Only One Month Remains for Fintech Companies to Apply to Benzinga Global Fintech Awards Competition

DETROIT, MI / ACCESSWIRE / January 26, 2018 / Benzinga, a leading online financial media publication and data provider, announced today that applications to enter the 4th annual Benzinga Global Fintech Awards will close March 1, 2018. The event is dedicated to recognizing outstanding innovation in every financial technology vertical.

Companies can enter the competition here. Companies that have applied have until May 1, 2018 to gather votes.

The winner of the social media competition receives a free live demo spot in front of an audience of 700 fintech influencers at the Benzinga Global Fintech Awards Gala, which takes place May 15-16 in New York City.

Last year, over 375 companies applied to the Benzinga Fintech Awards and over 120 became finalists, competing in nearly 30 categories.

Companies competing in the Benzinga Global Fintech Awards gather votes in the form of LinkedIn, Twitter and Facebook shares of their company profile hosted on the Benzinga Fintech Awards site.

Company profile pages contain a widget that creates posts on those social networks automatically. Those in a company’s network only need to click on the widget to vote. Participants can vote up to three times, with a vote on each social network.

The number of social votes a company receives will be weighted as a factor determining its placement in the Benzinga Fintech Awards. This means companies with the most social votes will have an edge on the competition during the judging process.

The Benzinga Fintech Awards Judges Panel, which includes VCs, executives and thought leaders from across the fintech space from firms like Goldman Sachs, Morningstar, IBM, Nasdaq, Yahoo! Finance and TD Ameritrade, will screen entries in March 2018 to determine the finalists and decide the ultimate winners of the competition in early May.

Entrepreneurs have the chance to enter their companies into one of 28 categories:

Best Alternative Investments Platform
Best Analysis/Research Platform
Best Real Estate Platform
Best Digital Mortgage Solution
Best Education and Personal Finance Platform
Best Financial Advisor or Wealth Management Platform
Best Forex Platform
Best InsurTech Platform
Best Lending Platform
Best Proprietary Tech or APIs
Best RegTech Platform
Best Robo-Advisor
Best Trading Execution or Brokerage Platform
Best Trading Idea Platform
Best Under-banked or Emerging Market Solution
Best Use of Blockchain or Bitcoins
Finding Alpha Through Alternative Data
Investing in Millennials
Leveling the Stock Market Playing Field
Solving Problems Through Payments
Hedge Fund Innovation
Best Use of AI or Machine Learning
Best Biometrics Tool / Cybersecurity Platform
Best Customer Engagement Tool/Campaign
Best Digital Bank
Best B2B Commerce Platform
Best Virtual Reality / Augmented Reality Platform
Best Procurement / Supply Chain Solution

The online fintech competition will lead up to the two-day Benzinga Global Fintech Awards Gala in New York City May 15-16, where Benzinga will present the winners of the 2018 Benzinga Global Fintech Awards.

The Benzinga Global Fintech Awards is known for its off-the-wall approach to fintech and unique programming. Last year’s event saw “Shark Tank” star Kevin O’Leary launch an original fintech product, Beanstox, live onstage, as well as a fireside chat with Fidelity Personal Investing president Kathleen Murphy.

Enter the competition here.

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About Benzinga Global Fintech Awards

Designed to uncover the most innovative companies within the financial technology capital markets sector, the Benzinga Fintech Awards provide winning finalists with new opportunities for growth and exposure. For last year’s winners, please visit www.benzingafintechawards.com or use the hashtag #BZAwards.

About Benzinga

Benzinga is a leading originator of actionable financial insights for traders and investors. Benzinga’s news desk is constantly breaking stories and moving billions of dollars of market capitalization through its real-time terminal, Benzinga Pro. Benzinga’s original content is syndicated to 70 partner websites, such as Yahoo! Finance, MSN (MSFT), CNNMoney, Fox Business, Marketwatch, and more. Benzinga is the leading provider of news to the North American brokerage community, with a client list including TD Ameritrade (AMTD), LightSpeed, TradeKing, and many more. The company is headquartered in downtown Detroit and dedicated to driving Detroit’s renaissance. For more information, check out Benzinga.com, Cloud.Benzinga.com and Pro.Benzinga.com.

SOURCE: Benzinga

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