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Now live: Apply for Tearsheet’s 2025 Awards

  • Tearsheet Awards acknowledge and celebrate the best companies and products in financial services and fintech.
  • Here are our 2025 Awards programs, all open for applications.
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Now live: Apply for Tearsheet’s 2025 Awards

How do financial services and fintech companies stand out, particularly in competitive parts of the industry?

One way to do that is by applying — and winning — awards.

Getting that third party recognition helps to differentiate commoditized products and sets companies apart from their competition.

And what better way to do that than being recognized by Tearsheet for your excellence?

The Tearsheet Awards are recognized across financial services as a celebration of companies and products that have achieved exceptional success in various categories, including marketing, banking, payments, data, SMB finance, and lending.

Our programs experienced a record year in 2024 in terms of the number of applicants, as we continue to raise the bar in quality. We also continue to hone and improve our programs, aligned with our in-depth coverage throughout the industry.

The 2025 Tearsheet Awards are now all live and open for applications.

The 2025 Tearsheet Award Programs

  • Marketing Awards: Recognizing excellence in financial industry marketing, customer acquisition, and growth. 2023 and 2024 winners include: Synchrony, StoneX, SoFi, Zelle
  • The Big Bank Theory Awards: Honoring innovation in finance and banking. Recognizing the companies shaping the future of banking, from industry leaders to innovative startups. Last year’s winners: J.P Morgan, Zeta, Wells Fargo, SoFi
  • The Power of Payments Awards: Celebrating the top products and brands shaping the payments industry. Last year’s winners: Intuit Quickbooks, Ripple, Airwallex, Extend
  • Data Awards: Honoring the best in data products, services, and brands driving the modern financial system. Last year’s winners: American Express, Pagaya, Zest, Nova Credit
  • Lending Awards: Recognizing the companies and individuals driving innovation in digital lending and bringing access to financial services to underserved sectors: Intuit Quickbooks, American Express, Climate First Bank, Prosper
  • SMB Finance Awards: Acknowledging and honoring the best in the small and middle market sector. Last year’s winners: US Bank, Intuit Quickbooks, Lili, Bill

Interested in applying for an award in 2025? Have a good story to tell about your company or products?See all our award programs here.

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