Last year’s FinovateFall conference brought together attendees, fintechs, and bank representatives from across the world.
On the second day of the event, 63 companies took the stage to showcase their newest solutions. Of that group, six fintechs brought home Best of Show honors for the work they showcased on stage.
With FinovateFall coming up September 9 through 11, we wanted to look at how last year’s Best of Show winners have grown and influenced their markets. Here’s a look at what Casap, Eko, Krida, LemonadeLXP, LendAPI, and Vertice AI have been up to since taking home Best of Show.
What won Best of Show: Casap impressed the audience with its AI-powered platform that helps financial institutions automate disputes, reduce fraud losses, accelerate resolution times, and strengthen customer relationships.
Where they are now: Since winning Best of Show, Casap has continued expanding its dispute automation platform, reporting customer results including 97% chargeback win rates, 51% fewer fraud losses, and 40% lower call volumes. Earlier this year, the company also participated in Filene’s FiLab program, where credit unions evaluated how Casap’s AI can reduce manual workloads and improve member experiences during fraud disputes.
Eko
What won Best of Show: Eko demonstrated how embedded investing can help financial institutions increase digital banking engagement, grow deposits, and improve customer retention.
Where they are now: Since FinovateFall, Eko has continued expanding its embedded investing platform with additional financial institution deployments, including Brooklyn Cooperative Federal Credit Union. The company remains focused on helping banks and credit unions integrate investing directly into digital banking rather than sending customers to third-party brokerage platforms.
Krida
What won Best of Show: Krida showcased technology that shortens lending cycle times, reduces manual work, and minimizes borrower drop-off, helping banks originate loans faster while improving customer relationships.
Where they are now: While Krida has kept a relatively low public profile since its Best of Show win, the company continues developing its lending automation platform aimed at streamlining loan origination and underwriting for community financial institutions.
LemonadeLXP
What won Best of Show: LemonadeLXP earned Best of Show for InsightAI, its platform that helps financial institutions improve employee education, customer knowledge, and operational efficiency through AI-powered learning.
Where they are now: Over the past year, LemonadeLXP has continued investing heavily in AI-powered employee enablement while expanding its leadership team. In November, the company launched AI Conversations, an AI-powered voice conversation training tool that helps make employees more confident. LemonadeLXP was also selected to demo at FinovateFall 2026 in New York.
LendAPI
What won Best of Show: LendAPI demonstrated a collaborative platform that enables technology, risk, and compliance teams to build lending products together on a shared infrastructure.
Where they are now: LendAPI has continued expanding its embedded finance platform, positioning itself for the emerging era of agentic AI in lending. The company started the year by surpassing 100 million credit applications processed on its platform, and has since strengthened its leadership team with new appointments, launched instant commercial DDA onboarding for credit unions, and joined an accelerator program.
Vertice AI
What won Best of Show: Vertice AI showcased its AI-powered customer growth platform, which translates customer data into personalized product recommendations and marketing campaigns for community financial institutions.
Where they are now: Since winning Best of Show, Vertice AI has grown its customer base to more than 80 clients, formed a strategic partnership with Ceto, teamed up with Member Driven Technologies (MDT), and launched a new CUSO called CUltivate. Additionally, the company’s Vertice COMPOSE solution was selected for Filene’s FiLabs 2026 Testing for its acceleration of compliant, personalized CU marketing at scale. Best of all, Vertice AI was selected to demo at FinovateFall in New York this September.
If you’d like to see the next generation of fintech innovators before everyone else does, join us in New York September 9 through 11 for FinovateFall 2026. There’s still time to get exclusive hotel discounts if you book your room before August 17.
