2026 winners

Meet the 2026 winners.

One product was selected in each of the 16 award categories.

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16 categories. 16 winners.

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Award category

Best Banking as a Service Provider

Banking infrastructure that helps companies offer financial products responsibly.

2026 winner

ClearBank

Regulated banking infrastructure for accounts, deposits, payments, and embedded finance.

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02

Award category

Best Consumer Lending Solution

Makes borrowing, underwriting, repayment, or debt management clearer for consumers.

2026 winner

Salary Finance

Employer-supported loans with fixed pricing and payroll repayment.

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03

Award category

Best Consumer-Facing Payments Solution

Improves how consumers send, receive, manage, or understand payments.

2026 winner

Pix

Banco Central do Brasil

Instant, round-the-clock payments operated as public financial infrastructure.

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04

Award category

Best Financial Mobile App

Delivers a strong financial experience designed for everyday use on mobile devices.

2026 winner

Nubank

Everyday banking, payments, credit, savings, and planning for Latin America.

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05

Award category

Best Wealth Management Solution

Helps people or advisors plan, invest, and manage wealth with clear information and controls.

2026 winner

Wealthfront

Automated investing, tax management, planning, and cash tools at a published fee.

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06

Award category

Best Generative AI Solution

Uses generative AI to complete financial work with useful outputs and appropriate safeguards.

2026 winner

AI @ Morgan Stanley

Morgan Stanley Wealth Management

A governed research and meeting assistant for financial advisors.

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07

Award category

Best Verification/KYC Solution

Confirms identity and eligibility while reducing fraud, friction, and unnecessary data collection.

2026 winner

Socure RiskOS

Socure

Identity, document, biometric, sanctions, and fraud checks in one risk system.

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08

Award category

Best Insurtech Solution

Improves how people or businesses understand, buy, manage, or use insurance.

2026 winner

Coalition Active Insurance

Coalition

Cyber insurance joined with continuous risk monitoring and incident response.

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09

Award category

Best RegTech Solution

Helps financial organizations meet regulatory duties with clear, reliable processes.

2026 winner

ComplyAdvantage Mesh

ComplyAdvantage

Financial-crime screening and monitoring with explainable alerts and human escalation.

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10

Award category

Excellence in Financial Inclusion

Expands access to useful financial services for people and communities that established systems underserve.

2026 winner

Tala

Mobile credit for people whom traditional credit files do not describe.

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11

Award category

Excellence in Sustainability

Connects financial products or operations to measurable environmental and long-term economic outcomes.

2026 winner

Cogo

Spend-based carbon estimates and reduction prompts inside everyday banking.

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12

Award category

Excellence in Open Banking/Open Finance

Uses permissioned financial data to give people better access, control, and choice.

2026 winner

Plaid

Permissioned account connections across financial apps and institutions.

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13

Award category

Future of Finance

Recognizes a new financial product or operating model that solves a need established systems do not serve well.

2026 winner

Legacywyse

A digital-first estate account built for the next generation of wealth transfer.

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14

Award category

Top Fintech VC

Recognizes an investor whose capital and support helped fintech companies build durable value.

2026 winner

QED Investors

A fintech-only investor built by former financial-services operators.

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15

Award category

Executive of the Year

Recognizes a leader whose decisions produced clear results for customers, teams, or the financial system.

2026 winner

David Vélez

Founder and CEO, Nubank

The founder who led Nubank to profitable mass-market scale across Latin America.

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16

Award category

Innovator of the Year

Recognizes an individual whose work introduced a meaningful new approach to financial services.

2026 winner

Jose Bethancourt

Co-founder and CEO, Method Financial

The builder behind passwordless liability data and direct debt payoff infrastructure.

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