This year we have asked market participants to select who they believe to be the leaders in the payments and paytech industries, and votes flooded in across the board.
Payments has become a fast moving vehicle, driven by regulation, market forces and technological advances. New players are emerging while incumbents look to reinvent themselves in this evolving ecosystem. As such, the bobsguide 2019 Payments Rankings - voted for by each firm's clients and end users - represents a diverse list of old and new innovative players.
Best credit card provider
1 MasterCard
2 American Express
3 MBNA
Best mobile app
1 Natwest
2 Revolut
3 Santander
Best in-app money management
1 Natwest
2 Starling
3 HSBC
Best account management solution
1 CLIREC
2 FreeAgent
3 Xero
Best liquidity management solution
1 Kyriba
2 Centtrip
3 GTreasury
Best cross-border transaction solution
1 BlueSnap
2 Fineco
3 Flywire
Best remittance solution
1 SAP
2 Western Union
3 Unionpay
Best cash transfer solution
1 Fineco
2 Metro Bank
3 Kyriba
Best corporate treasury solution
1 Kyriba
2 Accuity
3 FIS
Best POS solution
1 Square
2 Ingenico
3 AEVI
Best wholesale payments solution
1 Bankingblocks
2 Flywire
3 Form3
Best ecommerce solution
1 Worldpay
2 FreedomPay
3 BlueSnap
Best digitial innovation
1 Form3
2 Accesspay
3 AEVI
Best crypto payment solution
1 Coinbase
2 Ripple
3 Baanx
Best use of machine learning in payments
1 Kount
2 Juvo
3 Flywire
Best use of artificial intelligence in payments
1 Accesspay
2 Intellect Design
3 Juvo
Best use of DLT in payments
1 Circle
2 Ripple
3 Veem
Best foreign exchange services
1 Currencies Direct
2 World First
3 Currencyfair
Best B2B payments programme
1 BlueSnap
2 Tipalti
3 Flywire
Best banking innovation
1 Monzo
2 Bankingblocks
3 Starling Bank
Best use of data
1 FreedomPay
2 Juvo
3 Accesspay
Best PSP
1 PayPal
2 Worldpay
3 Sage Pay
Best start-up
1 Reflow
2 Bankingblocks
3 Enfuce
Best e-wallet
1 Apple Wallet
2 Venmo
3 eWallet (Ilium Software)
Best Open Banking innovation
1 Yolt
2 Klarna
3 Bankingblocks
Best customer loyalty scheme
1 Bink
2 LoyalBe
3 Yoyo Wallet
Best supply chain financing solution
1 Kyriba
2 Taulia
3 Demica
Best IBAN management solution
1 Onpex
2 BankingCircle
3 StreamMind
Best real-time solutions
1 Oracle Banking Payments
2 ACI
3 Temenos
Best ERP solution
1 Microsoft
2 SAP
3 Oracle
Best cloud application
1 Microsoft Azure
2 AWS
3 Adobe
Best API management
1 Microsoft Azure
2 MuleSoft
3 True Layer
Best interbank settlements solution
1 Exela
2 StreamMind
3 Fujitsu
Best accounting system
1 Sage
2 NetSuite
3 Zoho
Best anti-fraud solution
1 Featurespace
2 Kount
3 Emailage
Best security innovation
1 CA Technologies
2 HooYu
3 iProov
Best gateway
1 First Data
2 Valitor
3 Accesspay
Best invoicing solution
1 Sage
2 Zoho
3 NetSuite
Best authentication solution
1 Emailage
2 OneSpan
3 iProov
Best biometric solution
1 HooYu
2 iProov
3 Nuggets
Best tokenisation solution
1 Gemalto
2 Amber Road
3 Identitii
Best prepaid solution
1 FIS
2 Centtrip
3 PPS
Source: https://www.bobsguide.com