EXCLUSIVE: Benzinga Announces 2022 Global Fintech Award Winners – See Who’s Moving the Industry Forward Here

Leading financial media Gasoline hosted its annual Global Fintech Deal Day & Awards on Thursday at Pier Sixty in New York City.

Here’s a look at the annual event and the 2022 award winners.

Benzinga Global Fintech Awards: Every year, Benzinga honors the best companies in the fintech sector that are building the future of financial services and capital markets.

In 2022, companies in each category were scored on the criteria of innovation, performance, functionality and effect.

Benzinga is proud to recognize and honor those who drive the fintech industry forward with new discoveries – making finance a little easier to navigate.

The winners of the Benzinga Global Fintech Award 2022: Here’s a look at the companies that were named winners by a panel of judges.

• Best Accelerator: Mastercard Start Path, a startup program from Mastercard Inc MA
• Best Alternative Investment Platform: Arrived home
• Best API: Even financial
• Best Automated Trading Software: Alpaca
• Best brokerage for beginners: Wolf pack
• Best Forex Brokers: IG
• Best Brokerage for Options Trading: OptionsAI
• Best brokerage for short sales: TradeZero
• Best Brokers for Trading Futures: NinjaTrader
• Best Canadian Brokers: Questrade
• Best Crypto Exchange: The twins
• Best Data Analysis Tools: Lagoon
• Best Day Trading Software: Interactive brokers IBKR
• Best Financial Literacy Tool: MoneyLion ML
• Best Financial Planning Software: InvestCloud financial planning
• Best Financial Research Company: M Science
• Best InsurTech: LiquidX
• Best Investment Research Team: MooMoo Inc
• Best New Product: AlphaStream
• Best Paper Trading Platform: eToro
• Best Portfolio Tracker: Investor
• Best Robo-Advisor: Interactive advisers
• Best software for long-term cryptocurrency investments: Parallel finance
• Best software for swing trading: First row
• Best Cryptocurrency Trading Software: Apex Crypto
• Best Trading Technology: DriveWealth
• Most Impactful Fintech Executive: Bill CapuzziApex
• Most Influential Data Scientist: Matt OberThirdPoint
• Most Innovative ETF Company: Rafferty Asset Management
• Most innovative in the capital markets: Symphony

The winner of the Benzinga Global Fintech Awards 2022 for Lifetime Achievement Award is Cathie WoodCEO and founder of Ark Investment Management.

The Ark Invest portfolio includes the popular Ark Innovation ETF SHEET, Ark Next Generation Internet ETF ARKW, Ark Fintech Innovation ETF ARKF, Ark Autonomous Technology & Robotics ETF ARCHQ and Ark Space Exploration & Innovation ETF ARKX.

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