The demos are achieved and the votes have been counted: congratulations to the winners of Better of Present at FinovateFall 2026!
It’s true that AI continues to be probably the most enabling expertise in fintech, bringing new capabilities to funds, fraud prevention, lending, wealth administration, and extra. As one demoing firm consultant famous from the FinovateFall stage this week, there could not have been a single demo that didn’t ultimately acknowledge the function that AI—and more and more agentic AI—is taking part in in serving to banks and different monetary establishments develop into extra environment friendly and simpler in serving people, households, companies, and communities.
That stated, if there may be one commonality among the many corporations that received Better of Present at this yr’s FinovateFall, then that commonality could be a laser-focus on what issues most to monetary establishments giant and small: rising deposits, boosting buyer and membership progress, creating new income alternatives, and simplifying and streamlining operations which were traditionally hindered by handbook processes, siloed methods, and an incapability to remodel knowledge into the form of insights that result in higher experiences for monetary providers prospects. Considered by way of this lens, AI is simply the newest expertise to assist bridge the hole between what prospects need and what monetary establishments can safely, compliantly, and persistently ship.
With yet another day to go on this yr’s FinovateFall convention, we need to thank all of our demoing corporations, our sponsors and companions, our top-notch AV staff, and—maybe most of all—our attendees for his or her continued help of what we consider remains to be one of the vital distinctive occasions on the fintech calendar.
Our subsequent convention will likely be FinovateSpring 2027 in San Diego, California, on the Gaylord Pacific Resort and Convention Heart, from Might third by way of the fifth. Tickets are on sale now and it can save you as much as $600 should you register by November sixth.
Clockout for its answer that drives member and buyer progress, will increase direct deposits 10%-25%, generates $16-$50 month-to-month per-user income, and creates aggressive differentiation by way of embedded monetary wellness.
equipifi for its expertise that permits banks and credit score unions to supply versatile funds and Purchase Now, Pay Later as a local functionality inside their digital banking platforms.
Goodbuy for its answer that transforms native small enterprise engagement into a brand new progress channel—enabling monetary establishments to drive account activation, deposits, and interchange by way of linked neighborhood commerce.
Neural Funds for its Funds Hub that connects banks and credit score unions to each main US cost rail and pockets by way of a single, totally branded integration.
ScreenSteps for its efficiency enablement platform that helps monetary establishments flip advanced procedures into easy, real-time steerage staff can discover and observe.
Tweezr for its expertise that helps organizations remodel and develop by accelerating TTM and rising developer productiveness for each legacy system upkeep and modernization—and even obviating modernization all collectively.
Vertice AI for its OPTIMIZE answer that transforms institutional progress objectives into optimized, AI-executed advertising and marketing campaigns with human approval on the strategic stage.
Younger Early Starters for its investing and training app that provides youngsters actual inventory possession, guided by studying and authorised by mother and father.
Notes on methodology:
1. Solely viewers members NOT related to demoing corporations had been eligible to vote. Finovate staff didn’t vote.
2. Attendees had been inspired to notice their favorites throughout every day. On the finish of the final demo, they selected their three favorites.
3. The precise written directions given to attendees: “Please fee (the businesses) on the premise of demo high quality and potential impression of the innovation demoed.”
4. The eight corporations showing on the very best share of submitted ballots had been named “Better of Present.”
5. Go right here for a listing of earlier Better of Present winners by way of 2014. Better of Present winners from our 2015 by way of 2026 conferences are beneath:
FinovateEurope 2015
FinovateSpring 2015
FinovateFall 2015
FinovateEurope 2016
FinovateSpring 2016
FinovateFall 2016
FinovateAsia 2016
FinovateEurope 2017
FinovateSpring 2017
FinovateFall 2017
FinovateAsia 2017
FinovateMiddleEast 2018
FinovateEurope 2018
FinovateSpring 2018
FinovateFall 2018
FinovateAsia 2018
FinovateAfrica 2018
FinovateEurope 2019
FinovateSpring 2019
FinovateFall 2019
FinovateAsia 2019
FinovateMiddleEast 2019
FinovateEurope 2020
FinovateFall 2020
FinovateWest 2020
FinovateEurope 2021
FinovateSpring 2021
FinovateFall 2021
FinovateEurope 2022
FinovateSpring 2022
FinovateFall 2022
FinovateEurope 2023
FinovateSpring 2023
FinovateFall 2023
FinovateEurope 2024
FinovateSpring 2024
FinovateFall 2024
FinovateEurope 2025
FinovateSpring 2025
FinovateFall 2025
FinovateEurope 2026
FinovateSpring 2026
