AFTAs 2021: All the winners and why they won

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