AFTAs 2021: All the winners and why they won
Here are the 26 category winners from this year's virtual American Financial Technology Awards. This year's multi-category winners were JP Morgan, Morgan Stanley, Charles Schwab and Northern Trust.
Below are the 26 category winners from this year’s American Financial Technology Awards. Four end-user firms―JP Morgan, Morgan Stanley, Charles Schwab and Northern Trust―won multiple categories, while the two best IT team categories were won by Siepe (vendor) and JP Morgan Wealth Management (end-user). Click on this link to view last year’s AFTAs winners.
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Vendor Categories
- Best Third-Party Technology Vendor IT Team – Siepe
- Best Artificial Intelligence (AI) Technology Initiative – Alexandria Technology
- Best New Technology Introduced over the last 12 Months (Infrastructure) – OpenFin
- Best New Technology Introduced over the Last 12 months (Trading & Risk) – CompatibL
- Best New Technology Introduced over the last 12 Months (Data & Data Services) – Nasdaq
- Most Innovative Third-Party Technology Vendor (Infrastructure, Outsourcing & Development) – HPR
- Most Innovative Third-Party Technology Vendor (Trading, Risk & Compliance) – LIST
- Most Innovative Third-Party Technology Vendor (AI, Machine Learning & Analytics) – Moody’s Analytics
- Most Innovative Third-Party Technology Vendor (Data Management & Data Services) – YCharts
- Best Collaboration Initiative –Transcend & State Street
- Best Partnership or Alliance – Cosaic & FactSet
- Best Trading Infrastructure Provider – Anova Financial Networks
- Best Communication Infrastructure Provider – IPC Systems
- Best Agile Initiative – Numerix
End-User Categories
- Best Global Deployment – JP Morgan Asset Management
- Best Risk Management Initiative – Morgan Stanley
- Best Analytics Initiative – Charles Schwab Investment Advisory
- Best Reporting Initiative – Charles Schwab Investment Advisory
- Best Data Management Initiative – Northern Trust
- Best Cloud Initiative – Morgan Stanley
- Best Infrastructure Initiative – Bank of America
- Most Cutting-edge IT Initiative – Northern Trust
- Best IT Integration Initiative – JP Morgan Chase
- Best Compliance Initiative – JP Morgan Asset Management
- Best IT Team – JP Morgan Wealth Management
- Best New Technology Introduced over the last 12 Months (AI, Machine Learning & Analytics) – RBC Capital Markets & Borealis AI
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