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FF Awards 2025 – The Results Are in! Congratulations to All the Winners!
Last night, the FF Awards 2025 lit up Old Billingsgate in London, bringing together an incredible mix of finance and business leaders from across the industry. Hosted by comedian Max Fosh, the evening blended sharp insight with plenty of laughs, creating a relaxed, celebratory atmosphere befitting one of fintech’s standout annual occasions. We were also joined by special guests Reef, whose presence added an extra sense of excitement and occasion to the night as we recognised the organisations and individuals driving innovation, inclusion and excellence across the financial services and fintech ecosystem
A huge thank you to all of our entrants, guests and friends for being part of such a special night in fintech with us. Your energy, support and enthusiasm are what make the FF Awards more than just a ceremony – they make it a genuine celebration of our community. It was fantastic to come together and celebrate with you in person again this year, and we’re already looking forward to seeing what the next year of fintech innovation will bring.
Without further ado… your winners of the 2025 FF Awards were:
1. Consumer Banking
Giesecke + Devrient ePayments
2. Business Banking
ProgressSoft
3. Invisible Security
Mangopay
4. Real-Time Payments
Form3
5. Merchant Payments
Burbank
6. Cross-Border Payments
dLocal
7. ID Verification & KYC
Sinpex
8. Artificial Intelligence
Smartstream
9. Data Insights
Torus
10. Insurtech
nettle
11. Wealth
InvestSuite
12. Embedded Finance
Yavrio
13. Open Banking
Credit Canary
14. Bank Builder
Afin Bank and vaccum
15. Partnership
10x Banking and Constantinople
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