Winners Announced for the Global FinTech Awards 2025

From AI-driven financial intelligence to digital payment innovation and responsible data practices, this year’s Global FinTech Awards celebrate the organisations and leaders reshaping the future of financial technology.

Congratulations to all winners, highly commended entries and finalists.

Together, these pioneers – from fintechs advancing ethical AI and secure payments to firms embedding sustainability into operational models – demonstrate how ambition, transparency and collaboration are transforming fintech from aspiration to measurable impact.

Explore the winners of the Global FinTech Awards 2025 below.

AI in FinTech – Feedzai 

Highly commended: Cognaize
Highly commended: Roadzen 

Feedzai offers an AI-native platform to combat fraud and financial crime, covering the customer lifecycle from account onboarding through transaction monitoring. 

It blends behavioural analytics, risk orchestration and compliance workflows to help banks and payments firms manage evolving threats across channels.

Brand Campaign – e&money 

e& money (Digital Financial Services LLC) is a UAE-based digital payments platform regulated by the Central Bank. 

It offers mobile wallet services, prepaid card issuance, cross-border remittances and bill payments.

The company frames itself as a unified “super app” for managing everyday finances on the go. 

DeFi Award – CryptoSoft Ltd

Highly Commended: ScienceSoft 
Highly Commended: RapidCents

CryptoSoft Ltd is a Budapest-based developer of blockchain and distributed ledger solutions. 

It focuses on Web3, DeFi, smart contracts and cryptographic systems, integrating AI and data science to build scalable, secure platforms.

Its stated aim is to make blockchain more accessible and resilient rather than just exotic. 

Digital Banking - Personetics 

Highly Commended: North One, Inc
Highly Commended: Accedia JSC

Personetics is a software firm positioning itself as the ‘Cognitive Banking Company,’ supplying banks with AI-powered tools to transform transaction data into personalised, actionable insights.

Its platform aims to help institutions engage customers proactively across digital channels rather than waiting for reactive touchpoints. 

Executive of the Year – Sergei Astafjev, CEO of Wallester AS

Highly Commended: Udi Ziv, CEO of Personetics 
​​​​​​​Highly Commended: Mani Rahmana, Founder, RapidCents

Sergei Astafjev is Co-Founder and CEO of Wallester AS, an Estonian fintech focused on embedded and white-label card issuing and payments infrastructure.

Under his leadership the firm has become an official Visa partner and expanded across the European Economic Area and UK markets. 

Astafjev is known for emphasising customer-centric innovation, technical agility and social responsibility, integrating CSR into Wallester’s cultural and strategic framework.

Digital Identity – CompoSecure 

Highly Commended: Persona 

CompoSecure develops and supplies premium metal payment cards alongside security and authentication solutions for financial institutions and fintechs.

Its Arculus offering integrates digital-asset storage and FIDO2 authentication, bringing physical craftsmanship and cryptographic rigour into a shared infrastructure. 

FinTech Award – coeo Group GmbH 

Highly Commended: Trillium Surveyor
Highly Commended: DriveWealth

coeo Group GmbH specialises in digital receivables management, combining AI tools with human oversight to handle debt collection and payment processes. 

Its model emphasises fairness and customer experience, deploying its automated “cAI” engine to prioritise and personalise engagement while minimising friction in the collections journey. 

FinTech Consultancy –  Imaginera 

Highly Commended: Planet 
Highly Commended: IBA Group – Aviation Consultancy 

Imaginera develops underwriting and pricing systems tailored for insurance, reinsurance, ILS and brokerage operations.

Its Orca platform supports end-to-end submission processing, triage and policy/claims workflows. 

The firm emphasises domain expertise, agile delivery and close collaboration to deliver software that aligns with the real challenges of underwriting.

Financial Services – myPOS

Highly Commended: SEB Life and Pension Baltic SE
Highly Commended: Creditspring

myPOS is a London-based payments firm offering an integrated platform for merchants to accept in-person, online and mobile payments. 

Its model combines hardware, e-money accounts and various payment tools, with instant settlement as a core feature. 

Future Leader – Viren Kataria, Chief Strategy Officer at Imaginera

Highly Commended: Mani Rahnama, Founder, RapidCents

Viren Kataria is Chief Product Officer at Imaginera, leading the development of its Orca underwriting platform. 

He joined the firm after rising through technical and managerial roles, bringing a blend of domain and software expertise. 

His vision emphasises product configurability, close stakeholder alignment and deep understanding of underwriting workflows. 

Partnership – B4B Payments 

Highly Commended: Wallester AS 
Highly Commended: Planet

B4B Payments is a fintech specialising in card issuing and embedded payments infrastructure. 

It offers white-label prepaid cards, BIN sponsorship and API-driven account, payments and FX services.

 As a regulated electronic money institution, it aims to enable partners to embed full financial functionality.

Payment Technology – Mesh Pay

Highly Commended: Payapp
Highly Commended: Planet 

Mesh Pay is a global payments network designed to simplify cryptocurrency transactions.

Its technology unites hundreds of exchanges and wallets, enabling businesses to easily accept crypto payments.

The platform focuses on reducing fees and transaction failures by settling payments in stable assets. 

Project of the Year – CryptoSoft Ltd

Highly Commended: mBank S.A.
​​​​​​​Highly Commended: RapidCents

CryptoSoft Ltd produced its latest initiative, QTLE (Time Lock Encryption), which offers a blockchain-based timed encryption service.

Submissions remain encrypted until a predefined unlocking moment.

It fuses cryptographic engineering with blockchain’s trustless model to support secure, time-locked workflows beyond traditional caching.

Social Impact – MilX

Highly Commended: e& money 

MilX is a financial platform built for YouTube creators, enabling early access to revenue and seamless payout options via fiat, crypto and peer transfers.

It integrates creator monetisation with flexible payments and funds-advancement services. Its positioning blends creator economy tools and financial services, though it operates via licensed partners.

Start-up – Pie Tax 

Highly Commended: RapidCents

Pie is a UK-focussed personal tax app designed for freelancers, contractors and individuals with complex income. 

It offers live tax projections, bookkeeping tools and in-app HMRC filing. 

The company positions itself as an accessible tax companion rather than a conventional accountant replacement. 

Sustainable Fintech – Paysafe

Highly Commended: CoinsPaid
​​​​​​​Highly Commended: IEX Group, Inc

Paysafe operates a global payments platform combining card processing, digital wallets and online cash solutions.

It positions itself as a bridge between consumers and merchants, enabling seamless, multi-channel payments while navigating regulation across markets.

Company of the Year – Monoova 

Highly Commended: Hashgraph
Highly Commended: Imaginera 

Monoova is an Australian payments infrastructure provider that unifies legacy and real-time rails via a single API.

It supports PayID, PayTo, BPAY, direct debit and FX services, and embeds automated reconciliation and virtual accounts to streamline complex payment workflows.