We are excited to reveal the list of winners for the 2013 PYMNTS Innovator Awards. Winners were chosen across sixteen categories by a panel of judges with deep and practical expertise in payments and payments innovation. The top finalists in each category were given an award at the PYMNTS.com Innovator Awards Dinner held this year on March 21, 2013 at Annenberg Hall on the Harvard University Campus as part of The Innovation Project. B.J. Novak, writer, actor and producer of the award-winning comedy series, The Office, served as the Awards Dinner emcee.
The 2013 PYMNTS.com Innovator Award Program Judges include: David Evans, author of Paying with Plastic and Founder of Market Platform Dynamics; Hans Morris, Managing Director, General Atlantic; Dan Rosen, Managing Partner, Commerce Ventures; Karen Webster, CEO Market Platform Dynamics and President of PYMNTS.com, and Matt Witheiler, Principal, Flybridge Partners.
The winners are:
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Categories
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Gold
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Silver
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Bronze
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Most Innovative
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PayPal
POS Initiatives
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AmEx Cards
Twitter Commerce
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Adyen
Cross Platform Global Payments Processing Platform
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Most Disruptive
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Square
Mobile Commerce Platform
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Discover
Licensing the Discover Network
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Braintree
Venmo Touch
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Best Technology
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MoCa
Payments 3.0 Platform
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First Data/CardSpring
OfferWise Platform
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OneID
Single Identity & SignOn
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Most Invisible
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FlowPay
Mobile Gifting
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IPCommerce
Platform as a Service Solution
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C-Sam
Mobile Wallet and Transactions Platform
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Best B2B
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Kabbage
Small Business Financing and Funding
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Silicon Valley Bank/MineralTree
Small Business Financial Management
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Bottomline Technologies
PayMode-X Network
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Best Small Business
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Intuit
GoPayment
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PaySimple
Small Business and Payments Platform
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BillingOrchard
eBilling and eInvoicing Software
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Best Merchant
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Starbucks
Mobile Payments App
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Dunkin’ Donuts
Mobile Payments/Loyalty App
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Home Depot
Mobile/POS Initiatives
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Best Credit
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Credit Karma
Consumer Credit Management Platform
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BillFloat
Consumer Expense Management
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Lending Club
Peer to Peer Lending
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Best Debit
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Green Dot
GoBank Platform
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Wal-Mart
Bluebird Platform
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Simple
Alternative Consumer Banking Platform
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Best Cash
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Loomis
SafePoint Electronic Safe Solution
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PayNearMe
Cash Processing Network
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ItsLikeCash
Online Cash Alternative
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Best Newcomer
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Stripe
Developer Payments Platform
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PayPerks
Prepaid and Financial Literacy Platform
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MoneyDesktop
Consumer Financial Account Aggregation
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Best Comeback Story
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BlueSnap Advertisement: Scroll to Continue
Global Online Payments Platform
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Capital Access Network
Small Business Working Capital
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Rapid
Expense Management Solutions
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Best Prepaid
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Western Union
Worldwide Prepaid Platform
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Seamless
Prepaid Top-Up Platform
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Pangea Payments
P2P Platform
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Best Check
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ING
Secure Checking Solutions
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ZipMark
eCheck Technology Platform
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Mitek
Remote Check Deposit Platform
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Best POS
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Groupon
Groupon Payments
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LightSpeed
Tablet POS Solutions
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GoPago
Integrated Mobile POS Solutions
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Best Innovation Via ACH
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Bill.com
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BIM (Buy It Mobile)
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n/a
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A complete list of all finalists by category with descriptions of their innovations can be found here.
For more information about The Innovation Project, click here.
Congrats to all!
