AFTAs 2025: All the winners and why they won

Below are the winners in the 31 categories making up the 2025 American Financial Technology Awards. This year, there were a number of multiple-category winners, all coming from the end-user section, including RBC Capital Markets, Bank of America and BNY, while TCW Group won the best IT team category for the third year running.  

End-user section 

• Best AI/machine learning initiative (buy side) – Blackstone
• Best AI/machine learning initiative (sell side) – Bank of America
• Best analytics initiative – BNY
• Best cloud initiative – RBC Capital Markets
• Best compliance initiative – Northern Trust
• Best data management initiative – BNY
• Best infrastructure initiative – Bank of America Merrill
• Best IT team – TCW Group
• Best mobile strategy initiative – RBC Capital Markets
• Best risk management initiative – Bank of America
• Most cutting-edge IT initiative – J.P. Morgan

Vendor section

• Best AI technology provider – CompatibL
• Best collaboration/alliance initiative – Nasdaq
• Best communication infrastructure initiative – Symphony
• Best data analytics provider – Pico
• Best data management provider – NeoXam
• Best data provider – Allvue Systems
• Best market risk provider – Scila
• Best new technology introduced over the last 12 months (AI and machine learning) – PostSig
• Best new technology introduced over the last 12 months (analytics) – BMLL
• Best new technology introduced over the last 12 months (data, data services and data management) – S&P Global Market Intelligence
• Best new technology introduced over the last 12 months (infrastructure, outsourcing and managed services) – LDA Technologies
• Best new technology introduced over the last 12 months (trading, risk and compliance) – IntelligentCross
• Best third-party technology vendor IT team – Hakkoda, an IBM Company
• Best trading infrastructure initiative – Connamara Technologies. Click on this link for an interview with Connamara’s Dan Davis.
• Most innovative third-party technology vendor (AI and machine learning) – Oxane Partners
• Most innovative third-party technology vendor (analytics) – Jacobi
• Most innovative third-party technology vendor (data, data services and data management) – Nasdaq
• Most innovative third-party technology vendor (infrastructure, outsourcing and managed services) – HPR
• Most innovative third-party technology vendor (operations) – AutoRek
• Most innovative third-party technology vendor (trading, risk and compliance) – TMX AlphaX US