Money20/20 Reveals the Winners of the 2026 Money Awards, Honoring Global Leaders Shaping the Future of Money

LAS VEGAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Money20/20, the world's leading fintech show and the place where money does business, today announced the winners of the 2026 Money Awards following a live awards ceremony held yesterday evening at Money20/20 USA in Las Vegas. Recognizing the companies, products, partnerships and the leaders transforming financial services, the awards celebrate innovators setting new standards across the global money ecosystem.

Now in its second year, The Money Awards have been established as a global benchmark for excellence across fintech, banking, payments and financial innovation. This year's winners were selected from a highly competitive field of entries from across the world and represent some of the most impactful and forward-thinking organizations shaping the future of money, from breakthrough startups and fast-growing fintechs to established financial institutions and industry-defining partnerships.

The winners were revealed on October 18 before an audience of industry leaders, investors, innovators, and decision makers, recognizing the achievements, ideas and collaborations driving the next chapter of financial services and the future of money.

Grania Chesterton, VP, Awards at Money20/20, said: "The Money Awards celebrate the very best of global fintech, recognizing the companies and innovations setting new standards for our industry. This year's winners span 8 countries across 4 continents, with work from Bangladesh, Colombia, Cyprus, Pakistan, Singapore, South Korea, UK and USA. They have each demonstrated exceptional ambition, innovation and real-world impact, earning their place among the industry's best in class. Congratulations to every winner on this well-deserved recognition. This is their moment to shine."

The 2026 Money Awards winners were recognized across the following categories:

DIAMOND

• BOLTTECH – Grand Prix
• YELLOW CARD – Gold Money Award
• BKASH LIMITED – Silver Money Award
• OPEN REWARDS INC – Bronze Money Award

Mary Ellen Iskenderian, President & CEO, Women's World Banking, said: "What distinguished Bolttech and Yellow Card, the Diamond jury's Grand Prix and Gold winners, was their ability to pair global scale with inclusion. Bolttech is pushing innovation at scale in insurtech, including accessible protection products, in a sector that has not kept pace with payments and other financial services. Yellow Card is building the digital infrastructure across the Global South that can help turn the promise of stablecoins into genuinely broader financial access."

EARLY STAGE STARTUP

• CHARM SECURITY – Grand Prix
• SOCRATIX AI – Silver Money Award

GROWTH STAGE STARTUP

• TRACE FINANCE – Grand Prix
• BALLERINE – Bronze Money Award

Osama Bedier, Investment Partner at NYCA Partners, said of Grand Prix winner Trace Finance: "Brazil moves nearly 80 billion domestic payments a year in seconds, yet crossing a border still feels like stepping back decades. Bernardo Brites, Rafael Luz and Leone Parise built Trace Finance to bridge that gap, scaling past $10 billion in volume in just a few years. They proved to our jury that the next fintech giants won't just build a faster rail. They'll orchestrate a fragmented world of rails to work smarter and more seamlessly as one."

BANKING

• OMNISIENT - Grand Prix
• TRUE LINK – Gold Money Award
• DRIVEWEALTH – Silver Money Award
• JAZZCASH, A VEON GROUP FINTECH -Silver Money Award
• GRADIENT LABS - Bronze Money Award
• HTS (HOPPER TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS) - Bronze Money Award
• OSCILAR - Bronze Money Award
• SARDINE - Bronze Money Award

Shruti Patel, EVP, Business Banking; Chief Product Officer at U.S. Bank, said, “The Banking Jury awarded the Grand Prix to Omnisient, a company focused on Financial Inclusion targeted at addressing underserved/credit invisible customer needs by leveraging alternative and creative sources of data e.g. grocery shopping data while preserving privacy. As we explore new frontiers and rapid innovation in technology and AI, its a good reminder to continue to expand financial reach by harnessing new sources beyond the traditional frameworks. The use of non-traditional data is innovative, addresses a meaningful societal problem and demonstrates measurable impact.”

PAYMENTS

• PRIVY, A STRIPE COMPANY – Grand Prix
• BKASH LIMITED – Gold Money Award
• COBRE – Silver Money Award
• JUSTT.AI - Silver Money Award
• CLOSINGLOCK – Bronze Money Award
• OPENFX – Bronze Money Award
• SUMSUB – Bronze Money Award
• CIRCLE INTERNET GROUP – Bronze Money Award

Dave Excell, Founder of Featurespace, a Visa Solution, said: "The jury awarded Privy the Grand Prix for demonstrating exactly what we look for in a winner: genuine innovation built around customer needs, not technology in search of a problem. They took on the challenge of simplifying complex infrastructure for companies of all sizes, across industries, and executed exceptionally well. The result is that their customers can now go global without the burden of building for each market one by one. This is innovation with purpose, delivered at scale."

PARTNERSHIPS & STRATEGIC ALLIANCE

• SOOHO.IO & THE BANK OF KOREA – Grand Prix
• OPEN REWARDS INC – Gold Money Award
• TRUE LINK & HUNTINGTON BANK – Silver Money Award
• BOLTTECH & MASORANGE – Bronze Money Award

The Money Awards recognize companies and innovators making a meaningful impact across financial services, with entries evaluated by an independent panel of industry experts. Celebrating innovation, ambition and real-world impact across the global money ecosystem, the awards spotlight the businesses, leaders and partnerships shaping the future of fintech. The 2026 winners represent some of the industry's most transformative ideas and achievements, setting new benchmarks for excellence across financial services worldwide.

About Money20/20

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