The Inaugural Global Money Awards 2025 Winners Announced at Money20/20 USA

Money20/20, the world’s leading fintech show, and the place where money does business, unveiled the winners of the inaugural Money Awards. Recognizing the boldest innovators, disruptors, and changemakers shaping the future of money.

Announced live during Money20/20 USA’s Sunday Night Live x The Money Awards show last night, the winners represent the pinnacle of achievement across the global financial ecosystem. The awards celebrate excellence in Banking, Payments, Partnerships & Strategic Alliance and Startups, culminating in the distinguished Diamond recognition for those redefining how the world interacts with money.

“The Money Awards honor those who are transforming the possibilities within fintech,” said Grania Chesterton, VP Awards at Money20/20. “These winners are making a tangible impact through their innovative, collaborative, and bold ideas, changing the course for the industry’s future.”

The 2025 Winners are as follows:

Diamond

“Project Nemo has been selected as the Grand Prix winner for their transformative approach to disability inclusion in FinTech. As a self-funded organization, they champion accessibility for the 24% of the UK population living with disabilities while addressing a significantly underserved global market worth $13 trillion annually in spending power from disabled people and their families. Their innovation combines compelling storytelling with expert insights to drive systemic change. By embedding accessibility and inclusion by design throughout FinTech, they’ve created a scalable, cross-border blueprint that can transform financial services worldwide.” – Michael Harris, Vice Chairman | Global Head of Capital Markets, NYSE Group

• Grand Prix: Project Nemo, London for ‘Project Nemo – Accelerating Disability Inclusion In Fintech’
• Diamond Award: Fiserv, Alpharetta for ‘Fiserv Democratizes Stablecoin Access’

Startup

“Bolttech is a remarkable example of innovation and execution in the fintech and global insurtech landscape. In a very short time, Bolttech has grown to host the world’s largest technology-enabled insurance exchange, connecting carriers and distributors across 30+ markets. Bolttech’s embedded insurance products and comprehensive suite of protection and services are seamlessly transforming how insurance is bought and sold. With their technology differentiation and scale, this Grand Prix Winner is a terrific example of a startup that has identified a clear market need, executed remarkably well, and grown to exceptional scale.” – Chetan Puttagunta, General Partner, Benchmark

• Grand Prix: Bolttech, Singapore for ‘Growing At “Bolt Speed”’
• Gold: Taktile, New York for ‘Taktile – AI Decision Platform’
• Silver: Eloquent AI, San Francisco for ‘The AI Operator For Financial Services’
• Silver: Tunic Pay, London for ‘Tunic Pay’
• Bronze: Agree.com, San Francisco for ‘Agree.com: The Fastest Path From Signature To Revenue From AI-Powered Contracts’
• Bronze: Closinglock, Austin for ‘Closinglock Securepay: Redefining Real Estate Payments With Speed, Security & $2.5m Insurance’

Banking

“Cleo AI impressed us with a deep understanding of the problem space. Their financial coach democratizes insights and provides people with peace of mind of how they can manage their personal finances. They hit all of the marks for us as a jury. It provides us with a clear innovation story, but also provides us with financial inclusion, AI and a scalable platform.” – Joanne Hannaford, Chief Information Officer & Chief Product Officer Corporate Bank, Deutsche Bank

• Grand Prix: Cleo AI, Wilmington for ‘Cleo AI: Bringing Personalised Financial AI To Millions Who Need It Most’
• Gold: JP Morgan Payments, New York for ‘J.P. Morgan Payments – Payments Industry Leader And Disruptor’
• Silver: Oscilar, Palo Alto for ‘Oscilar’
• Silver: Jazzcash, Islamabad for ‘Readycash: Shaping The Future Of Credit In Pakistan’
• Silver: Wysh, Brooklyn for ‘Wysh: Life Benefit’
• Bronze: Better.com, New York for ‘Transforming Mortgage Lending With AI’
• Bronze: Credcore, New York for ‘Credcore’
• Bronze: LTS Ventures, Vientiane for ‘1,000 Village Banks, Trusted And AI Empowered’

Payments

“Yellow Card was selected as the Grand Prix winner because it tackles one of the most significant challenges in payments, affordable and reliable cross border transactions in Nigeria and across Africa. By leveraging stablecoins, Yellow Card delivers a fast, economical, and innovative solution that reflects the broader evolution of the global payments ecosystem. Its scalability beyond Nigeria and focus on financial inclusion make it a standout example of technology solving real world problems and driving meaningful progress in emerging markets.” – Howard R. Fields, Chief Ethics and Compliance Officer, Mastercard

• Grand Prix: Yellow Card Financial, Alabama for ‘Powering Africa’s Leading Stablecoin Infrastructure’
• Gold: Mynt, Taguig & FuentesManila, Makati City for ‘Gcash The #1 Cashless Ecosystem In The PH And Leading Finance Super App’
• Gold: Zero Hash, Chicago for ‘Onchain Infrastructure – Transactions That Move At The Speed Of Ideas’
• Silver: Ant Group, Hangzhou for ‘Alipay Tap!’
• Silver: Supportpay, New York for ‘Supportpay – Ending Family Fights Over Money’
• Bronze: Agree.com, San Francisco for ‘Agree.com: The Fastest Path From Signature To Revenue From AI-Powered Contracts’
• Bronze: Branch, Tampa for ‘Branch’
• Bronze: Socure, Incline Village for ‘Unified Global Identity Graph + Analyst-Grade Watchlist Adjudication’

Partnerships & Strategic Alliance

“We looked for evidence of results and uniqueness in entries as qualifying criteria, but the Partnerships jury ultimately looked at how partners amplified each others’ capabilities to determine the Grand Prix winner. Greenlight and US Bank show how a fintech and a large bank can partner successfully to solve a socially relevant problem of raising financially smart kids. We liked the explicit branding statement of ‘Greenlight in partnership with US Bank’ on the Card, which would appeal to teens as much as to parents.” – Anthony Thomas, Chief Strategy & Growth Officer, Global Finance & Technology Network

• Grand Prix: Greenlight Financial Technology, Atlanta for ‘How Greenlight & U.S. Bank Are Shaping The Next Generation Of Financially Savvy Families’
• Gold: Storfund, London for ‘Tiktok Shop X Storfund: The Launch Of Daily Advance’
• Bronze: Mastercard, New York & Tomra, Ishoj for ‘Mastercard Move – Enabling The Circular Economy With Smart Deposit Return Scheme’

(Full list of winners available at https://winners.money2020.com/)

Rigorous Judging by Global Industry Leaders

Winners were chosen from hundreds of global entries through a rigorous and transparent judging process, culminating in live deliberations in Las Vegas.

With an independent jury of more than 40 global fintech leaders, spanning C-suite executives, founders, investors and innovators, this unique mix ensures that recognition isn’t just handed down from the top but validated by those with both strategic vision and hands-on expertise. Representing every corner of the fintech ecosystem, the jury reflects the industry in its entirety. View the full jury here.

Setting the Benchmark for Fintech Excellence

Launched in 2025, The Money Awards have immediately established themselves as the global benchmark for excellence in financial innovation, quickly becoming one of the most coveted honors in the industry. The program will return in 2026, with entries opening in Q1 2026.

To be among the next wave of financial pioneers, register your interest for The Money Awards 2026 at https://www.money2020.com/awards/register-your-interest.