallester White-Label
Best Fraud Prevention & Combat Solution in Payments
Winner:
Featurespace, a Visa Solution & Central 1: Payment Fraud Prevention Solution
Highly Commended:
Mastercard: Decision Intelligence Pro
Best Payment Infrastructure Solution
Winner:
Tribe Payments
Best Payment Infrastructure Solution for Digital Assets
Winner:
Fireblocks
Best Payment Infrastructure Solution – Global Payments
Winner:
TransferMate Global Payments
Best Payment Orchestration Solution
Winner:
Aevi: Aevi's In Person Payment Orchestration Platform
Best Payment Orchestration Solution for Merchants
Winner:
APEXX Global: ATOMIC
Best Payments System for Banks & Fis
Winner:
Finastra: Global PAYplus
Highly commended:
Vynamic® Transaction Middleware
Best Payments System for Employers & Workforce
Winner:
Deel
Best Payments System for Gaming
Winner:
ZBD: ZBD Earn
Best Payments System for International Businesses
Winner:
Moorwand: Fyorin
Best Payments System for Travel & Hospitality
Winner:
Modulr: The Payments Automation Platform
Best Payments System for Verticals
Winner:
Access PaySuite: Income Management Evo for the Public Sector
Highly commended:
Yaspa: Intelligent Payments
Best Payments-as-a-Service Solution
Winner:
BPC: SmartVista
Best Spend Management System
Winner:
Perk: Perk Spend
PayTech Start-up of the Year
Winner:
Torus
Editor's Choice - Software and Service Providers
Winner:
Alogent
Leadership Award winners
PayTech Leadership
Winner:
Abdenour Bezzouh, CTO, myPOS
Visionary PayTech CEO
Winners:
Simone Joyce: Paypa Plane
Visionary PayTech Founder
Winners:
Monica Eaton, CEO, Chargebacks911
Woman in PayTech
Winner:
Neha Narkhede, CEO & Co-Founder, Oscilar
Highly commended:
Yinglian Xie, CEO & Co‑Founder, DataVisor
Editor's choice - Leadership
Winner:
Janusz Mieloszyk, CEO, Nest Bank S.A.