PayTech Awards 2018: and the winners are…
The inaugural PayTech Awards took place on 13 July 2018 on a luxurious Silver Sturgeon yacht in London and it was a day to remember!
PayTech Awards 2018 venue: Silver Sturgeon yacht
Embarking from central London and cruising past some of the most unforgettable landmarks along the Thames, the exciting event was hosted by Dominic Holland and gathered key industry’s figureheads.
After months of anticipation, we are proud to finally announce the winners and highly commended at this year’s PayTech Awards:
JUDGED AWARDS
Best Consumer Payments Initiative
Winner: CFT Group – Duesday
Highly commended: EBANX SA – Local payment methods in Latin America
Best Corporate Payments Initiative
Winner: Saxo Payments Banking Circle – Banking Circle Virtual IBAN
Highly commended: Shieldpay & Barclays – Shieldpay & Barclays
Best Mobile Initiative Award
Best Mobile Payments Initiative
Winner: Nordea Bank – Nordea Wallet
Highly commended: National Bank of Greece – i-bank Pay & i-bank Pay 4B
Best Prepaid Initiative
Winner: Glint Issued by Wirecard
Highly commended: Hyperwallet
Best Cards Initiative
Winner: PaySend – PaySend Global Account
Highly commended: Bankwest – Bankwest Halo
Taking in London views
Top Paytech Innovation
Winner: Vocalink – PromptPay
Highly commended: Auka – Auka’s white label mobile payments platform
Best E-commerce Initiative
Winner: CashStar – CashStar Product eGifting with Johnston & Murphy
Highly commended: ViaBill A/S – Try before you buy!
Best Paytech Partnership
Winner: Contis & Wirex
Highly commended: Flux, Barclaycard & Eat
Event host Dominic Holland
Paytech for Good
Winner: GoodBox
Highly commended: Netspend, the Netspend Scholarship
LEADERSHIP AWARDS
Woman in PayTech Award
Winner: Andrea Dunlop, CEO of Acquiring and Card Solutions, Paysafe Group
Highly commended: Julie Fergerson, Senior Vice-President of Industry Solutions, Ethoca
PayTech Leadership Award
Winner: Donna Embry, Chief Payments Officer, Payment Alliance International
Highly commended: Craig Glendenning, CTO, Bluechain
PayTech Awards 2018
IT Team of the Year
Winner: Open Banking team, Nordea
Highly commended: Paytech, Nexi Payments SpA
EDITOR’S CHOICE AWARDS
PayTech Provider of the Year
Winner: Wirecard
PayTech Innovator of the Year
Winner: Barclaycard
For full list of shortlisted candidates, please visit PayTech Awards website,
Congratulations to all and thank you for joining us on the boat. See you in 2019!
P.S.: We’ll be celebrating the best projects and people of fintech and banking tech with 19th Banking Technology Awards in December. Find out more here.
