The Most Innovative Companies in Fintech Celebrate Wins at the 2017 Benzinga Global Fintech Awards May 22, 2017 - Baystreet.ca On Thursday, May 11, 2017 Benzinga Global Fintech Awards celebrated the innovation that's transforming the finance industry. A judging panel of over 30 leading fintech VCs, executives, and entrepreneurs selected the 24 companies pushing the forefront of finance from a list of over 300 finalists. One winner in particular, Futurefuel.io, appeared on CNBC alongside Benzinga founder Jason Raznick to discuss its BZ Awards win. Meet the winners and runners-up of the 2017 Benzinga Global Fintech Awards below. Overall winners: Champion: AlphaPoint AlphaPoint creates blockchain technology for financial institutions, and has seen significant adoption of its tech. Runner-up: Unison Home Ownership Investors Unison increases access to home ownership by allowing those without the funds for a down payment to purchase a home--Unison puts up the money and profits off any increases in the home's value. Honorable Mention: WiseBanyan WiseBanyan is a rapidly-growing roboadvisor that focuses on helping its clients meet specific financial goals, such as a down payment on a home Best in Show: Unison Home Ownership Investors Winners by category: Best Alternative Investments Platform, Tool or App: SAF Platform What does it do? Helps digitize the handshake process for alternative investments Runner-up: YieldStreet Best Analysis Platform, Tool or App: TradingView What does it do? A social platform for sharing customizable charts and analysis Runner-up: YCharts Best Digital Mortgage or Real Estate Platform, Tool or App: Rocket Mortgage What does it do? The first mobile-native mortgage product that overhauled a multibillion dollar business--$7B in loan volume in 2016 Runner-up: PeerStreet Best Education & Personal Finance Platform, Tool or App: FutureFuel.io What does it do? Helps tackle the student debt bubble by working with employers to offer student loan repayment benefits to their employees Runner-up: Clarity Money Best Financial Advisor or Wealth Management Platform, Tool or App: Orion Advisor Services What does it do? All-in-one integration service for common financial advisor apps, programs and other tools & allows some automation so that advisors can spend more time growing the business Runner-up: BaseVenture Best Forex Platform, Tool or App: Remitly What does it do? Money transfer service Runner-up: MarketFactory Best InsurTech Platform, Tool or App: CoverWallet What does it do? Digital platform that serves as a one-stop shop for all business insurance needs Runner-up: Embroker Best Lending Platform, Tool or App: Stilt What does it do? Stilt gives students studying on visas easy access to digital loans Runner-up: ThinkMoney Best Proprietary Technology or APIs: OpenFin What does it do? Uses its advanced infrastructure and development resources to help financial institutions deploy applications Runner-up: Dataminr Best RegTech Platform, Tool or App: Rippleshot What does it do? Uses advanced analytics to improve current fraud detection on cards and online transactions Runner-up: Neurensic Best Research Platform, Tool or App: AlphaSense What does it do? Platform that uses NLP to significantly cut down research time for funds & quants across multiple content types Runner-up: Street Diligence Best Robo Advisor: Betterment What does it do? Most comprehensive robo solution Runner-up: WealthSimple Best Trading Execution or Brokerage Platform: Finvasia What does it do? A new brokerage serving a huge emerging market - India and eventually Asia Runner-up: DriveWealth Best Trading Recommendation Platform, Tool or App: Chaikin Analytics What does it do? One of the first fintech companies to develop an advanced quantitative model that provides sentiment for stocks as well as context in one package Runner-up: Trade Ideas Best Under-banked or Emerging Market Solution: Ovamba What does it do? Platform that opens up African companies to investors in the US / Canada / Japan Runner-up: World Remit Best Use of Blockchain or Bitcoin: AlphaPoint What does it do? Blockchain ledger gaining significant institutional traction. This is one the best implementation of blockchain ledgers for capital market technologies Runner-up: Brave New Coin Finding Alpha: PortfolioEffect What does it do? Allows individuals to backtest both high and low frequency trading strategies with intraday data included Runner-up: ExtractAlpha Institutional Innovators PFITR - Bond Price Validation What does it do? Currently one of the only non-institutional bond market analysis platforms that is available to retail investors Runner-up: Cloud9 Technologies Investing In Millennials: Aspiration What does it do? Comprehensive suite of investing tools for millennials Runner-up: Grain Leveling the Playing Field: DIY.FUND What does it do? Allows anyone to use complex portfolio analysis tools Runner-up: Unison Home Ownership Investors Solving Problems Through Payments PayKey What does it do? Integrates payments into all social media and other phone apps Runner-up: Disburze About Benzinga Global Fintech Awards Designed to uncover the most innovative companies within the financial technology capital markets sector, the Benzinga Fintech Awards provide winning finalists with new opportunities for growth and exposure. For last year's winners, please visit www.benzingafintechawards.com or use the hashtag #BZAwards. About Benzinga Benzinga is a leading originator of actionable financial insights for traders and investors. Benzinga's news desk is constantly breaking stories and moving billions of dollars of market capitalization through its real-time terminal, Benzinga Pro. Benzinga's original content is syndicated to 70 partner websites, such as Yahoo! Inc.'s (YHOO) Yahoo! Finance, Microsoft Corporation's (MSFT) MSN, CNNMoney, Fox Business, Marketwatch, and more. Benzinga is the leading provider of news to the North American brokerage community, with a client list including TD Ameritrade (AMTD), LightSpeed, TradeKing, and many more. The company is headquartered in downtown Detroit and dedicated to driving Detroit's renaissance. For more information, check out Benzinga.com, Cloud.Benzinga.com, and Pro.Benzinga.com.
The Most Innovative Companies in Fintech Celebrate Wins at the 2017 Benzinga Global Fintech Awards May 22, 2017 - Baystreet.ca On Thursday, May 11, 2017 Benzinga Global Fintech Awards celebrated the innovation that's transforming the finance industry. A judging panel of over 30 leading fintech VCs, executives, and entrepreneurs selected the 24 companies pushing the forefront of finance from a list of over 300 finalists. One winner in particular, Futurefuel.io, appeared on CNBC alongside Benzinga founder Jason Raznick to discuss its BZ Awards win. Meet the winners and runners-up of the 2017 Benzinga Global Fintech Awards below. Overall winners: Champion: AlphaPoint AlphaPoint creates blockchain technology for financial institutions, and has seen significant adoption of its tech. Runner-up: Unison Home Ownership Investors Unison increases access to home ownership by allowing those without the funds for a down payment to purchase a home--Unison puts up the money and profits off any increases in the home's value. Honorable Mention: WiseBanyan WiseBanyan is a rapidly-growing roboadvisor that focuses on helping its clients meet specific financial goals, such as a down payment on a home Best in Show: Unison Home Ownership Investors Winners by category: Best Alternative Investments Platform, Tool or App: SAF Platform What does it do? Helps digitize the handshake process for alternative investments Runner-up: YieldStreet Best Analysis Platform, Tool or App: TradingView What does it do? A social platform for sharing customizable charts and analysis Runner-up: YCharts Best Digital Mortgage or Real Estate Platform, Tool or App: Rocket Mortgage What does it do? The first mobile-native mortgage product that overhauled a multibillion dollar business--$7B in loan volume in 2016 Runner-up: PeerStreet Best Education & Personal Finance Platform, Tool or App: FutureFuel.io What does it do? Helps tackle the student debt bubble by working with employers to offer student loan repayment benefits to their employees Runner-up: Clarity Money Best Financial Advisor or Wealth Management Platform, Tool or App: Orion Advisor Services What does it do? All-in-one integration service for common financial advisor apps, programs and other tools & allows some automation so that advisors can spend more time growing the business Runner-up: BaseVenture Best Forex Platform, Tool or App: Remitly What does it do? Money transfer service Runner-up: MarketFactory Best InsurTech Platform, Tool or App: CoverWallet What does it do? Digital platform that serves as a one-stop shop for all business insurance needs Runner-up: Embroker Best Lending Platform, Tool or App: Stilt What does it do? Stilt gives students studying on visas easy access to digital loans Runner-up: ThinkMoney Best Proprietary Technology or APIs: OpenFin What does it do? Uses its advanced infrastructure and development resources to help financial institutions deploy applications Runner-up: Dataminr Best RegTech Platform, Tool or App: Rippleshot What does it do? Uses advanced analytics to improve current fraud detection on cards and online transactions Runner-up: Neurensic Best Research Platform, Tool or App: AlphaSense What does it do? Platform that uses NLP to significantly cut down research time for funds & quants across multiple content types Runner-up: Street Diligence Best Robo Advisor: Betterment What does it do? Most comprehensive robo solution Runner-up: WealthSimple Best Trading Execution or Brokerage Platform: Finvasia What does it do? A new brokerage serving a huge emerging market - India and eventually Asia Runner-up: DriveWealth Best Trading Recommendation Platform, Tool or App: Chaikin Analytics What does it do? One of the first fintech companies to develop an advanced quantitative model that provides sentiment for stocks as well as context in one package Runner-up: Trade Ideas Best Under-banked or Emerging Market Solution: Ovamba What does it do? Platform that opens up African companies to investors in the US / Canada / Japan Runner-up: World Remit Best Use of Blockchain or Bitcoin: AlphaPoint What does it do? Blockchain ledger gaining significant institutional traction. This is one the best implementation of blockchain ledgers for capital market technologies Runner-up: Brave New Coin Finding Alpha: PortfolioEffect What does it do? Allows individuals to backtest both high and low frequency trading strategies with intraday data included Runner-up: ExtractAlpha Institutional Innovators PFITR - Bond Price Validation What does it do? Currently one of the only non-institutional bond market analysis platforms that is available to retail investors Runner-up: Cloud9 Technologies Investing In Millennials: Aspiration What does it do? Comprehensive suite of investing tools for millennials Runner-up: Grain Leveling the Playing Field: DIY.FUND What does it do? Allows anyone to use complex portfolio analysis tools Runner-up: Unison Home Ownership Investors Solving Problems Through Payments PayKey What does it do? Integrates payments into all social media and other phone apps Runner-up: Disburze About Benzinga Global Fintech Awards Designed to uncover the most innovative companies within the financial technology capital markets sector, the Benzinga Fintech Awards provide winning finalists with new opportunities for growth and exposure. For last year's winners, please visit www.benzingafintechawards.com or use the hashtag #BZAwards. About Benzinga Benzinga is a leading originator of actionable financial insights for traders and investors. Benzinga's news desk is constantly breaking stories and moving billions of dollars of market capitalization through its real-time terminal, Benzinga Pro. Benzinga's original content is syndicated to 70 partner websites, such as Yahoo! Inc.'s (YHOO) Yahoo! Finance, Microsoft Corporation's (MSFT) MSN, CNNMoney, Fox Business, Marketwatch, and more. Benzinga is the leading provider of news to the North American brokerage community, with a client list including TD Ameritrade (AMTD), LightSpeed, TradeKing, and many more. The company is headquartered in downtown Detroit and dedicated to driving Detroit's renaissance. For more information, check out Benzinga.com, Cloud.Benzinga.com, and Pro.Benzinga.com.