Benzinga Fintech Awards 2023 Winners: Meet The Innovators Changing Finance

In a high-energy Monday night affair in New York City, Benzinga, the leading financial media company for next-generation investors, announced the winners of its prestigious Global Fintech Awards for 2023 during its 9th annual Fintech Deal Day & Awards. This seminal event in the financial technology sector celebrated the brightest minds in fintech and their groundbreaking contributions across a spectrum of categories, from cryptocurrency to trading technologies and financial literacy.

Awarded by a panel of expert judges, the Benzinga Global Fintech Awards recognized companies that are not just participating in the fintech evolution but are actively driving it. This year's awards spanned a diverse range of fields, including cryptocurrency, brokerage services, investment platforms and educational tools, showcasing an array of novel investment strategies, advanced financial technologies and initiatives enhancing financial education and accessibility.

Below is a full list of the pioneering entities and individuals that stood out in the 2023 Benzinga Global Fintech Awards, setting new benchmarks in the expansive world of finance and technology, and taking home this coveted award.

2023 Benzinga Global Fintech Award Winners

• 2023 Crypto Changemaker of the Year: Justin Sun, Tron
• Best AI Research Platform: Quasar Markets
• Best Alternative Investments Platform: Nada
• Best API Solution: Alpaca
• Best Automated Trading Software: TrendSpider
• Best Broker for Sophisticated Traders: Centerpoint Securities
• Best Brokerage App: Tradestation
• Best Brokerage for Beginners: Plynk
• Best Brokerage for Day Trading: TradeUp Securities
• Best Brokerage for Forex in the US: FXCM
• Best Brokerage for Forex Outside of the US: Tickmill
• Best Brokerage for Options Trading: tastytrade
• Best Brokerage for Short Selling: TradeZero
• Best Brokerage for Trading Futures: NinjaTrader
• Best Canadian Brokerage: TD Bank
• Best Crypto Exchange: Coinbase
• Best Data Analysis Tool: PitchBook
• Best Day Trading Software: moomoo
• Best ETF Launch: AXS 2X Innovation ETF TARK
• Best Financial Literacy Tool: MoneyLion
• Best Financial Planning Software: RocketMoney
• Best Financial Research Company: Danelfin
• Best Insurtech Company: Mylo
• Best Investment Research Tech: EquitySet
• Best Lending Solution: Best Egg
• Best Leveraged Product: MAX ETN
• Best NeoBank: CashApp
• Best New Product: Merrill Advisor Match
• Best Order Flow Analytics: Big Short, Inc
• Best Paper Trading Platform: Interactive Brokers
• Best Payments Solution: Worldpay USDC settlement
• Best Portfolio Tracker: Delta
• Best RegTech: Trillium
• Best Robo-Advisor: Titan
• Best Social Investing Platform: Public
• Best Software for Longterm Cryptocurrency Investments: eToro
• Best Software for Swing Trading: WealthCharts
• Best Software for Trading Cryptocurrency: DXtrade Crypto
• Best Startup Investing Platform: StartEngine
• Best Trading Technology: eTrade
• Best VC: Social Leverage
• Best Vision for Crypto 2.0: Unicoin
• Best AI for the Creator Economy: rad.Ai 
• Breaking Barriers: Arrived
• Best Software for Trading Futures: Optimus Futures
• Capital Markets Disruptor of the Year: Cboe
• Developing Best-in-Class Education to Make Futures Accessible to All Traders: NinjaTrader
• Educational Excellence Award: OCC / The Options Industry Council
• Institutional Innovation: FalconX
• Most Impactful Fintech Executive: Bill Capuzzi, Apex Fintech Solutions
• Most Innovative in Capital Markets: BMO Leveraged Products
• Powering Market Access & Opportunity for Traders: Apex Trader Funding