2026 winners
Meet the 2026 winners.
This year's winners put real use ahead of novelty. Their work makes it easier to move money, get credit, manage risk, build wealth, and pass it on.
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16 categories. 16 winners.
Award category
Best Banking as a Service Provider
Banking infrastructure that helps companies offer financial products responsibly.
ClearBank
Award category
Best Consumer Lending Solution
Makes borrowing, underwriting, repayment, or debt management clearer for consumers.
Salary Finance
Award category
Best Consumer-Facing Payments Solution
Improves how consumers send, receive, manage, or understand payments.
Pix
Banco Central do BrasilAward category
Best Financial Mobile App
Delivers a strong financial experience designed for everyday use on mobile devices.
Nubank
Award category
Best Wealth Management Solution
Helps people or advisors plan, invest, and manage wealth with clear information and controls.
Wealthfront
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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 ManagementAward category
Best Verification/KYC Solution
Confirms identity and eligibility while reducing fraud, friction, and unnecessary data collection.
Socure RiskOS
SocureAward category
Best Insurtech Solution
Improves how people or businesses understand, buy, manage, or use insurance.
Coalition Active Insurance
CoalitionAward category
Best RegTech Solution
Helps financial organizations meet regulatory duties with clear, reliable processes.
ComplyAdvantage Mesh
ComplyAdvantageAward category
Excellence in Financial Inclusion
Expands access to useful financial services for people and communities that established systems underserve.
Tala
Award category
Excellence in Sustainability
Connects financial products or operations to measurable environmental and long-term economic outcomes.
Cogo
Award category
Excellence in Open Banking/Open Finance
Uses permissioned financial data to give people better access, control, and choice.
Plaid
Award category
Next Gen: Future of Finance
Recognizes a new financial product or operating model that solves a need established systems do not serve well.
Legacywyse
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Top Fintech VC
Recognizes an investor whose capital and support helped fintech companies build durable value.
QED Investors
Award category
Executive of the Year
Recognizes a leader whose decisions produced clear results for customers, teams, or the financial system.
David Vélez
Founder and CEO, NubankAward category
Innovator of the Year
Recognizes an individual whose work introduced a meaningful new approach to financial services.