Awards & Recognitions

Finastra has won the Best-in-Class Core Banking Platform | Retail / Universal Banks award, for our partnership with ZB Financial Holdings at the IBSi Global FinTech Innovation Awards 2025.

This recognition reflects our commitment to driving innovation and enabling customer success within the financial technology industry.

Finastra Payments (Global PAYplus and Payments To Go) has been recognized as the Winner of the “Payment Technology Provider of the Year (Large Enterprise)” award at the Payments Awards 2025, honoring outstanding innovation and excellence in payments technology. This achievement reflects our unwavering commitment to delivering secure, reliable, and modern solutions for the payments industry.

Finastra Essence has been recognized as a Leader for the 2nd consecutive year in the Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Retail Core Banking Systems, Europe. This recognition reflects the strength of our next-generation core platform that uniquely combines rich, broad and deep banking functionality with advanced technology.

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We’re thrilled that Ali Khan, Chief Data Officer (CDO) at Finastra, has been named one of Hot Topics’ Top CDOs in the prestigious 2025 CDO 100 Awards. This honor recognizes Ali’s exceptional leadership in data strategy and analytics, celebrating his ability to harness the power of data to drive innovation across Finastra’s global banking and financial services solutions.

Ali’s recognition as a Top CDO highlights his dedication to fostering a culture of data excellence at Finastra. Through cross-functional collaboration, his leadership transforms complex data challenges into strategic opportunities, driving smarter decision-making, delivering more personalized client experiences, and laying a strong foundation for future growth.

Finastra has been selected as the Financial Software Provider of the Year – Global at the Pan Finance Awards (2025), for showcasing significant global integration, impact and innovation.

Finastra Essence has been selected as a Best Use of Tech in Consumer Lending finalist in the Project Awards category of the Banking Tech Awards (2025), for our partnership with the Saudi Agricultural Development Fund, and commitment to innovation and collaboration within the financial technology industry.

Finastra Essence has been selected as a Best Core Banking System finalist in the Excellence in Tech Awards category of the Banking Tech Awards (2025), for its sophisticated functionality and advanced technology.