Announcing the winners of Tearsheet’s 2022 Bankchain Awards

5 questions, AI Innovation, Awards

Titan’s banking-native AI bet: Banking intelligence can’t be retrofitted 

• Titan was named AI Startup of the Year at the Tearsheet AI Innovation Awards 2026.
• Titan Founder and CEO Arjun Sirrah breaks down why banking-native AI is different, how it gets deployed, and what’s ahead for the market.

5 questions, AI Innovation, Awards

From connectivity to intelligence: How Plaid is teaching AI to understand financial behavior

• Plaid won the Data Innovation Award at Tearsheet's 2026 AI Innovation Awards.
• Suddu Seshadri, Plaid's Head of Data & AI, discusses the firm's move from connectivity to intelligence and its bet on finance-specific AI foundation models.

Announcement, Awards

The 2026 Tearsheet AI Innovation Awards: Recognizing the Builders of AI-Powered Finance

• Tearsheet’s AI Innovation Awards spotlight the companies applying AI to reimagine how financial products are built, delivered, and experienced.
• This year’s winners -- Fifth Third Bank, Plaid, Titan, Casap, Carpe, Intuit, Cascading AI (Casca), and SEON -- are applying AI beyond the buzz to solve real problems and shape the future of financial services.

Announcement, Awards

Recognizing Excellence: The 2026 Tearsheet Bankchain Awards Winners

• Tearsheet’s Bankchain Awards recognize the companies driving the evolution of banking through blockchain innovation.
• This year’s winners include Rain, Kinexys by JPM, UR Technology, PYUSD by PayPal, Anchorage Digital, and WalletConnect Pay, each shaping a core layer of digital finance across custody, tokenization, stablecoins, and payments infrastructure.

5 questions, Awards, Banking, SMB Finance

Simplifying small business finances: Inside U.S. Bank’s award-winning approach

• U.S. Bank was recognized as 'Best Bank for SMBs' at this year’s Tearsheet SMB Finance Awards.
• Kristen Link, SVP and Product Lead for Business Customer Journeys and Delivery at U.S. Bank, explains how the super-regional bank supports SMBs across cash flow, payments, and daily operations.