Who should enter the ‘Best FinTech for Personal Finance & Banking’ category?

The ‘Best FinTech for Personal Finance & Banking’ award celebrates technology that gives individuals better ways to bank, borrow, save and manage their everyday finances.

For many consumers, the challenge is not simply gaining access to financial products, but understanding their financial position and having the right tools available when circumstances change, or to make informed financial decisions.

This category is open to consumer-focused technology spanning personal banking, budgeting, saving, borrowing, credit and debt management. Entrants could include digital banks, personal finance applications, consumer lending platforms, credit management tools, savings products or technologies developed to improve financial wellbeing.

Entrants show showcase FinTech that makes personal financial services more useful in everyday life, giving consumers greater visibility, control and confidence as they manage their money.

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Examples

Personal finance technology can address immediate financial needs as well as help consumers develop stronger financial foundations over time. Examples include:

Secure transactions using AI

Digital-first banking products that give consumers convenient access to accounts and everyday banking services.

Eligible solutions could include mobile and online banks, current or checking accounts, account-management applications and technologies that introduce new approaches to routine banking.

Features might include real-time balance information, transaction categorization, account controls, automated notifications, savings functionality or tools that make banking easier for people whose needs are poorly served by conventional products.

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Applications that help individuals understand their income, expenditure and overall financial position.

Solutions may categorize transactions, track recurring bills, establish budgets, identify spending patterns or consolidate information from multiple financial accounts into a single view.

The most useful products go beyond displaying historical transactions, helping users recognize what is happening with their money and make practical adjustments to their day-to-day financial behavior.

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Technology designed to help consumers put money aside and make progress towards personal financial objectives.

Applications could include automated savings tools, savings accounts, round-up features, goal-based saving, emergency-fund tools or systems that identify appropriate opportunities to save based on an individual's cash flow.

Products may support short- or medium-term objectives ranging from building a financial buffer to saving for a deposit, education, travel or another significant expense.

AI services for customer satisfaction

FinTech that improves how individuals access, understand and manage borrowing.

Solutions could cover personal loans, credit-building products, alternative credit assessment, affordability tools, credit marketplaces or services that help consumers understand their credit profile and available borrowing options.

Entries should demonstrate how technology contributes to a more transparent and manageable borrowing experience, particularly where data or new approaches to assessment can better reflect an individual's financial circumstances.

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Technology supporting consumers who need to understand, organize or reduce existing debts.

Products may consolidate information about different obligations, track repayment progress, prioritize debts, model repayment strategies or connect users with appropriate forms of assistance.

Solutions could also identify early indications of financial difficulty and provide relevant tools or guidance before missed payments and mounting charges make the situation more difficult to address.

Hall of Fame: Previous Winners

Areas to Highlight in Your Submission

Judges score nominations across these five key areas:

  • Innovation: The features or technology that makes your personal finance & banking solution unique - or transformed your market.

  • Impact: Evidence of the positive effect your personal finance & banking solution has brought to your customers.

  • Scalability: How your solution grows or adapts to changing business needs, without significant upgrades or overhauls.

  • User Experience: How intuitive your personal finance & banking solution is to use for users of varying roles or skill levels.

  • Relevance: What makes your solution a worthy winner in this particular category.

Although not formally scored, focus on these areas specific to this category, can help your nomination stand out:

Clarity

Helping consumers understand their financial position, available choices and the consequences of financial decisions.

Consumer Control

How users can actively manage their money, accounts, borrowing or financial settings in ways that reflect their individual circumstances.

Wellbeing

Contribution towards stronger day-to-day finances, greater financial resilience or progress towards meaningful personal financial goals.

Next Steps to Enter The FinTech Awards

To enter this FinTech Awards category, or any other category in The FinTech Awards, please follow these three simple steps:

  • Download the entry form. Open up the ‘FinTech Awards Simple Form’ document.

  • Complete your form. You only need to complete the form once, even if entering multiple FinTech Awards categories.

  • Submit your entry. Head to the ‘Submit Now’ section on our website, select ‘The FinTech Awards’ and the category/categories you are entering from the list, upload your form and any other materials you would like the judges to review, and process your fees.

The FinTech Awards is a program from The Cloud Awards. Since 2011, we’ve been helping organizations across the globe gain the recognition they deserve for market-leading innovation in the cloud computing and software sectors.

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