Your 2017 Benzinga Fintech Award Winners

The 2017 Benzinga Global Fintech Awards were held Thursday night, recognizing the companies and individuals who have shown the most financial technology innovation in the last year.

More than 300 companies from all over the world applied for the 18 awards given out at this year's gala, which was attended by some of the biggest venture capitalist firms, hedge funds, brokerages, and media outlets from across the industry.

"I would like to personally congratulate all the winners of this year's Benzinga Fintech Awards," Benzinga founder and CEO Jason Raznick said. "They all demonstrated the kind of forward thinking and product development that will move our industry forward for years to come."

Wow @Benzinga really puts on the best event in fintech. @ReformedBroker excellent MC as always, @JasonRaznick high energy. Top performance

— Andy Swan (@AndySwan) May 12, 2017

Without further ado, here's a full list of your 2017 award winners:

Overall Winners

Winner: AlphaPoint

Second Place: Unison Home Ownership Investors

Third Place: WiseBanyan

Category: Alternative Investments

Winner: SAF Platform

Analysis

Winner: TradingView

Digital Mortgage / Real Estate

Winner: Rocket Mortgage

Note: This article originally named PeerStreet the winner. PeerStreet was runner-up for this award.

Education / Personal Finance

Winner: FutureFuel.io

Financial Advisor / Wealth Management

Winner: Orion Advisor Services

Forex

Winner: Remitly

InsurTech

Winner: CoverWallet

Lending

Winner: Stilt

Prop Tech / APIs

Winner: OpenFin

RegTech

Winner: Rippleshot

Research

Winner: AlphaSense

Robo-advisor

Winner: Betterment

Trading Execution / Brokerage

Winner: Finvasia

Trading Recommendation

Winner: Chaikin Analytics

Note: This article originally named Trade Ideas the winner. Trade Ideas was runner-up for this award.

Underbanked

Winner: Ovamba

Blockchain / Bitcoin

Winner: AlphaPoint

Finding Alpha

Winner: PortfolioEffect

Institutional Innovators

Winner: PFITR - Bond Price Validation

Investing in Millennials

Winner: Aspiration

Leveling the Playing Field

Winner: DIY.FUND

Solving Problems through Payments

Winner: PayKey

Lifetime Achievement in Financial Services

Kathleen Murphy