In conjunction with its annual ATM & Mobile Innovation Summit, Networld Media Group handed out its first ever awards to recognize innovators in ATM and mobile technology. The awards ceremony, sponsored by MasterCard, took place on Sept. 10 at the Terrace at 101 Constitution in Washington, D.C.

Award winners this year included: 

• BMO Harris — Most Innovative Financial Institution

Judge's comment: "BMO Harris is one of the leaders in pushing innovative technologies in its branches and mobile channels."

• WSFS Mobile Cash — Most Innovative ATM Technology

Judge's comment: "WSFS integrated an exceptionally easy-to-use cardless cash feature into its ATMs and mobile banking app — and supported it with an easy-to-understand animated demo in order to encourage customer interest and uptake."

• ZipLine — Most Innovative Mobile Technology

Judge's comment: "As one of the first in the space to offer this capability to fuel operators, it offers a potential way for them to skip costly EMV upgrade and go straight to mobile-only."

Networld also recognized industry leaders with its 2015 Excellence, Leadership and Innovation (ELI) Awards. ELI winners included:

Citishare — for demonstrating industry leadership among major US-based financial institutions by being the first to start and complete a system-wide upgrade of its branch ATMs to EMV.

Columbus Data Systems — for demonstrating industry leadership among processors by making EMV platform upgrades not only a high operational priority but also a commercial differentiator, truly turning a risk into an opportunity.

Credomatic — for demonstrating industry leadership through its tireless commitment to EMV implementation as it successfully migrated its entire ATM network in six Central American countries. Also, Credomatic was recognized for its unselfish support of competitive acquirers after the EMV liability shift so that they could maintain their own ATM networks.

Payment Alliance International — for demonstrating industry leadership by mobilizing its large and diverse group of market partners and working relentlessly with terminal manufacturers and equipment suppliers to ensure that independent ATM operators across the country had access to the EMV hardware and software they needed.

Scotiabank — for demonstrating industry leadership by simultaneously completing separate EMV certification projects in 20 island nations in the Caribbean, Mexico, Central America and Peru, and for successfully migrating its entire ATM network. In many of these cases, Scotiabank was the first ATM acquirer in the country to migrate to EMV.

Judges for the awards included the editors of ATM Marketplace and Mobile Payments Today, as well as respected industry analysts and consultants:

Suzanne Cluckey, ATM Marketplace
Richard Crone, Crone Consulting
Sam Ditzion, Tremont Capital Group
Michelle Evans, Euromonitor International
Will Hernandez, Mobile Payments Today
Jordan McKee, 451 Research

The ATM & Mobile Innovation Summit is devoted to the discussion current trends and technologies in financial services and payments. The event is jointly organized and hosted by the Electronic Funds Transfer Association and Networld Media Group, publisher of ATM Marketplace and Mobile Payments Today.