The Conversation Continues: Catching Up with the Finovate Podcast

By David Penn Posted on March 12, 2026
Categories: Podcasting, Serene, Speaker series, Tweezr

Have you been keeping up with the conversations on the Finovate Podcast?

Podcast host and Finovate VP Greg Palmer has interviewed an interesting range of guests in the first few months of 2026. From Best of Show winners to venture capitalists to fintech founders, Palmer’s podcast guests provide great insights into some of the most compelling innovations and the most important trends in our industry. Below are some of the conversations Greg has hosted so far this year.

Greg Palmer interviews FinovateEurope Best of Show winner Tweezr on updating legacy systems through LLMs and AI.

EP 288: FinovateEurope Best of Show winner Tweezr

Finovate podcast host Greg Palmer talks with FinovateEurope Best of Show winner Serene on behavioral intelligence and early risk indicators.

EP 287: FinovateEurope Best of Show winner Serene

Greg Palmer and Dor Eligula, co-founder and Chief Business Officer at Bridgewise, talk about the evolution of AI in the investment space.

EP 286: Bridging the wisdom gap: AI in the investment space

In this podcast conversation Greg Palmer sits down with Matt Ober, Managing Partner at Social Leverage, for a perspective on fintech investment trends in 2026.

EP 285: A VC perspective on fintech investment trends and advice on how to stand out from the crowd

Finovate podcast host Greg Palmer interviews Joel Blake, OBE, founder and CEO of GFA Exchange on the challenge and reward of democratizing access to finance.

EP 284: From grassroots to the policy table—Joel Blake’s human-centric journey into fintech

Photo by Jacob Hodgson on Unsplash

FinovateEurope 2026 Best of Show Winners Announced!

By David Penn Posted on February 10, 2026
Categories: Best of Show, R34DY, Serene, Tweezr

London called—and our FinovateEurope 2026 demoing companies answered!

After a full day of live fintech demonstrations showcasing solutions for challenges in lending, payments, wealth management, and more, the attendees of FinovateEurope have made their decision as to which companies will receive Finovate’s highest honor: Best of Show.

As Finovate VP and Master of Ceremonies Greg Palmer noted, this year’s competition was as tough as it has ever been—which reflects well not just on the winners, but also on all the companies that demoed their latest innovations before our audience of fintech and financial services professionals from around the world. Nevertheless, as the saying goes, there can only be one (or, in this case, three)—and here they are: the winners of Best of Show for FinovateEurope 2026!

R34DY for its ABLEMENTS solution that enables rapid AI transformation, allowing banks to achieve faster delivery, lower IT costs and comprehensive differentiation via context-aware modernization.

Serene for its technology that transforms a compliance burden into sustainable growth, with insights that optimize collections, reduce arrears, empower front-line teams, and safely expand lending to underserved markets.

Tweezr for its solution that helps organizations transform and grow by accelerating TTM and increasing developer productivity for both legacy system maintenance and modernization (or even obviating modernization all together).

A hearty congratulations to our trio of Best of Show winners and a profound thanks to all of the companies that demoed their latest fintech innovations on the Finovate stage this week. It seems as if each year the competition just gets tougher, and we salute those companies—from scholarship-winning startups to veteran incumbents—whose innovations bring greater personalization, security, and value to individuals, businesses, and communities.

Next up for Finovate is our event in sunny San Diego—FinovateSpring 2026—scheduled for May 5 through 7. We hope to see you there!

Notes on methodology:

1. Only audience members NOT associated with demoing companies were eligible to vote. Finovate employees did not vote.

2. Attendees were encouraged to note their favorites during each day. At the end of the last demo, they chose their three favorites.

3. The exact written instructions given to attendees: “Please rate (the companies) on the basis of demo quality and potential impact of the innovation demoed.”

4. The three companies appearing on the highest percentage of submitted ballots were named “Best of Show.”

5. Go here for a list of previous Best of Show winners through 2014. Best of Show winners from our 2015 through 2025 conferences are below:

FinovateEurope 2015

FinovateSpring 2015

FinovateFall 2015

FinovateEurope 2016

FinovateSpring 2016

FinovateFall 2016

FinovateAsia 2016

FinovateEurope 2017

FinovateSpring 2017

FinovateFall 2017

FinovateAsia 2017

FinovateMiddleEast 2018

FinovateEurope 2018

FinovateSpring 2018

FinovateFall 2018

FinovateAsia 2018

FinovateAfrica 2018

FinovateEurope 2019

FinovateSpring 2019

FinovateFall 2019

FinovateAsia 2019

FinovateMiddleEast 2019

FinovateEurope 2020

FinovateFall 2020

FinovateWest 2020

FinovateEurope 2021

FinovateSpring 2021

FinovateFall 2021

FinovateEurope 2022

FinovateSpring 2022

FinovateFall 2022

FinovateEurope 2023

FinovateSpring 2023

FinovateFall 2023

FinovateEurope 2024

FinovateSpring 2024

FinovateFall 2024

FinovateEurope 2025

FinovateSpring 2025

FinovateFall 2025

FinovateEurope 2026 Sneak Peek Series: Part 3

By Madeline Clines Posted on January 22, 2026
Categories: FinovateEurope 2026, FinovateEurope 2026 Sneak Peek, Intuitech, Outsampler, Serene, Skill Studio AI

A look at the companies demoing at FinovateEurope in London on February 10. Register today using this link and save 20%.

Intuitech

Intuitech solves the financial industry’s reliance on slow, manual, and risk-prone workflows that inhibit scalability and create inefficiencies and high operational costs.

Features

Achieves 5x faster time-to-cash
Drives 15%+ additional credit growth
Automates over 95% of workflows

Who’s it for?

Banks, insurance companies, and financial entities with high document processing.

Outsampler

Outsampler lets finance professionals answer complex quantitative questions by talking to their data and models, with guaranteed numerical accuracy, full auditability, and on-premise privacy.

Features

Unlocks insights from previously untapped numerical data
Cuts manual data analysis time by ~50%
Delivers 100% numerically accurate results with full traceability

Who’s it for?

Investment analysts, investment researchers, asset managers, risk managers, and portfolio managers.

Serene

Serene’s AI orchestration layer, MySerene, turns behavioral risk insight into real-time, context-aware guidance for frontline teams supporting vulnerable customers.

Features

Provides a real-time snapshot view of risk indicators and vulnerability signals
Generates context-aware conversational guidance for better engagement
Delivers auditable, explainable, consumer duty–aligned support

Who’s it for?

Financial institutions, including retail and challenger banks, credit-card issuers, alternative lenders, and credit unions; secondary markets, including insurance, utilities, and telecoms providers.

Skill Studio AI

Skill Studio AI automates compliance training updates by turning documents into engaging, AI-training instantly, reducing costs and keeping content up to date.

Features

PDF-to-Course Wizard drastically reduces time-to-launch from weeks to hours
AI-Course Tutor creates courses based on company context
Interactive Avatar creates engaging learner experiences

Who’s it for?

Small-to-medium-sized financial institutions: Banks, insurance companies, and financial consulting firms.