mpe awards

Honoring excellence and innovation in merchant payments, the mpe awards celebrate the leaders and trailblazers shaping the future of the industry.

Call for entries is open!

A trusted benchmark for excellence in merchant payments

The merchant payment ecosystem (mpe) awards, held annually with the mpe conference, have been a hallmark of innovation and recognition in the payments industry since 2013. They highlight top companies shaping the future of merchant payments.

The mpe awards are renowned for their credibility and integrity, built on a foundation of transparency, impartiality, and merit-based recognition. Winning an mpe award signifies true achievement, demonstrating a company’s leadership and commitment to excellence within the merchant payments ecosystem.

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categories for payments companies

- featuring 11 categories

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

Submit your entry

category for individuals/teams:

- featuring 1 category

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

category for start-ups:

- featuring 1 category

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

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There are 13 categories which can be entered by any merchant, acquiring bank, non-bank acquirer, network service provider, payment service provider, mno, scheme, processor, payment method or solution provider focused on payment industry.

You can enter a maximum of three categories in a particular year, however not with the same entry into 3 different categories.

Solutions must be live and out of the test phase at the time of submission. Pilot programmes will be accepted but must clearly be described as such, and the judges will be looking for evidence of success in the pilot.

Yes, you can enter the same category/categories with the same or different product/service. you can also enter category/categories you have not entered before with a product/service you have submitted before. winners from the previous years should refer to the next rule.

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.

You can submit your nominations from November 4 – February 7. Please note that no further extensions will be permitted unless by prior written agreement from the mpe awards organiser team.

The mpe team will contact the finalists on March 4. The mpe 2025 awards ceremony and gala dinner will be a part of the mpe 2025 conference and exhibition, March 18-20, Berlin. The winners will be announced at the gala dinner on March 19.

Companies sending the submissions must specifically address the key criteria set out in the relevant category. When preparing your submission, please review the criteria carefully, then ensure that it contains sufficient robust information for a specific category.

mpe awards 2025 judges

Neira Jones
(mpe 2025 awards chair) Independent Advisor & International Speaker, Author
Stanley Skoglund
Co-Founder & Director (mpe awards co-chair), Minerva
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
Teresa Connors
MD, Payments Matters
Jannis Riesz
Founding Partner, Flipmode.io
Michael Chambers
Chairman, Answer Pay
Tony Moroney
Founder & Managing Partner, Saburai Consulting
Ghela Boskovich
Regional Director/Head of Europe, Financial & Data Technology Association
Laura McCraken
Global MD, eCommerce & Payments, Software & Platforms, Accenture
Simon Burrows
Payments Director, Semper Advisory
Pavel Kaminsky
Founder & CEO, 7Security
Keren Aviasaf Migdal
Co-Founder & CEO, PaymentOp
Rupert Jaeschke
Managing Director, Blocksyn
Koba Kurdadze
Founder & CEO, UniPAY

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