Tuesday, October 24, 2023

Winners of the 2023 BAI Global Innovation and Rising Star Awards Announced


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(BUSINESS WIRE) -- BAI has named ten financial services companies from around the world as winners of the 2023 BAI Global Innovation Awards. For 13 years, the BAI awards have become known as the financial services industry’s leading honor celebrating achievements in innovation including advancing customer experience, implementing new technologies and improving the lives of employees, customers, and communities. BAI also honored ten individuals and two teams with a BAI Rising Star Award.


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.


“This year’s honorees stand out for their exceptional creativity and dedication to continuous and impactful innovation by implementing transformative solutions in customer experience, payments, risk management, fraud detection and internal processes,” said Debbie Bianucci, president and CEO of BAI and Innovation Circle Judge. “Innovation remains a driving force of successful financial services and fintech organizations. We are thrilled to honor these organizations and a group of rising stars who are leading the way for a better future for both customers and employees.”


The 2023 BAI Global Innovation Award Winners are:


Innovation in Lending Customer Experience

Ally (USA): Ally Financial: Clearpass


Innovation in Retail Customer Experience

BMO (Canada): BMO New to Canada


Innovation in Customer Journey Design

CaixaBank S.A. (Spain): Insights Center Research Hub


Innovation in Commercial Banking Digital Experience

Citizens Bank (USA): Citizens Digital Butler


Innovation in Early Wage Access

Clair (USA): Clair Digital Banking & On-Demand Pay


Innovation in Financial Inclusion

mooPay (India): Innovative Financial Services for Dairy Farmers


Innovation in Decisioning Technology

NPL Markets (United Kingdom): NPL Markets Platform


Innovation in Sustainability

Standard Bank (South Africa): The ESG Marketplace, via One Hub


Innovation in Fintech Collaboration

The Bank of East Asia, Limited (China): BEAST


Innovation in Product Transformation

Yapı ve Kredi Bankası A.Ş. (Turkey): Yapı Kredi FRWRD


For the second year, BAI also honored ten individuals and two teams with the BAI Rising Star Award. These up-and-coming leaders in financial services innovation were nominated by their organizations and were selected based on their impact on and passion for innovation and their ability to drive positive change in their organizations.


The 2023 BAI Rising Star Individual Award Winners are:


Ashish Garg (USA), Co-Founder and CEO – Eltropy


Bradford Tierney (South Africa), Commercial Director – JUMO


Jacob Payne (USA), Assistant Vice President, Learning & Development Manager – PrimeLending


Jayne Sibley (United Kingdom), Co-Founder – Sibstar Ltd


Jennifer Upton (USA), Senior Vice President, Manager of Strategy and Innovation – Commerce Bank


Kate Bulger (USA), Vice President of Business Development – Money Management International


Ross Pringle (USA), Head of Strategy, Digital Innovation & Change – Citizens Financial Group


Silvina Moschini (Argentina), President and Founder – Unicoin


Vimal Panjwani (India), Founder & CEO – Argrivijay


Yitz Mendlowitz (USA), CEO – PAAY


The 2023 BAI Rising Star Team Award Winners are:


MX Technologies, Inc. Team:

Crystal Anderson (USA), Vice President of Product

Kara Parkey (USA), Chief to Staff

Sunita Jennings (USA), Senior Engineering Manager


Stratyfy Team:

Deniz Johnson (USA), Chief Operating Officer

Laura Kornhauser (USA), Co-Founder & CEO

Shannan Herbert (USA), Executive Vice President


For more information about the winners and their innovations, visit BAI Global Innovation Awards.


 


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