FinovateSpring 2026 Best of Show Winners Announced!

Congratulations to the winners of FinovateSpring 2026’s Best of Show awards!

From solutions that help banks, credit unions, and other financial institutions deliver new, innovative products and services to their customers and members to novel uses of enabling technologies like AI and stablecoins, the companies that won Best of Show at this year’s FinovateSpring reflect many of the most important trends in fintech and financial services today.

This week marks the second time that we’ve brought our annual spring fintech conference to sunny San Diego. And given the success we’ve had, we’re looking forward to bringing the show back to the city affectionately known by some as “Silicon Beach” next year. We want to thank our demoing companies, our sponsors and partners, our outstanding AV team, our staff of conference day assistants, and—of course—our wonderful attendees for their enthusiasm and support.

Next stop? FinovateFall 2026 in Times Square, New York. And tickets are already on sale!

Clockout for its solution that drives member and customer growth, increases direct deposits by 10-25%, generates $16-$50 monthly per-user revenue, and creates competitive differentiation through embedded financial wellness.

Cobalt for its technology that automatically maps real system dependencies across complex banking environments, enabling agentic AI, real-time visibility, safer changes, reduced risk, and confident operations.

Crebit Pay for its stablecoin-powered FX platform enabling low-cost, near-instant global payments for students, while helping credit unions onboard and serve international members.

Finalytics.ai for its technology that enables financial institutions to instantly unleash the power of AI by offering segment-of-one digital experiences for visitors informed by behavioral, transactional, and third-party data.

Zengines for its solution that modernizes off mainframes without losing critical logic, satisfying auditors faster, and making legacy systems searchable so transformation and compliance don’t stall.

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.”

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 five 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 2026 conferences are below: