2025 IMPACT AWARDS

Commercial Banking & Payments

The winners of Datos Insights’ Impact Awards in Commercial Banking & Payments are pioneering breakthrough solutions that transform how businesses manage their financial operations and transactions. These innovations are setting new standards of excellence in payment processing, cash management, treasury operations, and digital banking experiences for commercial clients.

Submissions are closed for the 2025 Datos Impact Awards in Commercial Banking & Payments

Commercial Banking & Payments Impact Awards Details

Submissions must fall into one of two main categories: Financial Institutions or Solution Providers (including fintech vendors, core providers, payment processors, etc.)

Each category contains five sub-categories against which submissions will be judged and awarded. Solution providers may partner with a financial institution and submit a nomination under the Financial Institution category.

Financial Institutions

  • Best Innovation in Artificial Intelligence and/or Advanced Analytics
  • Best Innovation in Customer Experience
  • Best Innovation in Digital Channel Capabilities
  • Best Innovation in Operational Efficiency
  • Best Innovation in Product Development

Solution Providers

  • Best Innovation in Artificial Intelligence and/or Advanced Analytics
  • Best Innovation in Customer Experience
  • Best Innovation in Operational Efficiency
  • Best Innovation in Product Development
  • Best Innovation in Technology and Integration

See below for additional information to the specific Commercial Banking & Payments categories.

Submit Entry
"The Datos Insights Impact Awards celebrate the innovations that are truly transforming commercial banking and payments. We recognize financial institutions and innovative fintech vendors implementing breakthrough solutions in AI, customer experience, product development, and more —setting new standards of excellence while delivering measurable value to the financial operations of businesses large and small."
Erika Baumann
Practice Director, Commercial Banking & Payments, Datos Insights

Requirements for Participation & Additional Information

  • Any vendor, financial institution, or fintech firm may submit a nomination.
  • There are no restrictions on the size or location of nominated firms.
  • Nominated innovations must be in production and must have been developed and implemented within the last two years (i.e., after January 1, 2023).
  • All nominees must permit Datos Insights to publicly announce and describe their innovation should they win. [Note: Datos Insights may request a follow-up briefing to develop appropriate communications and reporting.]
  • Datos Insights requires all nominations to be as detailed and descriptive as possible to ensure a complete understanding of the nominated innovation and support fair and objective evaluation. The nomination form has no character limits for any response.
  • Evaluation criteria include level of innovation, competitive advantage, market needs/drivers, impact and value, and future roadmap.
  • Datos Insights understands that certain information may not be suitable for public release. Such information can be clearly marked in the submission and will be used only by judges in their assessment. Please note that omitting such information may result in lower scores.

ENTRY SUBMISSIONS MUST BE RECEIVED BY JULY 18, 2025.

Commercial Banking & Payments Categories

Financial Institution Categories

  1. Artificial Intelligence and/or Advanced Analytics: Initiatives leading to improvements in information dissemination and business intelligence for the bank or its customers.
  2. Customer Experience: Initiatives leading to improvements in ways customers interact with financial institutions and their services, including improvements to look and feel, ease of use, and/or site navigation.
  3. Digital Channel Capabilities: Initiatives that better leverage various digital channels to meet customer needs and that focus on new capabilities within the online and mobile channels.
  4. Operational Efficiency: Initiatives leading to improvements in operational processes, often through automation and enhanced workflow.
  5. Product Development: Initiatives leading to development of new products or services that can help financial institutions capture greenfield opportunities.

Solution Provider Categories

  1. Artificial Intelligence and/or Advanced Analytics: Initiatives leading to improvements in information dissemination and business intelligence for the bank or its customers.
  2. Customer Experience: Initiatives leading to improvements in ways customers interact with financial institutions and their services, including improvements to look and feel, ease of use, and/or site navigation.
  3. Product Development: Initiatives leading to development of new products or services that can help financial institutions capture greenfield opportunities.
  4. Operational Efficiency: Initiatives leading to improvements in operational processes, often through automation and enhanced workflow.
  5. Technology and Integration: Initiatives that enhance core banking infrastructure, improve system interoperability, or create seamless connections between platforms to strengthen digital capabilities and service delivery.

For questions about the awards, please contact [email protected].

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