The shortlisted entries for this year’s Payments Awards have been officially announced.

Now in their 6th year, the awards recognise card and payments excellence and innovation. Winning entries will come from those companies, individuals and organisations who have launched and/or implemented the most outstanding payments solutions, initiatives and projects during the past year.

The ceremony will take place on 14 November at the London Marriot Hotel in Grosvenor Square, hosted by comedian Imran Yusuf and sponsored by Wirecard and Thistle Initiatives.

Judges with the difficult task of choosing winners among the 24 categories include: Paul Bartholomew-Keen, consumer champion at the Open Banking Authority; Simon Burrows, director at Payments FinTech; Tim Decker, head of payment product development at Lloyds Banking Group; Matthew Hunt, chief operating officer at the New Payment System Operator; Mark McMurtrie, director at Payments Consultancy; Ramki Sankaranarayan, managing director of digital channels and adoption at Barclays; and Jürgen Wagner, head of payments at KPMG.

The shortlisted categories in full are:

Best Online Payments Solution Consumer
Arro Money & Global Processing Services
Just Eat
Klarna
ITV, O2 & Fonix
Paysafe
Trustly

Best Online Payments Solution Merchant
Acquired
APEXX
Checkout.com
ECOMMPAY
Global Payments
Ingenico & Predator Nutrition
NatWest Bank
SafeCharge
SmartDebit
Splitit

Best Mobile Payments Solution
Glance Pay
Hastee Pay
HSBC Bank
NatWest
PrePay Solutions
Soldo & Global Processing Services
Spire Payments
The Cambridge Building Society

Best In-store Payments Solution
AEVI
Bleep UK
Epos Now
Flux
Handepay
Spire Payments

Best Contactless Payments Project
Acceptacard – Payacharity
Contis
Dipocket & Global Processing Services
Endava
Worldline

Best Prepaid Card Solution
B4B Payments & Wirecard
Expend
Fortress GB & Global Processing Services
Mando
PPRO
PrePay Solutions

Anti-Fraud or Security Solution of the Year - Consumer
BioCatch
ID-Pal
Nuggets
Ravelin

Anti-Fraud or Security Solution of the Year - Merchant
Eckoh
Emailage
Ethoca
Featurespace
First Data Corporation
Kount
NuData Security, a Mastercard company
RISK IDENT
The Chargeback Company
Vocalink Analytics

Most Disruptive Payments Technology
APEXX
Flux
Glance Pay
Hastee Pay
JISP

Payments Startup of the Year
Acquired
APEXX
ClearBank
Expend
Flux
Glint & Wirecard
Hastee Pay
JISP

Technology Provider of the Year
Checkout.com
Contis
Ethoca
Fiserv
Paysafe
PrePay Solutions
The Chargeback Company

Best Merchant Acquirer or Processor
Credorax
Global Processing Services
Paysafe Group: Payment Processing and Acquiring

Best Cross-Border Payments Solution
Alpha Fx Group
cleverbridge
Currencycloud
Earthport
FIS
IFX
Paysafe
Splitit
TransferMate Global Payments

Lending Initiative of the Year
Hastee Pay
iwoca
Worldpay

Personal Finance App of the Year
Hastee Pay
Mint
Osper & Global Processing Services
Starling Bank

B2B Payments Innovation of the Year
Allstar Business Solutions
B4B Payments & Wirecard
Bottomline Technologies
Expend
Marq Millions
Modulr
Soldo
xWare42 & Organisation für nachhaltigen Konsum gUG

Best Alternative Payments Project
ACI Worldwide
Contis
Curve & Global Processing Services
Glint & Wirecard
Mahindra Comviva, Batelco & AFS
TBC Bank

Marketing Campaign of the Year
Blue Train Marketing
Monese

Best Use of Biometrics
BioCatch
Facebanx
HSBC Bank
ID-Pal
Jumio
NuData Security, a Mastercard company
Nuggets

Blockchain Initiative of the Year
Block Impact
FIS
Nuggets
we.trade

PSD2 or Open Banking Initiative of the Year
ACI Worldwide & Erste Bank Hungary
Deposit Solutions
FIS
Konsentus
Modulr
Paysafe
Starling Bank

Payments Infrastructure Award
ClearBank
FIS
SafeCharge
W2 Global Data

Payments Innovation of the Year
Acceptacard – Payacharity
AVyourself
Fiserv & Intesa Sanpaolo
Icon Solutions
Klarna
Metro Bank & Accept Cards
Much Better & Wirecard
NatWest
Verifi
Vocalink

Payments Pioneer Award
Nick Ogden, ClearBank
Sandeep Gill, FIS
Neil Harris, Global Processing Services
Ray Brash, PrePay Solutions

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