It’s Official – Spring has Sprung and i2c Clients Hurdled Many Milestones and Awards in March

March was full of exciting achievements for i2c clients around the globe, from notable press mentions and awards, to industry-first accomplishments and successful funding rounds. We are thrilled to be the go-to enablement platform for the world’s leading fintech innovators and financial institution leaders, and we‘re especially proud to celebrate their wins. Here are some of the most notable highlights from March 2022:

Awards & Nominations

• Best Employers
  • Forbes names Brex and Petal as part of “America’s Best Startup Employers 2022”
  • Petal makes it on Comparably’s “Best Companies in New York Metropolitan Area 2022”
• Crypto
  • Crypto.com was named one of Fintech Magazine’s “Top Five Crypto Exchanges for Investors to try in 2022”

• Fintech
  • Airwallex wins “Best B2B Payments Company” for the Fintech Breakthrough Awards
  • FXC Intel reveals “The Top 100 Cross-Border Payment Companies“, featuring i2c clients in the following categories:
    • VC-Backed (growth-stage)
      • Airwallex
      • PingPong
    • Public Companies (non-banks)
      • Equals Group
      • Payoneer
      • Paysafe
    • CB Insights names Abra and Wirex in “The Blockchain 50: top blockchain companies of 2022”
• Women in Payments
  • American Banker included two i2c client leaders in their “The Most Influential Women in Payments, 2022” – congratulations to:
    • Paulette Rowe, CEO of e-commerce and integrated solutions, Paysafe
    • Aleksandra Teichman, senior director, payments, Cross River Bank

Achievements & Announcements

• Finder UK unboxes the Airwallex multi-currency business card
• Cross River scores $620m in latest funding round
• Bond partners with Texas Medical Center, introducing embedded finance to the healthcare vertical
• New US banking app Swell set to launch in summer
• Credit Sesame extends its partnership with i2c until 2025
• Crypto.com is unveiled as FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022™ Official Sponsor, after becoming the first crypto trading platform to sponsor the event

i2c’s proprietary “building block” technology enables innovators to bring their payment visions to life with unmatched reliability, flexibility, and security – from single card programs to comprehensive portfolios spanning multiple markets. Use cases range from debit, credit, lending, BNPL, crypto, earned-wage access, and emerging payments fields like IoT. As a key partner to major global card networks such as Visa, Mastercard, American Express, JCB and UnionPay, as well as leading banks and fintechs in over 200 countries and territories around the world, we‘re honored to contribute to the innovative transformations taking place within the payments industry and we ask that you join us to celebrate their many successes.