We received a significant increase in entries for the Emerging Payments Awards this year. After some very close competition, we’re delighted to announce the shortlist for the Emerging Payments Awards 2019:

Best International Payments, Remittance or use of FX

• Banking Circle
• Blockchain Wallet by Telenor Microfinance Bank
• Borderless Account by TransferWise
• Currencycloud‘s International Payments platform
• Ebury

Best Financial Inclusion Payments Programme

• AsiaHawala powered by mobiquity® Money by Comviva
• KOHO powered by Galileo
• Monese ‘Serving Europe’s Unbanked’ with PrePay Solutions

Best B2C Payments Programme

• Arro Money issued by Wirecard
• Coinbase by Paysafe
• Exscudo
• Glint issued by Wirecard
• SMI powered by Galileo
• U Account issued by Wirecard

Best B2B Payments Programme

• Banking Circle
• Starling Bank, Banking Services
• WEX Virtual Payments

Best Banking or Open Banking Initiative

• Cashplus Bulk Faster Payments
• Chime by Galileo
• Konsentus, Confidence in Open Banking
• PrePay Solutions, Tide
• Token

Best Collaboration Initiative

• Glint issued by Wirecard
• Sage powered by Modulr
• Telenor Microfinance Bank

Best Use of Payments Data or AI in Financial Services

• Brighterion AI Platform by Mastercard
• Galileo Fraud AI
• Vocalink Services by Mastercard

Most Innovative Mobile or Financial Services Payments Solution

• Exscudo
• Glint issued by Wirecard
• McLEAR issued by Wirecard
• MuchBetter issued by Wirecard
• SettleGo

Most Innovative Retail, PSP or Acquiring Solution

• Cardstream
• Chargebacks911
• The Abercrombie & Fitch Co. Digital Selling Platform, by PXP Financial

Best Back Office Innovation

• Banking Circle
• Chargebacks911
• Konsentus, Confidence in Open Banking
• Verifi

Best Customer Facing Experience

• Current by Galileo
• eNett International
• Klarna
• Stocard issued by Wirecard
• Travel Welfare & Omnio Group issued by Wirecard

Marketing Campaign of the Year

• Fintech Unplugged by Blue Train Marketing
• Ingenico ePayments
• Smoooth Dogg by Klarna

Best Professional Service Organisation supporting Emerging Payments

• Blue Train Marketing
• Kemp Little
• Vocalink by Mastercard
• Web Shield

Best Technical Service Organisation supporting Emerging Payments

• Banking Circle
• Comviva
• Cybertonica
• Konsentus

Leading Financial Services or Payments Start-up

• ANNA issued by Wirecard
• Arro Money
• Kani Payments
• Konsentus
• SORQPAY

Leading Emerging Payments Organisation

• ACI Worldwide
• PPRO
• PrePay Solutions

Best CSR or Charity Initiative

• Pennies and Worldpay
• Semafone
• Trustly & Help to Help

Best Multi-country Programme

• Borderless Account by TransferWise
• Payworks Pulse
• PrePay Solutions, Monese

Industry Contributor of the Year
The finalists for the Industry Contributor of the Year will be announced in August

Big congratulations to all finalists!

Book your table at the Awards on 3rd October.