2023 NXTSTAGE FinTech Competition

This innovation program allows FinTech startups from around the world to present their innovative technology solutions to prospective customers in Kansas that they otherwise may not have been able to access. Startups offer potential technology tools – ready to be pilot tested or fully deployed – that can help financial institutions enhance digital offerings and improve operations.

Along with Premiere Sponsors Emprise Bank, INTRUST Bank and Kansas Bankers Association, as well as the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, eight finalists have been announced to showcase their solutions at the 2023 Innovation Showcase. The finalists were chosen from among 111 competitors hailing from 22 states and 11 countries, offering next generation solutions to help regional banks, credit unions and financial services businesses improve identity verification, offer new digital tools to customers, link in with their small-business clients’ financial information, and expand lending and services to rural and urban underserved community segments.

Thank you to all who joined us at the Innovation Showcase! Click below to see a recap of the amazing pilot projects announced.

2023 Pilots

Meet the 2023 Fintech finalists

Archway software

Archway Software delivers banking innovation as a service that brings big bank tech to financial institutions of any size so they can wow their customers – in less than 90 days.

ASA

ASA is an embedded fintech platform that connects financial institutions with customer-facing fintechs in a secure, compliant, and easy-to-implement marketplace.

Foresight

Foresight's next-generation evaluation approach and decisioning strategies allow financial institutions to capture missed opportunities while minimizing both risk and bias.

Pebble Plan

Pebble Plan software gives banks new tools to reduce defaults and identify risks that credit scores can’t, while giving entrepreneurs a collaborative and educational workspace to plan their growth and/or recovery.

PitaTech

PitaTech is a data and machine learning company focused on getting banks the data they need for equipment loans. PitaTech is developing a centralized UCC search engine, utilizing computer vision to streamline a $3.5B problem of inefficient and costly lien searches.

Railz API

The Railz API connects to major accounting, banking, and commerce platforms to provide you quick access to normalized and analyzed financial data on your small and medium-sized customers.