Congratulations to the Banking Tech Awards 2022 winners!

Below are this year’s winners and highly commended. Congratulations to all of our finalists!

BANKING TECH PROJECT AWARD CATEGORIES:

Best Tech Overhaul

Winner: 

Highly Commended: 

• HSBC – DIGS (Digital Infrastructure Global Services)

---

Best Tech Overhaul – Changing the Engine

Winner:

• BNP Paribas – CIB Global Markets IT – EMDEN

Highly Commended:

• J.P. Morgan – Project Freedom/TRIumph

Best Use of IT in Corporate Banking

Winner:

• ICICI Bank – ICICI Bank and Infosys Finacle

---

Best Use of IT in Corporate Banking

Winner:

• Lloyds Banking Group – Core Platforms & Customer Service Transformation – Credit Card Transformation

Highly Commended:

• Westpac ­– Westpac BaaS and 10x Banking Technology

---

Best Use of IT in Private Banking/Wealth Management

Winner:

• Morgan Stanley – Data Transformation Gateway – SparkETL

Highly Commended:

• VP Bank in partnership with GFT – Tokenisation Platform for VP Bank
• DBS Bank – Reimagine DBS Treasures Sales & Service Experience

---

Best Use of IT in Treasury and Capital Markets

Winner:

• J.P. Morgan – Active Inventory Management (AIM) Cash Optimization

Highly Commended:

• BPI – App BPI Broker – Revolutionising On-line Stock Market Access

---

Best Use of IT for Lending

Winner:

• J.P. Morgan – Pre-approved Lending Offers

Highly Commended:

• QuickFi by Innovation Finance USA – QuickFi

---

Best Use of IT for Lending – Mortgage

Winner:

---

Best Use of IT for SME Lending

Winner:

• Oxbury Bank Plc – Oxbury Farm Credit

---

Best Use of IT for Consumer Lending

Winner:

• Creditstar Group AS – Creditstar Group AS

---

Best Digital Initiative

Winner:

• Bank of Georgia – SuperApp

Highly Commended:

• Union Bank of India – Union Bank of India and Infosys Finacle
• BNP Paribas – CIB Global Markets IT – NOVA

---

Best Digital Initiative – Lending

Winner:

---

Best Digital Initiative – New Bank/Brand Launch

Winner:

• BTG Pactual – BTG Pactual Banking – New Retail Bank

---

Best Digital Initiative USA

Winner:

• Bank of America – Life Plan

---

Best Mobile Initiative

Winner:

• Novobanco – Novobanco Mobile App – Not an App But a Million

---

Best Mobile Initiative – Investment & Trading

Winner:

• BPI – App BPI Broker – Revolutionising on-line Stock Market Access

Highly Commended:

---

Best Mobile Initiative – New Bank/Brand

Winner:

• Mox with GFT and Thought Machine – Mox Bank

Highly Commended:

• Aion Bank and Efigence – Aion Bank

---

Best Mobile Initiative – Payments

Winner:

• Kivra & Tink – Kivra & Tink partnership

Highly Commended:

• Payit by NatWest – Payit by NatWest

---

Best Use of AI

Winner:

• HSBC – HSBC DRA (Dynamic Risk Assessment)

Highly Commended:

• Oportun – Oportun Digital Banking Platform

---

Best Use of AI – Intelligent Assistant

Winner:

• Caixa Geral de Depósitos – Caixa Digital Assistant

---

Best Use of Data

Winner:

Highly Commended:

• Siam Commercial Bank – Siam Commercial Bank
• Morgan Stanley – Morgan Stanley Data Driven Risk Assessment (Technology Change Management)

---

Best Use of RegTech

Winner:

• J.P. Morgan – Compliance Hard News Extract

Highly Commended:

• Morgan Stanley – REACTOR – Surveillance Tuning and Optimization for Transaction Monitoring

---

Best Use of Fraud Protection Technology

Winner:

• HSBC – HSBCnet – Preventing APP Scams

---

Best Use of Cloud

Winner:

• HSBC – HSBC DRA (Dynamic Risk Assessment)

Highly Commended:

• Monument Bank Limited – Monument Bank Cloud Platform
• Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (CIBC) with Red Hat – CIBC Hybrid Cloud Strategy Leveraging Red Hat OpenShift

---

Best Use of Cloud – USA

Winner:

• Morgan Stanley – Morgan Stanley’s Hybrid Cloud Swim-lanes

Highly Commended:

• J.P. Morgan – Payments Platform Migration to Private Cloud

---

FinTech of the Future – Digital Assets/Blockchain

Winner:

• VP Bank in partnership with GFT – Tokenisation Platform for VP Bank

---

FinTech of the Future – Payments

Winner:

Highly Commended:

• Marqeta – Marqeta
• Banking Circle – Banking Circle

---

FinTech of the Future – Start-up Bank/ Banking Service

Winner:

---

Best FinTech Partnership

Winner:

• NatWest & Tink – NatWest and Tink Open Banking Partnership

Highly Commended:

• HyperJar and Modulr – HyperJar and Modulr: The Payments Partnership Delivering a ‘Save Now, Pay Later’ Movement
• TerraPay and Network International – TerraPay and Network International

---

Best UX/CX in Finance Initiative

Winner:

• Commonwealth Bank of Australia’s Kit – Kit

Highly Commended:

• CTBC Bank – Open ATM
• Bank of Georgia – Design System

---

Best Green Initiative

Winner:

• DBS Bank – A Better World, Together – with LiveBetter

Highly Commended:

• DBS Bank – DBS Newton Green (DNG)

---

Best Contribution to Economic Mobility in Banking/Finance

Winner:

• The Mifos Initiative – Mifos Payment Hub EE

Highly Commended:

• Mcash Uganda Ltd – Mcash-MAAIF project

---

Best Contribution to Economic Mobility in Banking/Finance for SMEs

Winner:

• Standard Bank Group – Trader Direct

---

Best Contribution to Economic Mobility in Banking/Finance for the Next Generation

Winner:

• MPOWER Financing – ReFi & MPOWER Student Loans

---

Best Contribution to Economic Mobility in Banking/Finance UK

Winner:

• OneBanks Hub – OneBanks Hub

---

FinTech for Good by Financial Institutions

Winner:

• Standard Bank Group – OneFarm Share

---

COVID-19 Response by Financial Institutions

Winner:

• Banco Provincia – Cuenta DNI: A Turning Point In Banco Provincia’s History

Highly Commended:

• Hello Alice – Hello Alice Business For All Initiative

---

Best Embedded Finance Initiative

Winner: 

• KLINE – KLINE and Infosys Finacle

Highly Commended:

• Standard Bank Group – Trader Direct
• CTBC Bank – Innovative Social Commerce Business Suite

---

EXCELLENCE IN TECH CATEGORIES:

Best Core Banking Solution Provider

Winner:

• Temenos – Temenos Open Platform for Composable Banking

---

Best Digital Solution Provider – Banking Tech

Winner:

• Temenos – Temenos Open Platform for Composable Banking

---

Best Digital Solution Provider – Banking Tech

Winner:

• Infosys Finacle – Infosys Finacle

Highly Commended:

• Moxo – The OneStop Client Interaction Platform
• LeapXpert – LeapXpert

---

Best Digital Solution Provider – LendTech

Winner:

• Acre Platforms Limited – Acre

Highly Commended:

• Intellect Design Arena – iKredit360, Intellect Design Arena

---

Best Digital Solution Provider – PayTech

Winner:

• DailyPay – DailyPay Pay Balance

Highly Commended:

• BlueSnap – BlueSnap
• Airbase – Airbase Spend Management Platform

---

Best Banking Tech Provider

Winner:

• Pega – NatWest Holmes Team

Highly Commended:

• Brim Financial – Laurentian Bank VISA card program re-platform

---

Best Smart Banking Tech Solution – Fighting Financial Crime and Fraud

Winner:

Highly Commended:

• Onfido – Onfido Real Identity Platform
• Symphony AyasdiAI – SensaAML

---

Best Smart Banking Tech Solution – AI-Driven Data Insights

Winner:

• SmartStream – Innovations Lab

Highly Commended:

• Mirato – Third Party Risk Management Intelligence

---

Best Smart Banking Tech Solution – Innovation

Winner:

Highly Commended:

• Keyless Technologies – Privacy-Preserving Biometric Authentication
• EY – EY Nexus for Banking

---

Best Open Banking Solution UK

Winner:

• Yapily and Emma – Improving Financial Wellbeing Through the Power of Open Banking

Highly Commended:

• Payit by NatWest – Payit by NatWest

---

Best Open Banking Solution Europe

Winner:

• TrueLayer – Open Banking Payments

Highly Commended:

• Token – Open Banking Enabler for the Payments Industry

---

Best Open Banking Solution – International

Winner:

• Torry Harris Integration Solutions – Torry Harris Concierge Bank

---

COVID-19 Response by Technology Services & Software Providers

Winner:

• Rapid Finance – SBA Econiomic Injury Disaster Loan (EIDL) Program

---

LEADERSHIP AWARD CATEGORIES:

Women in Technology (W.I.T.) – Banking, Finance & Payments

Winner:

• Olga Filipenko, ex Executive Director & Chief Digital Officer, Alfa-Bank Ukraine

Highly Commended:

• Edith Gasana Kutesa, CEO, Mcash Uganda Ltd
• Anabel Perez, CEO and Co-founder, NovoPayment

---

Women in Technology (W.I.T.) – Tech/Service Provider

Winner:

• Daniela Binatti, Co-Founder and CTO, Pismo

Highly Commended:

• Prema Varadhan, Chief Product and Technology Officer, Temenos
• Leor Distenfeld, Chief Revenue Officer, OpenFin
• Luvleen Sidhu, CEO and Founder, BM Technologies (BMTX)

---

Tech Leadership – Banking, Finance & Payments

Winner:

• Jimmy Ng, Group Chief Information Officer, Head, Group Technology & Operations, DBS Bank

Highly Commended:

---

Tech Leadership – Tech/Service Provider

Winner:

• Ajay Bhalla, President of Cyber & Intelligence, Mastercard

Highly Commended:

• Eric Litz, Chief Technology Officer, Delta Data

---

Rising FinTech Star

Winner:

• Keshvi Radia, Head of Product, Allica Bank

Highly Commended:

• Adwait Joshi, CEO/ChiefSeer, DataSeers

---

Top Tech Team UK – Bank/Financial Institution

Winner:

• Allica Bank – Payments Team

---

Top Tech Team – Bank/Financial Institution

Winner:

• Bank of Montreal (BMO) – InnoV8 Program Team

Highly Commended:

• Barclays – TPR Tech Go live, Barclays Trade & Working Capital Team
• J.P. Morgan – Portfolio Analysis, Performance & Client Reporting Team

---

Top Tech Team – Tech/Service Provider

Winner:

• Form3 – Form3’s Engineering Team

Highly Commended:

• NdcTech – NdcTech’s Team for Telenor Microfinance Bank Project

---

Diversity & Inclusion Excellence

Winner:

• JPMorgan – takeITforward Operation Storm Shelter

Highly Commended:

• Paysafe – Paysafe D&I Pillar

---

Editor’s Choice

Winner:

---

The Banking Tech Awards are brought to you by FinTech Futures.