Finder’s new series of Innovation Awards recognise financial providers that are innovating in their chosen field, by bringing new and impactful features to the market and delivering unique and beneficial services to their customers.
Our inaugural awards of this series focus on the investing and saving space. A shortlist of providers has been drawn together by Finder’s subject area specialists and the finalists have been assessed across a range of criteria by an expert panel of judges.
We are now delighted to announce the winning and highly commended companies in the following categories:
Click on the categories below to reveal our winners!
The shortlist of finalists in each category was selected by Finder’s subject area specialists, who identified the providers they felt were displaying key innovations in their field.
This shortlist was then passed to an expert judging panel (details below), who decided the winning and highly commended companies by assessing the finalists across three different criteria: uniqueness of innovation, impact in the market and value to customers.
Ceri Stanaway, Personal Finance Journalist
Charlie Barton, Investment Publisher, Finder
Cherry Reynard, Investment Journalist
Niels Pedersen, Senior FinTech Lecturer, Manchester Metropolitan University
Ceri Stanaway is a consumer journalist and editor, with a particular focus on personal finance. She is the former head of research and content creation for money at Which? and was also the research director at digital financial research agency Mapa Research.
Charlie Barton is an investment publisher at Finder. He specialises in financial and investment products, including share dealing platforms and stocks and shares ISAs. Charlie has a first-class degree from the London School of Economics.
Cherry Reynard is a financial and investment journalist. She’s written for a range of publications including the Financial Times, The Telegraph and the Independent. Cherry co-authored a book on investing in emerging markets and is a six-time winner of the Investment Management Association’s freelance journalist of the year award.
Niels Pedersen is a senior lecturer for the financial technology MSc programme at Manchester Metropolitan University, which is England’s first post-graduate FinTech course. As a chartered accountant, Niels worked at PwC and the Financial Services Authority before coming to academia. He is currently writing a book on FinTech.
Find out how to spot some of the best day trading stocks available in the UK and abroad, along with tips for managing your investment portfolio on a day-to-day basis.
Vanguard and Wealthify are both investment platforms with a lot to offer. We compare their fees, features, account types and more – side by side in Wealthify vs Vanguard.
Robinhood and eToro are both investment platforms with a lot to offer. We compare their fees, features, account types and more – side by side in eToro vs Robinhood UK.
If you stay at Hilton regularly and pay for breakfast, you’ll find good value in the Plus card. But the annual fees on both cards are quite steep if you don’t.
We’ve tested, analysed and scored trading platforms to find the 10 best trading platforms in the UK, who they’re best for and the pros and cons.
AJ Bell and interactive investor (ii) are both investment platforms with a lot to offer. We compare their features, fees, account types and more – side by side in AJ Bell vs ii.
The key themes for FinTech LIVE have been revealed ahead of the conference next week, including open banking, fraud, AI and more.
Trading 212 and interactive investor (ii) are both investment platforms with a lot to offer. We compare their features, fees, account types and more – side by side in Trading 212 vs ii.
Ampere could be a useful option for businesses that want to pay a single monthly fee and then be able to budget accordingly.
Vanguard and interactive investor (ii) are both investment platforms with a lot to offer. We compare their features, fees, account types and more – side by side in interactive investor (ii) vs Vanguard UK.
