Discover Perfect Pitch
Showcasing the next phase of fintech innovation
Discover Perfect Pitch returned for its seventh iteration in Miami, offering leading fintechs from around the world the opportunity to showcase their ideas to the Sibos community, with the chance to win our exclusive prize package of unparalleled access to the Sibos network.
Fintechs compete in their chosen stream, which best reflects their mission, products and stage of growth. Finalists have one minute to introduce themselves and their company, outline their vision, and then face a round of rapid-fire questions from our judges.
For information on how to enter the 2027 competition, keep an eye on our LinkedIn, X, Instagram and YouTube.
Competition streams
- Ambitious
Adventurer
For fintechs defined by attitude, culture and high altitude ambition. We’re looking for entries driven by the brilliance of the team, its values and leadership and a shared direction of travel.
- Community
Pioneer
This stream celebrates fintechs forging change for a collective, whether through shared infrastructure, sustainability led platforms or deeply integrated ecosystems. You are the catalyst others want to join, proving that we are stronger together than apart.
- Established
Trendsetter
For those that took risk early and proved to be right. Established Trendsetters have moved beyond proof of concept. You’ve tackled a real industry dilemma, addressed a systemic gap or solved a problem through a scalable solution.
Our 2026 Winners Revealed!
Our 2026 winners highlighted three of the most significant priorities for the next generation of financial services: smarter payment operations, privacy-preserving collaboration and more resilient digital infrastructure.
Ambitious Adventurer
Lukasz Ferenc, Bright InvestOps was crowned winner of the Ambitious Adventurer stream.The platform enhances payment operations by transforming SWIFT MX data into actionable workflows. They’re harnessing the rich data of ISO 20022 and utilising specialised AI agents to turn payment workflows into a highly efficient machine.
Watch their pitch video here .
Community Pioneer
Lukas Helminger of TACEO took out the award for Community Pioneer. TACEO develop privacy-enhancing technology that allows financial institutions to collaborate and transact using sensitive data without exposing it. By combining cutting-edge cryptography with blockchain infrastructure, it aims to make secure, confidential data sharing practical at scale for payments, identity and digital asset use cases. Watch their pitch video here.
Established Trendsetter
Joachim Samuelsson of Crunchfish took out the title for Established Trendsetter. The company is pioneering digital payment infrastructure that allows transactions to continue even during network outages or system disruptions. Its Digital Cash technology helps banks, payment providers and central banks build more resilient payment systems by enabling secure offline payments without compromising governance, compliance or interoperability.
See their pitch video here.
The Perfect Pitch winning package.
Finalists at Sibos 2026 will be judged by a combination of our expert jury and audience voting. The winner for each stream will be rewarded with an exclusive prize package provided by Sibos partners, introductions to contacts who can help transform their business and promotion on Sibos TV, sibos.com and Sibos social media channels.
Meet our judges
This year, Discover Perfect Pitch welcomes PwC and HSBC as ecosystem partner judges, joining the panel to help select the fintechs shaping the future of the industry.
Representing HSBC Innovation Banking is Will Turner, Global Head of Global Payments Solutions and representing PwC is Peter Pollini, the firm's Financial Services Industry Leader.
Our thanks to both firms for supporting this year's competition and for bringing their expertise to the judging process.
Fedra Ware
Head of Business Development, Latin America & The Caribbean
Swift
Fedra Ware is a member of SWIFT's Strategic Relationships team for Latin America and serves as country manager for several jurisdictions across the region. With more than 17 years of experience in and alongside the financial industry, she is responsible for the commercial and strategic development of SWIFT's products and services, with a particular focus on digital innovation, transformation and the future of cross-border payments.
Fedra works closely with commercial banks, central banks, corporates and fintechs across Latin America, leveraging deep expertise in payment systems, banking infrastructure and regulatory compliance. She also collaborates with industry bodies and NGOs to advance thought leadership and foster dialogue on the evolution of the region's financial ecosystem.
Tony Fish
Entrepreneur, investor, author
AMF Ventures
Tony Fish is a serial entrepreneur and early-stage investor with 35 years of building, selling and backing companies, and over a hundred investments behind him totaling more than $1bn of invested funds. He teaches AI and ethics at London Business School and the LSE, and is the author of six books, including Decision Making in Uncertain Times. He is also a local handyman (trady) for his hospice.
Will Turner
Global Head of Global Payments Solutions
HSBC Innovation Banking
Based in New York, Will brings two decades of international banking, product and strategy experience to HSBC Innovation Banking. Will specializes in market leading digital propositions to support innovative companies.
Prior to relocating to the United States, Will held various Strategic Growth, Coverage and Innovation roles across HSBCs global footprint, including assignments in London, Hong Kong and San Francisco. Will is passionate about building market leading products, with a track record of partnering with leading technology and fintech leaders.
Peter Pollini
Financial Services Industry Leader
PwC
As PwC’s Financial Services Industry Leader, Peter is focused on supporting our clients to manage the complexities of today's regulatory, financial and constantly changing business needs.
With a background in banking, Peter advises our financial services clients on a range of topics including strategy, transaction management, regulatory enforcement, operational excellence and innovation.
In addition to his responsibilities overseeing our Financial Services practice, Peter has also served as practice leader for our Banking and Capital Markets Sector, Financial Markets Practice, the Consumer Finance Group, and also co-Founded PwC’s Consumer Lending Innovation Center (CLiC).