i2c Inc. Honored for Excellence in Payments Innovation by Banking Tech Awards USA 2025

Company recognized for Best As-a-Service Solution, AI Fraud Solution and Woman in Technology

REDWOOD CITY, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--i2c Inc., an award-winning global banking and payments technology innovator, today announced its recognition in three categories at Banking Tech Awards USA 2025, Fintech Futures’ prestigious annual accolades program that celebrates excellence and innovation in banking and financial technology.

• Winner, Best As-a-Service Solution – Payments: i2c’s Payment Hub was recognized as the industry’s leading as-a-Service money movement solution. Designed to simplify complex integrations across multiple payment rails including FedNow, Visa Direct, Mastercard Send, PayPal, Venmo, and ACH, the Payment Hub delivers real-time processing, streamlined cash flow, and operational efficiencies that empower businesses to scale seamlessly and enhance customer satisfaction. i2c was praised for Payment Hub’s collaboration with Rebolt Financial Technologies to remove technical barriers and empower community banks and credit unions to modernize their payment systems to compete with larger financial institutions and fintech disruptors.
  
  
• Finalist, Best AI Solution – Risk, Regulation & Compliance: i2c’s AI-Powered Fraud Risk Management Solution was shortlisted for its advanced machine learning-driven platform, which integrates seamlessly into the payment ecosystem. The solution significantly reduces fraud losses—by up to 62% compared to industry norms—while maintaining high approval rates, bolstering financial institutions’ operational resilience and customer trust.
  
  
• Highly Commended, Woman in Technology – Software & Services Provider: Serena Smith, Chief Client Officer at i2c Inc., was honored for her exceptional leadership and impact on the fintech industry. Serena has not only driven i2c’s client success but also championed diversity and inclusion initiatives, including co-founding the Payments’ Women in Leadership Mentor Program and raising over $500,000 for the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society.

“We are honored to be recognized across such diverse and notable categories at this year’s Banking Tech Awards,” said Amir Wain, CEO of i2c Inc. “These accolades underscore our commitment to delivering best-in-class, innovative, and secure solutions that empower our clients to thrive in an increasingly digital financial landscape. We’re also remarkably proud of Serena’s recognition, which reflects her ongoing contributions both within i2c and the broader fintech community.”

Each award highlights i2c’s position as a leader in transforming the financial services industry with future-ready solutions that address the demands of modern banking and payments.

“i2c’s Payment Hub has been a game-changer for Rebolt and the institutions we serve. Before this partnership, enabling real-time payments across multiple networks required significant infrastructure investment, technical lift, and regulatory complexity—barriers that were simply out of reach for many community banks and credit unions,” said Jason Henrichs, CEO of Rebolt Financial Technologies. “With Payment Hub, we’re now able to offer instant money movement through a single API, with compliance and security built in. It enables us to scale faster, serve clients more effectively, and deliver modern payment experiences that rival even the largest players in the industry.”

About i2c Inc.

An award-winning global financial technology innovator powering credit, debit, prepaid, core banking, and money movement solutions, i2c unifies banking and payments in an all-in-one platform, transforming product personalization with a customer-centric architecture and accelerating speed-to-market with composable building-block solutions. Financial institutions and fintechs globally trust i2c to help them quickly and efficiently configure and scale differentiated financial offerings in an evolving, competitive market. Powered by innovation and driven by trust for more than 24 years, i2c blends modern ingenuity with expert reliability to supercharge exceptional banking and payments experiences for millions of users and billions of transactions worldwide.

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