Datos Impact Awards Winners

2025 Impact Award Recipients

Fraud Innovation Awards

Best Authentication Innovation

  • Winner: Entersekt
  • Runner-up: Transmit Security

Best First-Party Fraud Innovation

  • Winner: Socure
  • Runner-up: Experian

Best Transaction Fraud Monitoring and Decisioning Innovation

  • Winner: DataVisor
  • Runner-up: Featurespace

Best Digital Identity Verification Innovation

  • Winner: Socure
  • Runner-up: Mitek Systems

Best Scam/APP Fraud Prevention Innovation

  • Winner: BioCatch
  • Runner-up: FICO/Jersey Telecom

AML Innovation Awards

Best Know Your Customer/Business (KYC/KYB) Innovation

  • Winners (Tie): Alloy and CleverChain

Best AML Transaction Monitoring Innovation

  • Winner: DataVisor
  • Runners-up (Tie): Lucinity and Hawk

Best Sanction/Watchlist Screening Innovation

  • Winner: Fincom
  • Runners-up (Tie): FinScan (Innovation Systems) and Workfusion

Best Financial Crime Investigation and Reporting Innovation

  • Winner: Fivecast
  • Runner-up: Moody’s

Best Joint AML and Fraud Transaction Monitoring Innovation

  • Winner: Oscilar
  • Runner-up: Feedzai/Jack Henry

FI Innovation Awards

Best Fraud or AML Innovation by a Financial Institution

  • Winner: Garanti BBVA
  • Runner-up: PNC Bank

Core Systems Innovation

  • Life (Tie): Athene, Sammons Financial Group
  • Large P&C (Tie): Crum & Forster, Erie Insurance Group
  • Midsize P&C: Skyward Specialty Insurance

Data & Analytics Innovation

  • Large P&C: Donegal Insurance Group
  • Midsize P&C (Tie): LIO Insurance, Velocity Risk

Digital Transformation Innovation

  • Life: Everly Life Insurance Company & Zinnia
  • Large P&C: Arch Insurance North America
  • Midsize P&C: Mosaic Insurance

IT Practice Innovation

  • Life: National Life Group
  • Large P&C: The Doctors Company (TDC)
  • Midsize P&C: LIO Insurance

Best AI-enabled Capability for Enterprise-class Digital Identity Solution

  • Winner: AuthenticID
  • Runners-up (Tie): LexisNexis Risk Solutions, Radiant Logic

Best AI-enabled Capability for Board-level Cyber GRC Solution

  • Winner: Diligent
  • Runner-up: Kovrr

Best Innovation for AI-Related API Vulnerability Detection & Recovery

  • Winner: Wallarm
  • Runner-up: Akamai

Best Enterprise Ransomware Defense & Recovery Solution

  • Winner: Veeam
  • Runner-up: Cy4Data Labs

Best AI-Powered Data Protection Solution

  • Winner: Symmetry Systems
  • Runner-up: Veeam

Financial Institution Winners

Best Innovation in Artificial Intelligence and/or Advanced Analytics

  • Gold: Bank of America

Best Innovation in Customer Experience

  • Gold: Citizens Bank
  • Silver: BMO

Best Innovation in Digital Channel Capabilities

  • Gold: Synovus
  • Silver: Intesa Sanpaolo

Best Innovation in Operational Efficiency

  • Gold: Royal Bank of Canada (RBC)
  • Silver: PNC Bank

Best Innovation in Product Development

  • Gold: Regions Bank
  • Silver: Comerica Bank

Solution Provider Winners

Best Innovation in Artificial Intelligence and/or Advanced Analytics

  • Gold: nCino
  • Silver: Monit

Best Innovation in Customer Experience

  • Gold: Finzly
  • Silver: LSEG Risk Intelligence

Best Innovation in Operational Efficiency

  • Gold: Intellect Design
  • Silver: Identifee

Best Innovation in Product Development

  • Gold: Backbase
  • Silver: LiquidTrust

Best Innovation in Technology and Integration

  • Gold: Nacha
  • Silver: Boost Payment Solutions

Winners will be announced on Friday, October 17, 2025.

2024 Impact Award Recipients

Fraud Innovation Awards

Best Authentication Innovation

  • Winner: TransUnion
  • Runner-up: Prove Identity

Best Transaction Fraud Monitoring and Decisioning Innovation

  • Winner: Mitek Systems
  • Runner-up: DataVisor

Best Digital Identity Verification Innovation

  • Winner: Socure
  • Runner-up: LexisNexis Risk Solutions

Best Scam/Authorized Push Payment Fraud Prevention Innovation

  • Winner: Feedzai
  • Runner-up: FICO/Jersey Telecom

AML Innovation Awards

Best Know Your Customer/Business (KYC/KYB) Innovation

  • Winner: WorkFusion
  • Runner-up: Experian

Best AML Transaction Monitoring Innovation

  • Winner: NICE Actimize
  • Runner-up: Eastnets

Best Sanction/Watchlist Screening Innovation

  • Winner: FinScan (Innovative Systems)
  • Runner-up: Socure

Best Financial Crime Investigation and Reporting Innovation

  • Winner: SymphonyAI
  • Runner-up: BioCatch

Best Joint AML and Fraud Transaction Monitoring Innovation

  • Winner: DataVisor
  • Runner-up: Fraud.net

FI Innovation Awards

Best Fraud or AML Innovation by a Financial Institution

  • Winner: Monzo

Best Core Systems Innovations

  • F&G
  • Falcon Risk Services
  • Westfield Specialty

Best Data & Analytics Innovations

  • QBE Insurance
  • Coterie Insurance

Best Digital Transformation Innovations

  • Jackson National
  • Amerisure
  • Mosaic Insurance

Best IT Practice Innovations

  • American Family

Best Innovation in Artificial Intelligence and/or Advanced Analytics

  • Winner: Bank of America
  • Runner-up: BMO

Best Innovation in Customer Experience

  • Winner: Citizens Financial
  • Runner-up: U.S. Bank

Best Innovation in Digital Channel Capabilities

  • Winner: PNC Bank
  • Runner-up: Wells Fargo

Best Innovation in Operational Efficiency

  • Winner: Valley National Bank
  • Runner-up: United Bankers’ Bank

Best Innovation in Product Development

  • Winner: Synovus Bank
  • Runner-up: TD Bank
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Best Innovation in Client Engagement, Client Experience

  • Fiduciary Trust International

Best Innovation in Client Engagement, Prospecting Technology

  • Merrill Wealth Management

Best Innovation in Advisory Enablement

  • Morgan Stanley

Best Innovation in Technology Transformation

  • Stonehage Fleming

Best Wealthtech Startup

  • Jump

Best Innovation in Artificial Intelligence, Customer Engagement

  • LPL Financial

Best Innovation in Artificial Intelligence, Data Management

  • Money Concepts
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2023 Award Winners

Best Artificial Intelligence and Advanced Analytics: Bank of Montreal (BMO)

Best Customer Experience: Citizens Financial Group

Best Digital Channel Capabilities: Synovus Bank

Best Operational Efficiency: Webster Bank

Best Product Development: Comerica Bank

Best Advisor Enablement: Bank of America Merrill Lynch

Best Artificial Intelligence: Bernstein Private Wealth

Best Client Engagement: JPMorgan Chase

Best Product Innovation: The Bancorp

Best Technology Transformation: BNY Mellon Pershing X

WealthTech Startup: Cognicor

Fraud Innovation

Best Authentication: Capital One

Best Innovation by a Financial Institution: NatWest Featurespace

Best Digital Identity Verification: Incognia 

Best Transaction Fraud Monitoring and Decisioning: DataVisor 

AML Innovation

Best AML Transaction Monitoring Innovation: Elliptic 

Best Know Your Customer/Business (KYC/KYB) Innovation: Socure 

Best Financial Crime investigation and Reporting Innovation: Lucinity 

Best Sanction/Watchlist Screening Innovation: LexisNexis Risk Solutions

Core Systems

Life/Annuity/Benefits Winner: AAA Life Insurance Company, for automating legacy policy migration

Large Property/Casualty Winner: West Bend Mutual Insurance Company, for modernized new business submission and underwriting

Midsize Property/Casualty Winner: Skyward Specialty Insurance Group, Inc., for an internally-developed underwriting workbench

Data and Analytics

Life/Annuity/Benefits Winner: Lincoln Financial Group, for a data 360 solution enabling customer view across business lines

Large Property/Casualty Winner: CNA, for AI-enabled new business intake automation

Midsize Property/Casualty Winner: Mosaic Insurance, for an AI-enabled portal for instant quote and bind

Digital

Life/Annuity/Benefits Winner: Lincoln Heritage Life, for a multi-channel e-app developed on a low-code/no-code platform

Large Property/Casualty Winner: Erie Insurance, for a new online quote path with improved agent support

Midsize Property/Casualty Winner: Starfish Specialty, for an embedded insurance platform to provide just-in-time coverage during loan close processes

IT Practice

Life/Annuity/Benefits Winner: National Life Group, for enterprise data obfuscation for test environments

Large Property/Casualty Winner: AF Group (Ameritrust), for an enterprise cloud-first framework and cloud migration

Midsize Property/Casualty Winner: Celina Insurance Group, for an all-enterprise customer experience practice

2022 Award Winners

Best AI and Advanced Analytics: CWB

Best Customer Experience: PNC Bank 

Best Digital Channels: Intesa Sanpaolo

Best Operational Efficiency: U.S. Bank

Best Product Development: Bank of America

Best Enterprise Machine Learning SolutionField Effect

Best Converged Cybersecurity/Fraud Solution—Converged Data IntelligenceDuality Technologies

Best Enterprise Security Solution for Employee and Nth-Party AccessRadiant Logic

Best Customer Experience: GoCart

Best Product Design: PayQuicker

Best Value-Added Services: Netcetera

Best Market Adoption: Branch

Digital Client Engagement 

  • Advisor Focused: Atria Wealth Solutions 
  • Client Focused: BNP Paribas Wealth Management 
  • Onboarding: Bank of America Merrill Lynch 

Digital Initiative of the Year  

  • North America: RBC Wealth Management U.S. 
  • Europe: Formue 

Sustainable Investing Impact Reporting  

  • North America: Morgan Stanley 
  • Europe: Aviva plc 

Digital Startup of the Year 

  • Investment Management: ALLINDEX 
  • Advice: Bento Engine Inc. 

Financial Wellness: Goldman Sachs 

Sales Enablement/Prospecting: Caixabank 

Digital Asset Provider: SEBA Bank 

 Fraud Innovation 

Best Authentication Innovation: Pindrop

Best Orchestration Innovation: Citi

Best Digital Identity Verification Innovation: Bottomline

Best Transaction Fraud Monitoring and Decisioning Innovation: Feedzai and Lloyds Banking Group 

AML Innovation

Best AML Transaction Monitoring Innovation: Napier

Best Know Your Customer/Business Innovation: Encompass Corporation

Best Financial Crime Investigation and Reporting Innovation: Quantifind

Best Sanctions/Watchlist Screening Innovation: LexisNexis® Risk Solutions

Core Systems

Life/Annuity/Benefits Winner: Ohio National, for their Core Systems Transformation

Large Property/Casualty Winner: Encova Insurance, for their Personal Lines Core Systems Transformation

Midsize Property/Casualty Winner: Tokio Marine Highland, for their Cloud-Based Flood Underwriting Engine

Data and Analytics

Life/Annuity/Benefits Winner: Penn Mutual, for their Accelerated Life Insurance Underwriting

Large Property/Casualty Winner: EMC Insurance Companies, for their Enterprise Data Modernization

Midsize Property/Casualty Winner: Mosaic Insurance, for their Real-Time Underwriting Analytics Portal

Digital

Life/Annuity/Benefits Winner: Sun Life, for their Wellness App for Digital Client Engagement

Large Property/Casualty Winner: Everest Re, for their Real-Time Pricing Analytics

Midsize Property/Casualty Winner: Pie Insurance, for their Small Commercial Agent Portal

IT Practice

Life/Annuity/Benefits Winner: Knights of Columbus, for their RPA Center of Excellence

Large Property/Casualty Winner: Acrisure, for their Partner Entity Integration Framework

Midsize Property/Casualty Winner: Amerisure, for their Time-to-Market Delivery