2026 winners
Meet the 2026 winners.
One product was selected in each of the 16 award categories.
Browse the results
16 categories. 16 winners.
Award category
Best Banking as a Service Provider
Banking infrastructure that helps companies offer financial products responsibly.
ClearBank
Regulated banking infrastructure for accounts, deposits, payments, and embedded finance.
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Best Consumer Lending Solution
Makes borrowing, underwriting, repayment, or debt management clearer for consumers.
Salary Finance
Employer-supported loans with fixed pricing and payroll repayment.
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Best Consumer-Facing Payments Solution
Improves how consumers send, receive, manage, or understand payments.
Pix
Banco Central do BrasilInstant, round-the-clock payments operated as public financial infrastructure.
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Best Financial Mobile App
Delivers a strong financial experience designed for everyday use on mobile devices.
Nubank
Everyday banking, payments, credit, savings, and planning for Latin America.
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Best Wealth Management Solution
Helps people or advisors plan, invest, and manage wealth with clear information and controls.
Wealthfront
Automated investing, tax management, planning, and cash tools at a published fee.
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Best Generative AI Solution
Uses generative AI to complete financial work with useful outputs and appropriate safeguards.
AI @ Morgan Stanley
Morgan Stanley Wealth ManagementA governed research and meeting assistant for financial advisors.
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Best Verification/KYC Solution
Confirms identity and eligibility while reducing fraud, friction, and unnecessary data collection.
Socure RiskOS
SocureIdentity, document, biometric, sanctions, and fraud checks in one risk system.
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Best Insurtech Solution
Improves how people or businesses understand, buy, manage, or use insurance.
Coalition Active Insurance
CoalitionCyber insurance joined with continuous risk monitoring and incident response.
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Best RegTech Solution
Helps financial organizations meet regulatory duties with clear, reliable processes.
ComplyAdvantage Mesh
ComplyAdvantageFinancial-crime screening and monitoring with explainable alerts and human escalation.
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Excellence in Financial Inclusion
Expands access to useful financial services for people and communities that established systems underserve.
Tala
Mobile credit for people whom traditional credit files do not describe.
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Excellence in Sustainability
Connects financial products or operations to measurable environmental and long-term economic outcomes.
Cogo
Spend-based carbon estimates and reduction prompts inside everyday banking.
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Excellence in Open Banking/Open Finance
Uses permissioned financial data to give people better access, control, and choice.
Plaid
Permissioned account connections across financial apps and institutions.
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Future of Finance
Recognizes a new financial product or operating model that solves a need established systems do not serve well.
Legacywyse
A digital-first estate account built for the next generation of wealth transfer.
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Top Fintech VC
Recognizes an investor whose capital and support helped fintech companies build durable value.
QED Investors
A fintech-only investor built by former financial-services operators.
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Executive of the Year
Recognizes a leader whose decisions produced clear results for customers, teams, or the financial system.
David Vélez
Founder and CEO, NubankThe founder who led Nubank to profitable mass-market scale across Latin America.
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Innovator of the Year
Recognizes an individual whose work introduced a meaningful new approach to financial services.
Jose Bethancourt
Co-founder and CEO, Method FinancialThe builder behind passwordless liability data and direct debt payoff infrastructure.