Innovation in Payments and Remittances (IPR) Awards 2023 October 23, 2023
RemitONE is delighted to announce the winners of the 2023 Innovation in Payments and Remittances (IPR) Awards.
Start-up of the Year Award 2023
Winner: PayOnlime
Honourable mention: Lollicash
Scale-up of the Year Award 2023
Winner: Clear Junction
Honourable mention: Remit Choice Limited
Leader of the Year Award 2023
Winner: Jones Amegbor, Founder & CEO (PayAngel)
Excellent Customer Service Award 2023
Winner: Trust Payments & Unity Link
Innovation Award 2023
Winner: Currencycloud
Social Impact Award 2023
Winner: HelloPaisa
Honourable mention: PayAngel
All entries were thoroughly evaluated by our esteemed judges comprised of global senior experts in the payments and remittance industry:
- Leon Isaacs, CEO & Founder, DMA Global
- Kathryn Tomasofsky, Executive Director, MSBA
- Lindsay Lehr, Managing Director, PCMI
- Rob Ayers, CEO, Fintech-Advisors
- Sharon Gibson, CEO, JMMB Money Transfer
- Veronica Studsgaard, Founder & Chairman, IAMTN
After the initial assessment, the award finalists were unveiled in August 2023. This was followed by the second stage, during which the judging panel reviewed all the finalist entries and selected the winners in each category through an anonymous scoring method.
The award winners were announced at the IPR Awards ceremony during the IPR Global Hybrid 2-day event on Tuesday 26th September, in London, UK.
From Left to right pictured: (Top left) Larissa Rocha, Wayne Gould, Adel Taher, Jones Amegbor, Sohail Nizami and Joseph Lamptey. (Bottom left) George Boateng and Lindsay Lehr. (Top right) Rob Ayers and Adel Taher. (Bottom right) Sohail Nizami and Leon Isaacs.
About Innovation in Payments and Remittances (IPR)
In 2018, RemitONE launched Innovation in Payments and Remittances (IPR) to bring together various industry supply chain members to drive positive change. Through events and research reports, IPR brings together senior business leaders dedicated to enhancing the industry, enabling them to think big, share best practices, engage, learn, discover, create opportunities and shape change. With the power of collective insight, we can push innovation and industry growth boundaries and benefit from better outcomes.
The first IPR event was held in the iconic London landmark, The Shard. In 2021, due to the pandemic, the event was hosted online and attracted over 3,000 registrations worldwide. The IPR events are organised throughout the year to help industry stakeholders, visionaries and business leaders make informed decisions that ultimately benefit the consumer.
About RemitONE
RemitONE is the leading provider of end-to-end money transfer solutions for banks, money transfer operators (MTOs) and fintech start-ups worldwide. Our award-winning money transfer, compliance software products and consulting services – including MSB licensing, bank account provisioning and connections to our clients and partners – are tailored for the global money transfer market.
Organisations of all sizes use our platforms to run their remittance operations with ease and efficiency by reaching out to their customers via multiple channels, including agent, online and mobile.
For more information, or to access all the photos from the IPR Awards ceremony, please contact marketing@remitone.com
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