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      FinTech Breakthrough Honors Standout FinTech Companies and Solutions in 2021 Awards Program

      5th Annual Awards Program Showcases Outstanding FinTech Technologies, Products and Companies Around the Globe


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      Mar 16, 2021, 08:00 ET

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      FinTech Breakthrough
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      LOS ANGELES, March 16, 2021 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- FinTech Breakthrough, a leading market intelligence organization that recognizes the top companies, technologies and products in the global FinTech market, today announced the winners of the organization's fifth annual awards program, showcasing technologies and companies that drive innovation and exemplify the best in FinTech technology solutions across the globe.

      The FinTech Breakthrough Awards is the premier awards program founded to recognize the FinTech innovators, leaders and visionaries from around the world in a range of categories, including Digital Banking, Personal Finance, Lending, Payments, Wealth Management, Investments, RegTech, InsurTech and many more. The 2021 FinTech Breakthrough Awards program attracted more than 3,850 nominations from across the globe.

      “FinTech is a digital force that has clearly entered a new phase of its evolution, moving out of niche use cases to operation at scale, and we are thrilled to recognize the ‘breakthrough’ FinTech innovators in this market evolution for our fifth annual FinTech Breakthrough Awards program.”

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      "This past year has been unlike any time period ever seen before for FinTech growth and disruption, with FinTechs maturing to become respected, global players throughout the financial services value chain," said James Johnson, Managing Director, FinTech Breakthrough. "FinTech is a digital force that has clearly entered a new phase of its evolution, moving out of niche use cases to operation at scale, and we are thrilled to recognize the 'breakthrough' FinTech innovators in this market evolution for our fifth annual FinTech Breakthrough Awards program."

      All FinTech Breakthrough Award nominations were evaluated by an independent panel of experts within the financial services and technology industries, with the winning products and companies selected based on a variety of criteria, including most innovative and technologically advanced products and services.

      The 2021 FinTech Breakthrough Award winners include:

      Leadership
      Best FinTech CEO: Greg Ott, Nav
      Best Employee Benefits Solution: Tapcheck
      Best FinTech Startup: Qualia
      Best Overall FinTech Software: OpenFin, OpenFin OS
      Best Overall FinTech Mobile App: Oxygen
      Best Use of AI in FinTech: Zest AI
      Best Overall FinTech Company: Global Payments

      Consumer Lending
      Best Consumer Lending Platform: Finicity, a Mastercard company
      Best Consumer Lending Company: OppFi
      Consumer Lending Innovation Award: Experian, Ascend Intelligence Services

      Business Lending
      Best Business Lending Product: NatWest Group, NatWest Rapid Cash
      Best Overall Business Lending Company: Numerated
      Business Lending Innovation Award: CIT Bank, B2B Point-of-Sale Lending Platform
      Best Overall LendTech Company: OakNorth

      Wealth Management
      Best Wealth Management Product: eMoney Advisor, Incentive mobile app
      Best Wealth Management Company: Apex Clearing
      Wealth Management Innovation Award: NICE Actimize, SURVEIL-X for Wealth Surveillance
      Best Robo Advisory Platform: CyborgTech, Cy

      Personal Finance
      Best Personal Finance Product: Simplifi by Quicken
      Personal Finance Innovation Award: Sensibill
      Best Loan Origination Platform: LendingHome
      Best Digital Mortgage Product: Tic:Toc
      Best Digital Mortgage Company: Simplist
      Digital Mortgage Innovation Award: MQube

      Payments
      Best Consumer Payments Platform: PayNearMe
      Best Consumer Payments Product: Google Pay
      Best Consumer Payments Company: Earnnest
      Consumer Payments Innovation Award: Western Union, White Label Digital Partner technology solution
      Best Credit Card Payments Solution: FIS Global, PaymentsOne
      Best B2B Payments Product: Fiserv, Enterprise Payments: Real-time Payments
      B2B Payments Innovation Award: myPOS, myPOS Glass

      Investments
      Best Retail Investment Platform: Q.ai, a Forbes Company
      Best Institutional Investment Solution: Enfusion
      Best Trading Platform: Charles River Development, Charles River Investment Management Solution

      Consumer Banking
      Best Consumer Banking Mobile App: Urban FT
      Best Digital Bank: Current

      Financial Research and Data
      Best Overall Analytics Platform: Numerix, Numerix CrossAsset
      Analytics Innovation Award: Moody's Analytics, Custom Markets model
      Best Risk Management Platform: Baker Hill, Baker Hill NextGen® Portfolio Risk Management
      Best Data Visualization Solution: Mirador

      Banking Infrastructure
      Best Banking Infrastructure Platform: Plaid
      Best Banking Infrastructure Software: Zafin

      Fraud Prevention and Transaction Security
      Best Fraud Prevention Company: LexisNexis® Risk Solutions
      Fraud Prevention Innovation Award: Feedzai, Feedzai Fairband
      Best Financial Transaction Security Platform: Bluefin
      Best AML Solution: KYC Global, RiskScreen OnBoard
      Best Financial Transaction Security Company: Vesta
      Transaction Security Innovation Award: ThetaRay

      Crowdfunding
      Crowdfunding Innovation Award: FanVestor

      InsurTech
      Best InsurTech Solution: Kasasa, Kasasa Care™
      Best InsurTech Company: Pie Insurance
      InsurTech Innovation Award: Mylo

      RegTech
      Best RegTech Platform: StarCompliance
      Best RegTech Company: TCC Group

      Cryptocurrency
      Best Cryptocurrency Purchasing Site: MoonPay
      Best Cryptocurrency Wallet: Celsius
      Best Cryptocurrency Info Source: IPC Systems, Connexus Cloud

      Procurement
      Best Procure-to-Pay Software: Medius
      Best AP Solution: Stampli

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      About FinTech Breakthrough
      Part of Tech Breakthrough, a leading market intelligence and recognition platform for global technology innovation and leadership, the FinTech Breakthrough Awards program is devoted to honoring excellence in Financial Technologies and Services companies and products. The FinTech Breakthrough Awards provide public recognition for the achievements of FinTech companies and products in categories including Payments, Personal Finance, Wealth Management, Fraud Protection, Banking, Lending, RegTech, InsurTech and more. For more information visit FinTechBreakthrough.com.

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      James Johnson, FinTech Breakthrough, 213.255.3658, [email protected]

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