Friday, December 9, 2022

BAI Honors 10 Companies and 10 Rising Star Leaders as Winners in the 2022 BAI Global Innovation Awards

CHICAGO - Friday, 09. December 2022


(BUSINESS WIRE)--BAI, a nonprofit independent organization that delivers the most actionable insights in financial services, has named ten organizational winners and one honorable mention for the 2022 BAI Global Innovation Awards. Ten individuals were also named BAI Rising Stars. The awards are the industry’s leading program celebrating achievements in innovation, such as pursuing bold solutions for improving customer experience; implementing advanced technologies; and improving the lives of employees, customers, and communities.


Winners were selected by the BAI Innovation Circle, a panel of distinguished judges from around the world who are at the forefront of innovation in the financial services sector. Collectively, the winners represent outstanding contributions by teams and individuals and showcase inspiration from around the world. These global trailblazers have successfully designed and delivered innovations that positively improved customer relationships and served their communities in powerful ways.


“Innovation is a significant driver of the impact that successful financial services companies have on their customers and communities. The industry continues to bring powerful new approaches and solutions to better meet customer needs in new and different ways,” said Debbie Bianucci, president and CEO of BAI and Innovation Circle Judge. “The companies and individuals recognized this year were particularly creative and focused on addressing practical issues that made meaningful improvements for customers and employees.”


The 2022 BAI Global Innovation Award Winners and Honorable Mention are:


Banco Popular (Puerto Rico)

Innovation in Learning & Development

Innovation: Talent Lab & Skills Accelerator


Bank of America (USA)

Innovation in Digital Security

Innovation: Bank of America Security Center


Dreams Technology (United Kingdom)

Innovation in Digital Financial Planning

Innovation: Dreams ESG Innovation


Growsari (Philippines)

Innovation in Digital Commercial Financing

Innovation: GROWSARI.com, Powering the Digital Economy of the Philippines


Money Management International, Inc. (USA)

Innovation in Community Disaster Recovery

Innovation: Project Porchlight by MMI


MVB Bank (USA)

Innovation in Commercial Banking Onboarding Experience

Innovation: Onboarding Fintechs Better, Faster, Stronger…The Victor (ad)Vantage


Payten Teknoloji A.S.-Paratika (Turkey)

Innovation in Payments

Innovation: Paratika Crowdfunding e-Payment Project


Standard Bank (South Africa)

Innovation in Community Sustainability

Innovation: One Farm Share


TIAA (USA)

Innovation in Fraud Prevention

Innovation: TIAA Phone Authentication Risk Management (PARM)


Union Bank of India (India)

Innovation in HR Transformation

Innovation: Union Prerna


BMO (USA)

Innovation in Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (Honorable Mention)

Innovation: True Name


To further recognize innovation in financial services, a new award was established in 2022 to recognize individual leaders. The BAI Rising Star Award honors individuals who are up-and-coming leaders in financial services innovation. Leaders were nominated by their organizations and the recipients of the BAI Rising Star Award were selected based on their impact on and passion for innovation and their ability to drive positive change in their organizations.


The 2022 BAI Rising Star Award Winners are:


Sachin Chandna (United Arab Emirates), SVP, Head of Customer Intelligence & Engagement – Emirates NBD


Geoff Ellis (USA), Senior Director Application Development – Ally Financial


Ashley Fiore (USA), Chief Business Intelligence Officer – KlariVis


Snigdha Kumar (USA), Head of Product Operations – Digit


Larricia Lumpkins (USA), SVP, Senior Strategy Manager – Citizens Financial Group


Niki Neumann (South Africa), Executive, Lead Ecosystem Agriculture – Standard Bank Group


Dr. Chetna Pandey (India), Deputy General Manager – Union Bank of India


Stacy Regnier (USA), SVP, Retail Strategic Programs and Business Transformation – Commerce Bank


Bradwin Roper (South Africa), CEO – FNB Connect


Paul Whelpton (South Africa), Group Analytics Officer and Group Head of Trading – JUMO


For more information about the winners and their innovations, visit https://www.bai.org/globalinnovations/.


 


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