We are pleased to share the results of the 2026 Fintech Awards, celebrating businesses and leaders contributing to the development of financial technology across retirement infrastructure, regulatory reporting, payment services, and specialist fintech advisory support.
At Altaris Business Awards, we look for businesses whose achievements show clarity of purpose, credible execution, and meaningful relevance to their sector. This year’s winners and finalists reflect a fintech landscape that is increasingly focused on infrastructure, trust, compliance, and practical problem-solving.
From new approaches to retirement income and financial regulation to payment service growth and high-stakes advisory work, the 2026 Fintech Awards recognise organisations helping to move the sector forward in considered and commercially relevant ways.
2026 Fintech Award Winners
Regulatory reporting remains one of the most demanding areas of global financial services, and REGnosys earns Fintech Business of the Year for its work in making compliance more consistent, collaborative, and machine-executable. Its Rosetta platform supports firms in interpreting complex reporting rules through a shared approach, helping reduce duplication, operational risk, and inefficiency. With adoption across major financial institutions and a clear role in Digital Regulatory Reporting development, REGnosys demonstrates how fintech can address deep infrastructure challenges with both technical capability and industry-wide relevance.
Retirement finance is often treated as a later-life service issue rather than a core fintech infrastructure challenge, which is why Freedom receives Fintech Leader of the Year. Its Retirement-as-a-Service model is designed to keep members connected to their pension providers at the point where many assets traditionally move out of the pension ecosystem. By combining regulated decumulation infrastructure, banking-style access, open banking connectivity, and Visa integration, Freedom is addressing a significant gap between saving for retirement and spending in retirement.
Specialist support can be decisive for fintech businesses facing expansion, restructuring, regulatory change, or other critical turning points, and DNYC Ltd is recognised with the Fintech Innovation Award for its focused advisory model. Rather than offering broad consultancy, the firm works around high-pressure scenarios such as post-merger integration, strategic repositioning, restructuring, and cross-border growth. Its strength lies in combining regulatory and financial expertise with practical execution, giving fintech founders, investors, and executives support when decisions carry significant commercial consequence.
Growth in fintech is often strongest when technology solves a practical customer problem, and IPS Group, UK receives the Business Growth Award for its progress across parking payment infrastructure. Since entering the UK market, the business has delivered more than 200 Pay & Display projects and over 4,500 terminals across the UK and Ireland, supporting more than 100 local authorities. Its position as both a parking terminal manufacturer and fully accredited Payment Services Provider gives customers a single point of contact for terminal technology and card payment processing, supporting clearer service delivery and long-term confidence.
2026 Fintech Award Finalists
- Freedom – Fintech Innovation Award
- FXCM – Fintech Business of the Year
- myPOS Partners Ltd – Business Growth Award
A Broader View of Fintech Progress
The achievements recognised in the 2026 Fintech Awards show how varied the sector has become. Fintech is no longer defined only by consumer-facing apps or faster transactions; it now includes the deeper systems that support retirement income, regulatory compliance, payments infrastructure, data standards, and strategic business resilience.
Many of this year’s recognised businesses are working in areas where trust matters as much as technology. Their work involves regulated environments, institutional relationships, public sector customers, and high-stakes commercial decisions. That makes clarity, reliability, and accountability essential parts of meaningful fintech progress.
The sector continues to evolve in response to changing customer expectations, increasing regulatory complexity, and the need for better-connected financial systems. Across the awards, we are celebrating businesses that are responding to these challenges with focused solutions and strong execution.
From all of us at Altaris Business Awards, congratulations to the winners and finalists of the Fintech Awards. Your achievements reflect the practical intelligence and disciplined innovation helping financial technology continue to mature.
