Benzinga, Envestnet | Yodlee Unveil Global Fintech Awards Finalists

Benzinga, a leading news and data platform, in partnership with financial data and insights platform Envestnet | Yodlee, is holding its 6th annual Benzinga Global Fintech Awards, a day of dealmaking, networking, and recognition in the financial technology space, on November 10, 2020.

The virtual event will recognize and award those disruptive innovators creating positive and diverse change in the financial services space. By participating in the event, companies and executives will be acknowledged as Benzinga Fintech Listmakers.

Additionally, Envestnet | Yodlee will present the Innovation During COVID-19 award to highlight those companies that have made significant technological progress in light of recent economic challenges. Yodlee will also award the Most Innovative Financial Institution, Most Innovative FinTech Startup, The Best FinTech Ecosystem Partner and Most Innovative International FinTech.

In a comment on the development, Benzinga CEO and founder Jason Raznick said: “The Benzinga Global Fintech Awards enable disruptive fintech companies to be recognized for the change they are making in the financial space. Additionally, companies and leaders will be able to network and learn more methods to fuel the next stage of their growth.”

“Despite the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic, the team at Benzinga is confident this year's event will be bigger than ever."

This year’s official 2020 Benzinga Fintech Listmakers include the following categories and companies:

Best Accelerator:

• 500 Startups
• Entrepreneurs Roundtable Accelerator
• F10 Fintech
• Fintech Innovation Lab
• Fintech Sandbox
• MaRS - Canada
• Plug and Play Fintech
• Seedcamp
• Techstars
• YCombinator

Best AI Platform:

• Even Financial
• Inovestor
• FinTech Studios
• NetworkFinancials
• I Know First
• C3 Fund
• Astrella from AST
• Noonum
• Yewno
• Samurai Data Analytics
• Behavox
• BioCatch
• 7 Chord
• Lagoon
• Stocksnips
• Accern Corporation
• SESAMm
• causaLens
• Trading Central Labs
• Stratyfy
• Cyndx

Best Alternative Investments:

• T-REX
• iFlip Investor
• Mythic Markets
• DiversyFund
• CrowdStreet
• Save®
• Iownit
• Cadre
• Roofstock
• TradeStation
• Rally Road
• GROUNDFLOOR
• Hometap
• Titan
• Tellus
• MAZAKALI

Best API:

• Financial Data Exchange
• MANTL
• Hydrogen
• Barchart
• Plaid
• DriveWealth
• Square
• ClickSWITCH
• ViewTrade Holding Corp.
• Bambu
• Voyager Digital
• Even Financial
• The Mifos Initiative
• Alpaca

Best Brokerage For Beginners:

• Webull
• Robinhood
• Invstr
• You Invest by J.P. Morgan
• TradeZero
• Dough
• Public
• Ally Invest

Best Brokerage For Forex:

• ThinkMarkets
• CMC Markets
• IG Group
• FXCM
• Saxo Capital Markets
• London Capital Group (LCG)
• XTB Online Trading
• Dukascopy
• Pepperstone
• Forex.com

Best Brokerage For Options Traders:

• Merrill Edge
• E*TRADE
• TradeStation
• TD Ameritrade / Schwab
• Firstrade Securities
• Lightspeed Financial Services Group
• eOption
• Gatsby
• tastyworks
• Interactive Brokers
• Fidelity

Best Brokerage For Trading Futures:

• Tradovate
• Edge Clear
• Interactive Brokers
• e*Trade
• tastyworks
• NinjaTrader
• TradeStation

Best Canadian Brokerage:

• Questrade
• TD Direct Trading
• CIBC Investor's Edge
• Scotia iTrade
• National Bank Direct Brokerage
• Virtual Brokers
• Wealthsimple Trade
• BMO InvestorLine
• QTrade
• Edge Clear

Best Data Analysis Tool:

• SimilarWeb
• Dv01
• InvestiQuant
• Sigma Ratings
• Truelytics
• TradeStation
• CORE Monitoring Systems
• Snappy Kraken
• Adherence Compliance
• TAS Market Profile
• Trading Central
• StratoDem Analytics
• CloudQuant
• Clearwater Analytics
• DealCloud

Best Digital Bank:

• Oxygen
• Branch
• JPMorgan Chase
• MoneyLion
• NorthOne
• LendingClub
• Current
• Dama Financial
• Episode Six

Best Financial Literacy Tool:

• Greenlight
• Secfi
• TransUnion - CreditView
• Echofin
• TrueAccord
• Spendee
• Paxful
• Savology
• Bonjour Technology Sdn Bhd | BigBrainBank.org

Best Financial Research Companies:

• NetworkFinancials
• UXDA
• New Constructs
• Investor’s Business Daily (IBD)
• Best InsurTech:
• Covered by SAGE
• Aclaimant
• Metromile
• Haven Life Insurance Agency
• Kalepa
• Goose Insurance Super-App
• Ethos
• Mantra Labs Pvt Ltd
• HealthJoy

Best Investment Research Technology:

• Genuine Impact
• Leaderboard (an Investor’s Business Daily Product)
• Inovestor
• FinTech Studios
• YCharts
• Kings of Capitalism
• Stockhoot
• Noonum
• Equity Data Science
• Zoonova.com
• Yewno
• New Constructs

Best Lending Platform:

• Tellus
• Rebel
• Biz2X by Biz2Credit
• Lake Trust Credit Union
• Credibly
• TurnKey Lender
• EnrichHER
• CuneXus
• Nav
• GROUNDFLOOR
• FinMkt
• LendingPoint
• Sharestates
• Finitive
• Elevate Credit
• HomeLight
• 360 Digitech

Best New Product:

• Näktergal
• Harvest Platform
• Currencycloud
• Snappy Kraken
• Small Exchange
• Honeyfi
• AdvisorBid
• Meemo
• TiiCKER
• Q.ai
• SmartAsset
• Carver Edison
• Renaud Laplanche
• SpiderRock Data & Analytics via QuantFEED
• Truelytics
• Trade Exchange
• AST's ProxyIQ proxy campaign management platform
• ViewTrade Holding Corp.
• Credit.com
• PanXchange
• Samurai Data Analytics
• Finder
• Vestwell
• Sterling Risk Engine
• Carson Group
• Wilshire Phoenix
• 8topuz Wealth Fintech
• The Carrot App
• Iownit
• TurnKey Lender
• IBD Live (an Investor’s Business Daily product)
• Citizens Investment Services for SpeciFi Save & Grow
• TradeStation

Best Payments App:

• Zil Money
• DailyPay
• Airbase
• VizyPay
• GoCardless
• Fivestars
• N26
• Dosh
• MadfooatCom for ePayments
• Splitit
• Artery Pay
• PayCore.io
• PayRange
• Billtrust
• Shift4 Payments

Best Robo-Advisor:

• Titan
• Save®
• M1
• Wealthfront
• Q.ai
• Betterment
• Sofi
• Citizens Investment Services for SpeciFi Save & Grow
• Interactive Advisors
• SigFig

Best Trading Technology:

• Apex Clearing
• QuantConnect
• Tuned
• TradeStation
• Bamboo
• DAS Trader
• Sterling Trading Tech
• Interactive Brokers
• Derivative Path
• qSpark
• Fidelity Investments
• TrendSpider
• Flow Trade
• Alpaca
• TradingView
• tZERO
• ViewTrade Holding Corp.
• WealthCharts

Best Use Of Blockchain:

• MenaPay
• KABN North America
• Paxful
• Paystand
• EOS Detroit
• Coincierge
• Phixius
• Artery Pay
• Sila

Best Wealth Management Software:

• Capitalize
• AdvisorBid
• Apex Clearing
• Snappy Kraken
• Truelytics
• Inovestor
• DriveWealth
• Ethic
• Farther
• NaviPlan by Advicent
• Oranj
• Riskalyze

Influential Data Scientist:

• Debi Prasad Sahoo
• Mark Temple-Raston, PhD
• Ajay Krishna
• Stephen Mathai-Davis, CFA, CQF
• Dr. Lipa Roitman
• Brendon Yong
• Anshul Pandey

Innovation During COVID-19:

• QuantaVerse
• Constant
• CNote
• SumUp Payments Limited
• FinTech Studios
• Riskalyze
• Chartfleau
• Limonetik
• Tally
• Cross River
• Bluevine

Lifetime Achievement:

• Charles Schwab
• Park Place Payments, founded by Samantha Ettus
• Xamin
• Thomas Peterffy, Interactive Brokers
• Dewey D. Steffen
• William J. O’Neil

Most Impactful Brokerage Executive:

• Milan Galik, Interactive Brokers
• Barry Metzger, Schwab
• Tom Sosnoff
• Kelli Keough, J.P. Morgan
• Nauman Anees
• Brendon Yong
• JJ Kinahan, TD Ameritrade
• Abigail Johnson, Fidelity
• Julie Lerner

To participate in the recognition of the next wave of disruptive innovation in financial services, please visit bzawards.com to learn more. Complete results for the Benzinga Fintech Awards, including company profiles and an interactive database can be found here.

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About Envestnet | Yodlee

Envestnet | Yodlee is the leading data aggregation and analytics platform enabling innovation and insights for financial service providers. Envestnet | Yodlee has proudly fueled digital financial innovation for more than 20 years and partners with more than 1,300 financial institutions and FinTechs to help consumers achieve better financial lives.