BENZINGA GLOBAL FINTECH AWARDS
CELEBRATING FINANCIAL TECHNOLOGY COMPANIES
BENZINGA GLOBAL FINTECH AWARDS
The 2019 Benzinga Global Fintech Awards were celebrated on Tuesday, November 19, 2019 at the New World Stages in New York City for a Day of Dealmaking, Networking, and Recognition! Stay tuned for next year’s Benzinga Global Fintech Awards.

Award Winners
In case you missed the 2019 show, here are the formal winners:
Top 10 Most Outstanding Achievements In Fintech
Here are Benzinga’s 10 Award Winners for Most Outstanding Achievements in Fintech! This list is comprised of companies with the strongest attributes in fintech:
- Even Financial – The Rocky Award
- TD Ameritrade – Trader Revolution Award
- Tradestation – Give The People What They Want Award
- Questrade – Most Innovative Canadian Broker
- MoneyLion – Innovation In Personal Finance
- Webull – Giving Back to Traders & Community
- TradingView – Empowering the Consumer with New Tools
- Interactive Brokers – Bringing the Global Economy to Investors
- MScience – Simplifying Data Adoption on A Mass Scale
- Sequentum – Starting Up to Structure an Unstructured World
Envestnet | Yodlee Fintech Innovation Achievements
Here are the Award winners from the Envestnet | Yodlee Fintech Innovation Achievement Awards, made up of those companies leading the way in fintech innovation!
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Benzinga’s Listmakers – Fintech Top 150
- You can find Benzinga’s official Fintech Top 150 Listmakers here.
The Benzinga Fintech Top 150 Listmakers is an index of 150 carefully-vetted companies & executives within 10 fintech categories that are striving to revolutionize the industry as we know it!
Don’t miss next year’s Benzinga Global Fintech Awards!! If you’re in the fintech space, this will be a profitable Day of Dealmaking and Networking with the biggest fintech companies in the world!
SPEAKERS AND SPECIAL GUESTS
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Matt Ober
Chief Data ScientistThird Point LLC -

Sarah McKenna
CEOSequentum -

Steve Lau
Managing DirectorWorldQuant Ventures -

Ethan Silver
Partner Chair, Broker-Dealer PracticeLowenstein Sandler -

Sarah Biller
Co-founderFintech Sandbox Partners & CMX -

Ryan Christiansen
SVP of Data AccessFinicity -

Haley Draznin
Reporter/ProducerCNN -

Gregory Zuckerman
Author of The Man Who Solved The Market & Special WriterThe Wall Street Journal -

Eric Jamison
VP of Solutions ConsultingEnvestnet | Yodlee -

Dara Tarkowski
Managing PartnerActuate Law -

Dan Sheinfil
Vice President, Integration Management & Card ServicesCheckAlt -

Christine Loredo
VP, FinTech Evangelism & Founder, Yodlee IncubatorEnvestnet | Yodlee -

Scott Gamm
ReporterYahoo Finance -

Ryan Conway
SVP, Business Development & Strategic PartnershipsOxygen -

John Bartleman
President and MemberTradeStation Group, Inc. -

Dov Marmor
Head of BaaSGreen Dot -

Jean Donnelly
Executive DirectorFintech Sandbox -

Phillip Rosen
CEOEven Financial -

Eric Witschen
Product ManagerBenzinga -

Shawn Yin
VP of ResearchYewno -

Steve Sanders
Executive Vice President Of Marketing and Product DevelopmentInteractive Brokers -

Rahm McDaniel
VP of Strategic SolutionsQ2 Open -

Anthony Denier
CEOWebull Financial -

Neel Ray
Managing Director of Corporate DevelopmentTD Ameritrade -

Anshul Vikram Pandey
CTO and Co-FounderAccern -

Rick Newman
Senior ColumnistYahoo Finance -

Pierce Crosby
GM, AmericasTradingView -

Claudio Esposito
VP, ProductSTASH -

Nicholas LaMaina
SVP Strategic Brokerage SolutionsTradestation Group -

Kathryn St. John
Senior Director of User ExperienceTrading Central -

David Hagen
Vice President, Digital WealthFolio Investing -

Marwan Forzley
CEOVeem -

Jason Henrichs
FounderFinTech Forge -

Dan Pipitone
Co-FounderTradeZero America -

Asael Meir
Partner- Technology Industry LeaderCohnReznick -

Gene Munster
Managing PartnerLoup Ventures -

Ian Rosen
CEOStocktwits -

Donnie Roberts
President & CEOThe Small Exchange -

Andrew Koslow
EVP Strategic Transactions/General CounselFolio Financial, Inc. -

Catherine Clay
SVP Information SolutionsCBOE -

Uri Gruenbaum
Co-Founder & CEOTipranks -

Joel Elconin
Co-FounderPreMarkert Prep -

Dennis Dick
Co-FounderPremarket Prep -

Michael Smith
Co-FounderInvestCloud -

Michael Batnick
DirectorResearch at Ritholtz Wealth Management -

Giadha Aguirre de Carcer
Founder and CEONew Frontier Data -

Gary Allen
COONew Frontier Data -

Yaela Shamberg
Co-Founder and Head of ProductInvestCloud -

Atul Kamra
Managing PartnerSixThirty Global -

Denis Globa
CEO, Co-FounderTradingView -

Stan Bokov
COO, Co-FounderTradingView -

Brian Barnes
Founder & CEOM1 Finance -

Andy O’Rourke
Managing Director and Chief Marketing OfficerDirexion -

Raj Karkara
Chief Revenue Officer and DirectortZERO, Overstock.com -

Dave Fanger
CEO & FounderSwell Investing -

Antonio Goncalves
SVP of Sales & Business DevelopmentDevexperts -

Alex Mashinsky
CEOCelsius Network -

Bob Mullenbach
Managing Director – Compliance Division DeputyProBank Austin -

Colin Darke
General CounselRocket Loans -

John Kromer
Managing PartnerBuckley Sandler -

Kevin Kane
Managing DirectorProBank Austin -

Marc Franson
PartnerChapman and Cutler -

Edward Achtner
US Head of DigitalHSBC Commercial Bank -

Brian Casey
CEOWestwood -

Mike Beller
CEOThesys Technologies -

Schwark Satyavolu
Managing DirectorTrinity Ventures -

Melissa Feldsher
Managing DirectorJ.P. Morgan -

MIKE SHA
CEOSigFig -

Lou Anne Alexander
President of PaymentsEarly Warning -

Ramya Joseph
CEO and FounderPefin -

Laurence Latimer
Head of VenturesIEX -

Dan Ciporin
General PartnerCanaan Ventures -

Murray Indick
Co-chair of the Emerging Companies and Venture Capital practiceMorrison Foerster -

Peggy Mangot
Senior Vice President of InnovationWells Fargo -

Andrew Horowitz
PresidentHorowitz & Company -

Anthony Mozgovoy
CTOHumaniq -

Ravi Koka
Founder and CEOStocksnips Inc. -

Kahina Van Dyke
Global Head Of Financial Services PartnershipsFacebook -

Darrius Jones
Head of Emerging LabsUSAA -

Mona Vernon
CTOThomson Reuters Labs -

Steve Quirk
Executive Vice PresidentTrader Group at TD Ameritrade -

Ray Tamblyn
Director Of Product ManagmentCiti Fintech -

Danny Aranda
Managing DirectorRipple -

Meltem Demirors
Director of DevelopmentDigital Currency -

Barry Metzger
SVP, Global, Trading and AdviceCharles Schwab -

Denise Leonhard
Senior Director of Global Corporate StrategyPayPal -

Kamran Ansari
Venture PartnerGreycroft -

Tom Eck
CTOIBM Watson
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Eric Jamison
VP of Solutions ConsultingEnvestnet | Yodlee -

Christine Loredo
VP, FinTech Evangelism & Founder, Yodlee IncubatorEnvestnet | Yodlee -

Jason Shubnell
Managing EditorBenzinga -

Jennifer Samalis
Senior Vice President of Acquisition and LoyaltyFidelity Investments -

Alexander Wong
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Jeff Chiappetta
VP of Schwab Trading ServicesCharles Schwab -

Hannah
Content ProducerBenzinga -

Marwan Forzley
CEOVeem -

Jason Henrichs
FounderFinTech Forge -

James Barrood
leaderThe east coast's innovation ecosystem -

Ali Paterson
FounderFintech Finance -

Renato Capelj
WriterBenzinga -

Dustin Blitchok
EditorBenzinga -

Dan shar
Chief Commercial Officer and General ManagerBarron’s/MarketWatch -

Michael V. Marrale
CEOM Science -

Tyler Anderson
Chief Operating OfficerFGS -

Philip Brittan
Founder and CEOData Delivery and Operations -

Billy Adams
DirectorMarlin & Associates -

Mike Barad
Head of Product CapabilitiesMorningstar, Inc.
Take advantage of quick registration here – don’t forget to use your promo code
if you have one at the top of the checkout panel.
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Registration Begins: Lunch/Networking brought to you by CohnReznick (Exhibit Hall Open)

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Trading the Open Stage 5 (PMP Stage)

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How Partnerships Can Propel Your Business
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Building an Ecosystem for Start-ups to Succeed
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Fireside: Fintech Industry Forecast
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Next Gen Payments: How Your Kids Will Interact With Money
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Ryan Christiansen
SVP of Data AccessFinicity -

Dan Sheinfil
Vice President, Integration Management & Card ServicesCheckAlt -

Marwan Forzley
CEOVeem
Moderator
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Folio Financial: The Rise of Personalization in Digital Wealth
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Small Exchange: Big Move to Smalls: Right Time Right Place
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Yewno: Transforming Information into Knowledge
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How Alternative Data Can Transform Your Business
Moderator
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Diving Headfirst Into Crypto
Moderator
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How APIs Transform Financial Services
Moderator
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Networking Break (Go meet people you don't know!)
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Informed PreMarket Trading Presentation Stage 5 (PMP Stage)

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What Adding Banking To Your Product Can Do For Your Business
Moderator
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TradeZero: Appealing To A Short Seller: Advantages Of Trading On The TradeZero Platform
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Scaling And Disrupting Fintech
Moderator
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Expanding from Community to Social Trading
Moderator
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Oxygen: Banking For The Extraordinary
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Expansion, Retention and Monetization
Moderator
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Networking Break
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Change is Good: Evolving Brokerages for the Commission-Free Consumer
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Anthony Denier
CEOWebull Financial -

Neel Ray
Managing Director of Corporate DevelopmentTD Ameritrade -

Nicholas LaMaina
SVP Strategic Brokerage SolutionsTradestation Group
Moderator
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Q&A w/ Joel, Dennis & Spencer Stage 5 (PMP Stage)

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BaaS - The New Deal
Moderator
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Financial Wellness for the Underserved - Sponsored by Envestnet | Yodlee
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Eric Jamison
VP of Solutions ConsultingEnvestnet | Yodlee -

Dara Tarkowski
Managing PartnerActuate Law -

Jean Donnelly
Executive DirectorFintech Sandbox
Moderator
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Secrets of the Greatest Money Maker in History
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Networking Reception brought to you by MarketWatch (Exhibit Hall Open)

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Awards Ceremony
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After Party brought to you by Even Financial

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

The event will be held in November in New York City. Sign up for the weekly Fintech Focus newsletter for updates.
The Benzinga Global Fintech Awards will showcase companies and executives from areas such as financial research, brokerages, payments, investing and more. See categories below:
Alternative Data
- Best AI Platform
- Most Influential Data Scientist
- Best Data Analysis Tool
DIGITAL BANKING
- Best Digital Bank
- Best API
INSTITUTIONS
- Most Innovative Bank
- Most Innovative Lender
- Best Law Firm
- Best Accounting Firm
- Best Accelerator
- Best Financial Research Company
INVESTING
- Best Alternative Investments
- Best Wealth Management Software
- Best Trading Technology
- Best ETF Product
- Most Impactful Brokerage Executive
- Best Brokerage For Beginners
- Best Brokerage For Options Trading
- Best Brokerage For Forex
- Best Brokerage For Trading Futures
- Best Robo-advisor
LENDING
- Best Lending Platform
OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE
- Lifetime Achievement
- Best New Product
- Best Financial Literacy Tool
PAYMENTS
- Best Use Of Blockchain
- Best Payments APP
We formulate a seasoned group of judges (Benzinga editorial staff, industry leaders and advisors in the space) to take the popular vote, accomplishments and successes of each nominee and compile thoughtful and objective insight on each submission. The judges tally those components and determine the most accomplished and select a winner in each category.
Submissions for nomination are $97 and unlimited until the close date of September 30th.
The People’s Choice Award is given to the nominee with the most votes. The winner will receive the one and only demo slot during the Award Ceremony on November 19th.
Voting is free and limited to once per day, per category. VOTE HERE NOW. Voting does not determine the overall winner for the individual categories, it is solely for the People’s Choice Award.
Leaders and pioneers that have impacted the financial technology landscape.
Benzinga takes great pride in honoring and recognizing those who are propelling the industry forward with new discoveries – making finance just a little bit easier to navigate.
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