Centiglobe wins Best Cross-Border Payments Solution for Banks, FIs & Fintechs at the PayTech Awards 2026

STOCKHOLM, 29 June 2026 – Centiglobe, the Swedish FinTech behind the cross-border payments network Centiglobe Connect, has won the award for Best Cross-Border Payments Solution for Banks, FIs & Fintechs at the PayTech Awards 2026. The award was presented on 25 June at the Honourable Artillery Company in London, at the annual ceremony hosted by FinTech Futures.

The category recognises technology providers delivering cross-border payment solutions for banks and financial institutions that are built on modern technology, offer comprehensive functionality, and deliver clear and measurable improvements for their users. Inpay was highly commended in the same category.

The PayTech Awards, run by FinTech Futures, are among the most established recognitions in the payments industry. This year's winners included J.P. Morgan Payments, Mastercard, DBS Bank and Finastra, placing Centiglobe among a cohort of leading global institutions and technology providers across the Award categories.

"We are honoured by this recognition," said Petter Sandgren, CEO of Centiglobe. "Cross-border payments remain one of the most persistent inefficiencies in global finance, and this award confirms that a member-based network using tokenized deposits, operating within the regulated banking system, is a credible answer for banks and financial institutions. My thanks go to our members and our team, whose work made this possible."

Centiglobe Connect is a member-based cross-border payments network that lets regulated financial institutions make cross-border payments to each other through a single API, using network-based and bank-agnostic tokenized deposits on a permissioned ledger. By connecting members directly, the network replaces the chains of intermediary correspondent banks that make traditional cross-border payments slow, costly, and capital-intensive. The result is faster, more predictable cross-border payments, lower costs, and improved capital efficiency for member institutions, within existing regulatory frameworks.

"The correspondent banking model has defined cross-border payments for decades," Sandgren added. "We have built a working alternative within the regulated system, and we will continue to develop it together with the financial institutions in our network."