2026 Awards
Congratulations to all our finalists.
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Fintech Company of the Year
Winner: IE Hub
Finalists
- Capital on Tap
- Driverly
- Hawkstone Motor Finance
- IE Hub
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Fintech Start-up of the Year
Winner: Valart Ltd
Finalists
- Valart Ltd
- Menna Ltd
- IE Hub
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Fintech Scale-up of the Year
Winner: de Novo Solutions
Finalists
- de Novo Solutions
- Hawkstone Motor Finance
- Final Rentals
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Fintech Team of the Year
Winner: Capital on Tap – Customer Insights Team
Highly Commended: Driverly
Finalists
- ProveIt
- Capital on Tap – The Production Operations
- Capital on Tap – Customer Insights Team
- Hawkstone Motor Finance
- Driverly
- Final Rentals
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Fintech Leader of the Year
Winner: Ammar Akhtar - Final Rentals
Highly Commended: Sally Tuhami - Confused.com
Finalists
- Sameer Rahman – Datamonet Ltd
- Armin Kia – Driverly
- Oliver Lewis – Hawkstone Motor Finance
- Sally Tuhami – Confused.com
- Ammar Akhtar – Final Rentals
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Fintech New Product of the Year
Winner: Small Print Compare
Finalists
- Nataim UK Ltd
- Small Print Compare
- Cavefish
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Best Use of AI in Fintech of the Year
Winner: Menna Ltd
Highly Commended: Bipsync
Finalists
- Bipsync
- ProveIt
- InnovAltive. Solutions
- Driverly
- Menna Ltd
- EA Global AI Limited
- Cavefish
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Cyber Security Team of the Year
Winner: Socura
Finalists
- Hodge Bank
- Socura
- Admiral Insurance
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Fintech Advisory Firm of the Year
Winner: HCR Law
Finalists
- Littlechild & Haley
- HCR Law
- Capital Law
- Cadre
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Fintech For Good of the Year
Winner: Proveit
Finalists
- Datamonet Ltd
- Proveit
- Driverly
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Fintech Best Place to Work of the Year
Winner: Capital on Tap
Highly Commended: Bipsync
Finalists
- Bipsync
- Capital on Tap
- Hawkstone Motor Finance
- Admiral – Data & Analytics Teams – Cardiff
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Rising Fintech Star of the Year
Winner: Ricky Gamble – Final Rentals
Finalists
- Elliot Rilet-Walsh – Valart Ltd
- Dominic Bonaker – Trace
- Luke Wootton – Hawkstone Motor Finance
- Calum Robinson – Hawkstone Motor Finance
- Josh Flower – Hawkstone Motor Finance
- Ricky Gamble – Final Rentals
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Apprentice of the Year
Winner: Marina Parry-Jones – de Novo Solutions
Highly Commended: Zoe Davies – Iris Care Group
Finalists
- Marina Parry-Jones – de Novo Solutions
- Zara Baig – de Novo Solutions
- Stuart Watkins – Seraph Property Management
- Zoe Davies – Iris Care Group
- Maddy Groves – Green & Co
- Gintare Jodkeviciute – Legal and General
- Lisa Isgrove – Office for National Statistics
- Olivia Ampleford – Aneurin Bevan University Health Board
- Ruby Tomlin – British Boxing Board of Control
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Best Academic Programme of the Year Supporting Fintech / FS Companies
Winner: Data Skills for All – Data & AI Academy
Highly Commended: Hartree Centre Cardiff Hub
Finalists
- ACT Training
- Hartree Centre Cardiff Hub
- Cardiff University – MSc Financial Technology programme
- Data Skills for All – Data & AI Academy
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