AI startups claimed the top prizes at the Swiss Fintech Awards 2026 in Zurich on 23 June, reflecting a broader shift towards automated technologies in the financial sector.
Every finalist at this year’s event focused on AI applications, spanning fraud prevention, automation, and governance.
The winners of the Swiss Fintech Awards are:
Early Stage Start-up of the Year
Porters
AI start-up Porters wins the «Early Stage Start-up of the Year» award. Porters positions itself as an outsourcing partner for numerous banking operations.
With agentic AI systems, the company automates processes and creates consistent workflows, enabling banks and financial service providers to implement scaling and compliance more cost-effectively.
With this award, the jury honors a start-up that addresses a clear need in the financial sector and is already particularly well positioned to execute on its vision and grow strongly in the months and years ahead.
Growth Stage Start-up of the Year
BLP
In the «Growth Stage Start-up of the Year» category, BLP wins the award. BLP enables intelligent, end-to-end ERP automation for finance, sales and other corporate functions.
The solution works with digital twins of existing systems, numerous ERP integrations and hundreds of pre-trained AI agents.
This makes it possible to leverage the opportunities of AI without having to fundamentally redesign existing ERP systems. As a result, complex processes can be automated, exceptions handled efficiently and compliance requirements met.
The jury particularly highlights BLP’s strong market demand and exceptional growth momentum. The start-up is on a remarkable growth trajectory and demonstrates how AI can precisely and scalably automate resource-intensive and repetitive tasks.
Fintech Influencers of the Year
Sven Siat and Mike Hofmann
For the first time in the history of the Swiss Fintech Awards, the «Fintech Influencers of the Year» award goes not to one individual, but to two personalities: Sven Siat and Mike Hofmann.
The jury recognises their long-standing commitment to Open Banking in Switzerland.
Over several years, Sven Siat and Mike Hofmann have worked to build a platform and infrastructure from which the entire Swiss financial centre can benefit.
Their work around bLink and the development of an open, standardised and sustainable Open Banking ecosystem are particularly noteworthy.
Thanks to the commitment of the two award winners, the Swiss financial centre is now ready to take Open Banking to the next level.
The Swiss Fintech Awards
A panel of 19 industry representatives judges the Swiss Fintech Awards, an event launched in 2016 to highlight innovators and startups within the local ecosystem.
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