MPE Awards 2023 Winners

recognising & rewarding expertise & innovation in merchant payments ecosystem!

MPE Awards 2024 brochure

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foreword by Ms.Neira Jones

chair of the judging panel, independent advisor & international speaker

welcome to the mpe 2024 awards!

As the MPE 2024 Awards Chair, it gives me great pleasure to welcome you to the prestigious Merchant Payment Ecosystem Awards for the 17th Annual Conference for the Payments Industry, organised by the Empiria Group.

Last year, the conference was even bigger and better! We had a new design, more floor space here at the Intercontinental Berlin, 1,300 attendees, 163 speakers and 40 sessions. We also had new and spectacular audio-visual technology, and MPE was the first event worldwide to use it! Our gala ceremony was James Bond-schemed, and Alex Rolfe, my co-host for the evening, and I had such fun with the choreography and puns, and of course the outfits... You can see it all here.

You could definitely feel the energy and buzz in the air and I look forward to welcoming you all in person in Berlin in March 2024!

categories for payments companies

- featuring 12 categories

Winners will be selected by the panel of independent expert judges.

The nominations are now CLOSED.

Thank you to those who participated! We are counting up the scores.

category for individuals/teams:

- featuring 1 category

mpe influencer of the year
The winner will be determined via public online voting.

The nominations are now CLOSED.

Thank you to those who participated! Scroll down to choose your favorite.

category for start-ups:

- featuring 1 category

best start-up innovation award
Winner will be determined by Innovation hub judges & mpe audience

mpe wards 2024 - online voting

CATEGORY: mpe influencer of the year

... and the winner is

Jeremy King, Regional Head for Europe @ PCI SSC

mpe awards 2024 - shortlisted & winners

Category sponsored by:

Web Shield logo

Open to any provider who has a direct relationship with merchants for Payment Acceptance. The award will go to the provider who can demonstrate a successful, sustainable and mutually beneficial relationship with their merchant customers.

Shortlisted parties

Checkout.com
Checkout.com logo
Nuvei
Nuvei logo
Outpayce from Amadeus
Outpayce from Amadeus logo

... and the winner is

Checkout.com
Checkout.com logo

Category sponsored by:

BR-DGE logo

This award goes to the provider of an innovative solution that demonstrates tangible merchant and customer benefits regarding fraud prevention, identity, or authentication.

Shortlisted parties

DataDome
DataDome logo
Sift
Sift logo
Worldpay
Worldpay logo

... and the winner is

DataDome
DataDome logo

Category sponsored by:

Fexco logo

This award goes to the company that uses Data Analytics or AI to support merchants in any way that is NOT involved in Fraud prevention and may cover areas such as loyalty, customer engagement, customer & merchant support/service, optimisation, etc.

Shortlisted parties

Nuvei
Nuvei logo
Optimus Fintech
Optimus Fintech logo
Primer
Primer logo

... and the winner is

Primer
Primer logo

Category sponsored by:

Optimus Fintech logo

This award goes to solution providers that support merchants to grow revenue by opening up and expanding sales across borders while reducing risks and complexities.

Shortlisted parties

Rapyd
Rapyd logo
Reach
Reach logo
Thunes
Thunes logo

... and the winner is

Rapyd
Rapyd logo

Category sponsored by:

Google Pay logo

This award goes to the organisation that has developed/deployed the most innovative in-store payment acceptance solution, providing value and differentiation for merchants and a great payments experience for customers in a face-to-face environment.

Shortlisted parties

dejamobile
dejamobile logo
Tabesto x Elo
Tabesto x Elo logo
Jifiti
Jifiti logo

... and the winner is

dejamobile
dejamobile logo

Category sponsored by:

Mondu logo

This award goes to the organization offering the best, most comprehensive, most useful platform or marketplace supporting merchants or other players in the merchant payments ecosystem such as banks, PSP, service providers, consumers with solutions in any area of the ecosystem.

Shortlisted parties

BPC
BPC logo
Deutsche Bank
Deutsche Bank logo
Mangopay
Mangopay logo

... and the winner is

Deutsche Bank
Deutsche Bank logo

Category sponsored by:

Incognia logo

This award goes to the company that best uses open banking data or provides a payment initiation solution that drives end- user payments to or from merchants or to create a better customer experience as part of the payment process.

Shortlisted parties

ECOMMPAY
ECOMMPAY logo
Ecospend, A Trustly Company
Ecospend, A Trustly Company logo
Token.io
Token.io logo

... and the winner is

Token.io
Token.io logo

Category sponsored by:

Mangopay logo

This award goes to any technology provider helping merchants, issuers or acquirers to streamline their regulatory compliance operations, covering either (or both) regulations and industry standards. This may include regulatory reporting, risk management, identity management & control, compliance and transaction monitoring, fraud, security, etc.

Shortlisted parties

ID-Pal
ID-Pal logo
Netcetera
Netcetera logo
Salt Edge
Salt Edge logo

... and the winner is

ID-Pal
ID-Pal logo

Category sponsored by:

Fraudio logo

This award goes to the provider that unifies the various aspects of payments processing and enables merchants to optimise their payment processes and simplify ongoing payments acceptance management.

Shortlisted parties

BR-DGE
BR-DGE logo
Paydock
Paydock logo
WLPayments
WLPayments logo

... and the winner is

WLPayments
WLPayments logo

Open to PSPs, ISOs, PayFacs, Aggregators, Orchestrators, Acquirers, and other payment services providers that do not qualify as startups (i.e., the company has operated for more than 5 years at the time of application), the award will go to the provider who offers a payment solution that demonstrates true payment innovation that brings real benefits, value, and differentiation to merchants and a great payments experience for customers.

Shortlisted parties

Guestline
Guestline logo
Symbiotic Technology
Symbiotic Technology logo
Waytobill
Waytobill logo

... and the winner is

Guestline
Guestline logo

Category sponsored by:

ECOMMPAY logo

Open to any payments businesses with a clear and well-developed ESG strategy who can demonstrate how their strategy is making a substantial positive impact in any of the E,S,G pillars, particularly when supported by technology. This will show evidence of how progress is being made against specific near and long-term objectives such as net-zero, carbon offsetting, UN Sustainable Development Goals, social purpose and supply chain transparency goals. Entries should include a case study of a live initiative or programme as well as up-to- date supporting data/evidence of its impact against the set objectives and a clear definition of KPIs.

Shortlisted parties

inpay
inpay logo
PrivatBank
PrivatBank logo
Thunes
Thunes logo

... and the winner is

inpay
inpay logo

To be awarded to the individual (or team) who has provided a significant contribution to the development of the Merchant Payments Ecosystem either on a domestic or international basis.


... and the winner is

Jeremy King, Regional Head for Europe @ PCI SSC
Jeremy King

f.a.q.

mpe awards - are the only European awards recognizing top merchant payments acceptance companies and their achievements.

With a category for each player of the merchant payment ecosystem, the Awards are all-inclusive. No other European awards program provides such industry-wide recognition in true reflection of the breadth and strength of our industry.

MPE Award winners will be able to promote their accomplishment all year long.

All winners will be given a MPE 2024 Awards logo and jury testimonials to be used in their PR & marketing activities in addition to special coverage from Merchant Payments Ecosystem Awards & conference. Winners will record personal acceptance video that will be uploaded on MPE Awards website and MPE TV YouTube channel and further promoted through MPE channels.

See MPE 2023 Awards Winners testimonials here

You can enter the contest until Feb 11, 2024.

Important note: Contestants enrolling for the Innovation Hub at MPE, aspiring to win the „MPE Innovator of the Year“ award, should submit their entries also until Feb 23, 2024. Also, their submission process and overall management differs from the rest of the award categories. Please refer to the MPE Innovation Hub section to see the steps and eligibility to enter.

Any company qualifying as part of the payment acceptance value chain worldwide.

Anybody working as part of a team or department responsible for a particular solution/service (one to become a subject of the entry), a marketing, communication or PR specialist whom has been appointed this task or who is generally responsible for awards submissions.

The sole process of sending the application is done via an online form and is thoroughly described in the next section as well as the steps you need to do before you actually submit anything.

You can enter maximum of three categories.

Yes, you can enter the same category/categories with the same or different product/service. You can also enter category/categories you have not attended before with a product/service you have previously used. However, if you previously won any of the categories, please also refer to the next point.

Definitely, the only condition here is that you cannot enter neither the same nor the rest of the categories with the same product/service you won with previously. However, you can enter the same category you won previously with a different product/service.

MPE Awards is very prestigious and unique in its concept. Therefore, you should carefully consider your choice. The awards ceremony traditionally takes place on the second night of the three day conference. Since the conference itself is attended by senior representatives, there is a pretty good chance you already have the right person on spot. As shortlisted parties are notified several days prior to the ceremony, you will have enough time to appoint the proper member of your crew to pick up your prize. If you won the „Acquiring Personality of the Year“ category, well, it is your call to take what is yours :-)

Recognition and prestige. You being the winner, it is our commitment to make sure your name is spelled in the organizer.
The major card and payments acceptance media after the conference. A separate PR campaign utilizing the world-class media distribution companies follows your success hand-in-hand with social media coverage performed by us.

The MPE Awards do not reward its winners with laser-engraved glass or „wannabe Oscars“. Instead, mpe went the harder way of finding highly skilled artists and recognised artists whose task is to create unique Guiding Hand statuettes, using valuable materials with design changed from year to year, reflecting the current trends and important happenings in the payment industry.

From 2014 a Croatian artist Gordana Turuk created her organic glass and gold plated statuettes to please the eye of the winners.

For the 2024 edition, we have partnered with another renowned artist and we shall see completely new statuette!

mpe awards 2024 judges

Neira Jones
(mpe 2024 awards chair) Independent Advisor & International Speaker
Roger Alexander
Expert (mpe 2024 awards co-chair), VALITOR hf
Gary Munro
CTO, Consult Hyperion
Alex Rolfe
Managing Director, Payments Cards and Mobile Magazine
David Parker
CEO, Polymath Consulting
Melisande Mual
MD, The Paypers
Volker Schlönvoigt
Director, Edgar, Dunn & Company
Andrea Toucinho
Director of Studies, Prospective and Training, PARTELYA CONSULTING
Mark McMurtrie
Director, Payments Consultancy Ltd
Claire Maslen
Independent Advisor
Janusz Diemko
Payments Consultant, Angel Investor and Mentor
Stanley Skoglund
Co-Founder & Director, Minerva
Dorota Zimnoch
Global Industry Strategist, Microsoft
John Schratz
Founder and Managing Director, Eclipse Enterprise Consulting Limited
Teresa Connors
MD, Payments Matters
Jannis Riesz
Founding Partner, Flipmode.io
Michael Chambers
Chairman, Answer Pay
Tony Moroney
Founder & Managing Partner, Beta Digital
Ghela Boskovich
Regional Director/Head of Europe, Financial & Data Technology Association
Laura McCraken
Global MD, eCommerce & Payments, Software & Platforms, Accenture
Simon Burrows
Partner, FS Technology, Payments & Value Creation, EY
Keren Aviasaf Migdal
Co-Founder & CEO, Worx Payments
Pavel Kaminsky
Founder & CEO, 7Security

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