Congratulations to this year’s winners! Thank you to our dedicated Judging Panel for taking the time review our near 40 entries. Check the 2018 entries here. Check the Global Forum here: GFRID2018.

See all the Category Winners and Award Mentions below with their scorecards.

 

 

 

 

SimbaPay Chatbot

Leverage our AI powered remittance chatbot, to enable SMS based Pan-Africa digital money transfer.

Overall Score: 6.22 / 9.00

Category Average Score: 5.78

Judge Average ScoreOriginality, Creativity & IntentFunctionality & Technical QualitiesEase of Use & AdoptionGame-changerImplementation & PerformanceSustainability & Potential for Growth
5.3655556
6.7777766
6.0567558
5.7665665
6.3777566
6.0767664
4.5455544
8.5988989
7.0777867

 

 

 

 

Trulioo’s Mobile ID

Mobile ID fills in the gaps left by traditional data sources for greater financial inclusion

Overall Score: 7.40 / 9.00

Category Average Score: 5.83

Judge’s Reason for Mention

“Trulioo’s entry was the most compelling entry for me. The effectiveness and simplicity, and wide ranging potential of the Mobile ID solution really stood out.”

Judge Average ScoreOriginality, Creativity & IntentFunctionality & Technical QualitiesEase of Use & AdoptionGame-changerImplementation & PerformanceSustainability & Potential for Growth
7.7788878
6.5676677
6.7677776
7.7887878
7.3778868
8.8989999
7.2867868

 

 

 

 

Cash In Cash Out Model

Financial Inclusion: Empowering the Migrant Workers in Malaysia

Overall Score: 6.35 / 9.00

Category Average Score: 5.48

Judge Average ScoreOriginality, Creativity & IntentFunctionality & Technical QualitiesEase of Use & AdoptionGame-changerImplementation & PerformanceSustainability & Potential for Growth
6.0666666
6.3677666
4.8355475
6.8767678
5.8565676
7.0667878
7.7877888
6.3658577

 

 

 

 

Airtel Tanzania and Mahindra Comviva domestic mobile money interoperability

Enabling money transfer interoperability within Tanzania to realize true potential of mobile money

Overall Score: 6.75 / 9.00

Category Average Score: 5.85

Judge Average ScoreOriginality, Creativity & IntentFunctionality & Technical QualitiesEase of Use & AdoptionGame-changerImplementation & PerformanceSustainability & Potential for Growth
6.8666869
7.2887767
4.5236385
6.5565887
5.8666566
7.5688788
8.8989999
6.8678677

 

 

 

 

Rewire

One cross-border account, for the core financial needs of migrants; Wages, Mastercard, remittances.

Overall Score: 6.15 / 9.00

Category Average Score: 5.71

Judge Average ScoreOriginality, Creativity & IntentFunctionality & Technical QualitiesEase of Use & AdoptionGame-changerImplementation & PerformanceSustainability & Potential for Growth
5.0646446
5.8766556
5.5556665
5.7655666
6.7866668
6.3866576
7.2877687
7.0867777

 

 

 

 

Valyou Mobile Wallet

Leading Fintech Innovators for Migrants in Malaysia

 

Overall Score: 6.02 / 9.00

Category Average Score: 5.39

Judge Average ScoreOriginality, Creativity & IntentFunctionality & Technical QualitiesEase of Use & AdoptionGame-changerImplementation & PerformanceSustainability & Potential for Growth
5.2555457
5.5656565
5.3267476
6.0376587
5.7566566
6.8777677
7.7788788

 

 

 

 

RemitONE Compliance Manager

Empowering regulators with the right technology and tools to track, monitor and audit transaction inflows and outflows.

Overall Score: 6.50 / 9.00

Category Average Score: 5.83

Judge’s Reason for Mention

“RemitONE’s solution shows that they understand the problem that needs to be addressed and have built a solution to it, rather than many others which have a solution but are not addressing a real world problem. It is particularly noteworthy because their solution helps not just MTOs but regulators as well and could make a major difference to the problem of derisking.”

Judge Average ScoreOriginality, Creativity & IntentFunctionality & Technical QualitiesEase of Use & AdoptionGame-changerImplementation & PerformanceSustainability & Potential for Growth
4.3344348
6.5776667
5.3376385
6.0666567
7.7888877
8.5988998
7.2877858

 

 

 

 

Paykii

The world’s foremost global bill payment hub

Overall Score: 6.38 / 9.00

Category Average Score: 5.85

Judge’s Reason for Mention

“I believe this is a huge market that is grossly underserved and the next wave of innovation will come from cross-border bill payment aggregators that one can access from a single API.”

Judge Average ScoreOriginality, Creativity & IntentFunctionality & Technical QualitiesEase of Use & AdoptionGame-changerImplementation & PerformanceSustainability & Potential for Growth
7.5876969
5.7666556
4.7444655
5.8576575
6.3766667
7.5887877
7.0588777
6.5667677

 

 

 

 

Koibanx

Blockchain Wallet Applied to Micro-Lending

Overall Score: 5.27 / 9.00

Category Average Score: 5.85

Judge’s Reason for Mention

“Unique new way to approach credit scoring and provide assets for unbanked or in countries without traditional credit bureau. This project can have social and economic impact for many countries in the world.”

Judge Average ScoreOriginality, Creativity & IntentFunctionality & Technical QualitiesEase of Use & AdoptionGame-changerImplementation & PerformanceSustainability & Potential for Growth
4.5454356
7.7986968
4.2434734
4.8455456
6.0666666
4.3644345
4.5654444
6.2865756

Winner of Community Building considers both number of votes collected in the Popular Vote as well as the entries’ marketing efforts.

 

 

 

 

Afbit

Trade Bitcoin Over The Counter Instantly and Remit Mobile Money Transfer to Africa

Active Engagement Mention is awarded to entry who stood out for communication with the RemTECH team and overall promotion of the RemTECH Awards.

 

 

 

 

Research by: Angelino Viceisza

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