These Benzinga Global Fintech Award Finalists Have Sparked The New Age Of Digital Banking

The Benzinga Global Fintech Awards are a yearly showcase of the greatest advances in fintech from leaders and visionaries in the worlds of finance and technology. This year, we have executives, developers and innovators from the likes of Facebook, Amazon, IBM, JP Morgan, Zelle, TD Ameritrade, TradeStation, Fidelity and so many more attending the Oscars of Fintech.

The BZ Awards are half party, half business development bonanza—they’re a rare chance to meet and network with everyone in finance from CNBC’s Josh Brown to the head of financial services at Facebook to the heads of trading at every major brokerage.

To offer more clarity on who is competing for the prize of most innovative in each category, Benzinga is breaking out the finalists in each category and offering more information about what they do.

The finalists for the Best Digital Bank category are:

Chime
CEO: Chris Britt
Description: Chime, the leader in the U.S. challenger banking, is the answer to a broken banking industry. Chime helps members avoid bank fees, save money automatically, and lead healthier financial lives with a modern, mobile, and connected bank account. American's are rapidly switching from traditional banks to Chime - "the bank account that has your back" for a fresh approach to banking.

Lively
CEO: Alex Cyriac
Description: Lively is a modern HSA (Health Savings Account) and a 401k for health care.

Oxygen
CEO: Hussein Ahmed
Description: Oxygen is a fintech platform powering the massive gig-economy, from payouts to lending.

TNG FinTech Group
CEO: Alex Kong
Description: TNG FinTech Group is Asia's leading financial services enabler for the 1.2 billion unbanked Pan-Asian population across Hong Kong and 12 countries.