Prestigious annual awards program honors outstanding financial technology products and companies around the world
SIOUX FALLS, S.D., April 02, 2025–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Pathward Financial, Inc. (Nasdaq: CASH) through its subsidiary, Pathward®, N.A. (“bank” or “Pathward” or “company”) announced that it has been named “Best Banking as a Service Solution Provider” in the 9th annual FinTech Breakthrough Awards program conducted by FinTech Breakthrough, an independent market intelligence organization that recognizes the top companies, technologies and products in the global FinTech market today. Through its fintech partnerships, Pathward offers various payments solutions through retailers and other consumer-facing businesses. From prepaid and debit issuing solutions to merchant acquiring, digital payment and consumer lending solutions, Pathward provides programs that meet the constantly evolving needs of our fintech partners as they innovate to serve the needs of consumers and small businesses.
“Empowering businesses through forward-thinking banking solutions is our passion at Pathward. Implementing embedded finance solutions can be complex for most institutions. We want to keep delivering scalable, compliant solutions to our partners, and our goal is always to provide our partners and the end users with solutions they can trust over the long term,” said Pathward Divisional President of Partner Solutions, Will Sowell. “This award from FinTech Breakthrough is a reflection of our decades of experience, our deep bench of talent, seasoned operational excellence, stable governance and our deep commitment to partnership and co-creation.”
Pathward delivers a configurable suite of issuing, acquiring, digital payments and consumer credit that empowers payment innovators. With more than 20 years of experience, Pathward has a bench of talent and operational excellence that enables partners to safely and sustainably bring their programs to market and grow over time.
“Clients turn to Pathward as an innovative, compliance-focused, flexible partner dedicated to increasing financial access for consumers and businesses. Financial institutions are looking to offer their customers flexible modern solutions that disrupt the delivery of financial services across a broad business spectrum,” said Steve Johansson, Managing Director, FinTech Breakthrough. “Pathward’s capabilities enable payment innovators and empower their partners to deliver programs that shape the future landscape of payments. We’re pleased to recognize them with the 2025 ‘Best BaaS Solution Provider’ award.”
