May 2025
Fintech & Payments

Calling All Fintech & Payment Innovators: Future Digital Awards Now Open for 2025

Hampshire, UK – 22nd May 2025: Juniper Research is pleased to announce that entries are now open for the Future Digital Awards for Fintech & Payments 2025.

Nick Maynard, Head Judge and VP of Fintech Market Research, commented: "Fintech and payments is a space of constant innovation; whether it’s simplifying cross-border transactions, transforming how we pay for everyday goods and services, or redefining fraud management. Earning recognition through our awards programme is a powerful way for companies to stand out and showcase their leadership."

Visit our website to learn how G+D and G+D Netcetera used their success at the Future Digital Awards to drive tangible business outcomes and shape future product strategies.

This year’s awards cover the following categories:

Fintech Leadership

New for 2025, this category honours exceptional leadership in fintech and payments; celebrating innovative startups and the individuals driving real change.

  • Fintech & Payments Start-up of the Year (Company)
  • Fintech Leader of the Year (Individual)

Banking Innovation

This category honours the disruptors setting new benchmarks in banking services, experiences, and business models.

  • Banking Innovation of the Year
  • Banking-as-a-Service Innovation
  • Open Banking Innovation
  • AI in Banking Innovation 

Fraud & Security Innovation

This category honours the innovators keeping businesses and customers safe in an ever-evolving threat landscape.

  • AML Innovation 
  • KYC Innovation 
  • Fraud & Security Innovation of the Year 
  • AI in Fraud Prevention Innovation 
  • Banking Fraud Prevention 
  • Identity Verification Innovation 
  • eCommerce Fraud Prevention 
  • Best Network Tokenisation Solution 

Payment Innovation

This category honours the standout players reshaping the payments ecosystem and redefining how money moves.

  • Best B2B Payment Platform
  • Payment Innovation of the Year
  • Best Cross-border Payments Platform
  • Best A2A Payments Platform
  • Best Modern Card Issuing Platform 
  • Omnichannel Payments Platform of the Year 
  • Best Mobile Money Offering 
  • Best Digital Wallet Platform 
  • Soft POS Innovation 
  • Sustainability in Payment Cards 
  • Virtual Card Innovation 
  • Digital Currency Innovation 

Interested companies can apply by clicking HERE. There is no fee to enter. The nominations period closes on Friday 8th August 2025, and all winners will be announced in October.

Juniper Research has, for two decades, provided market intelligence and advisory services to the global financial sector, retained by many of the world’s leading banks, intermediaries and providers.

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