Discover all the nominees for the 2025 edition of the TRUSTECH Innovation Awards. The competition aims to reward the companies with the most innovative solutions related to payment and identification.
TRUSTECH INNOVATION AWARDS
2025 Finalists - Category Identification

Resistant AI - AI-powered document fraud detection
Resistant AI document fraud detection software can check any document (from anywhere) for fraud and authenticity. In seconds. Trained on over 100 million documents, our AI gives onboarding, underwriting, and risk teams bionic eyes to catch invisible document fraud in any document you need to verify.

IAI Industrial Systems B.V. - PaperProtect
PaperProtect is IAI's recent developed technology that enhances the security of paper identity documents. This feature places personalised data both within the paper and on top. Because of the personalised data inside the paper, it becomes impossible to invisibly counterfeit the document.

Linxens - Highlighted INtentional Tampering (HINT)
HINT is a Level 1 (can be seen with naked eyes) & 2 (under UV light) security feature integrated into the inlay layer of cards, passport datapages or passport eCovers. It provides evidences of chip tampering from electrical, electromagnetic, and physical attacks.
2025 Finalists - Category Smart Cards

TOPPAN Security - CHROMA
CHROMA is the first laser colour personalisation tech delivering near-photographic image quality with top security for polycarbonate IDs. It uses CMY dyes and a single laser to embed lifelike portraits, enabling secure, full-colour ID cards and passports.

Infineon Technologies - Infineon Quantum-Secure Controller
To address the rising risk from cryptography-breaking quantum computers Infineon released the first Common Criteria EAL6 certified contactless and dual-interface security controller with a certified crypto library supporting ML-KEM and ML-DSA. This is a vital step to begin the transition towards quantum-secured systems.

Arksigner - Arksigner Suite
Arksigner Suite is a comprehensive and secure platform designed to manage all digital signature processes in a centralized way. It enables institutions to carry out electronic signature, mobile signature, timestamping, and identity verification operations efficiently and securely.
2025 Finalists - Category Innovative Payments

Market Pay - Loyalty Payment Solution (Europe)
1st solution in Europe to redefine how loyalty programs connect with payments. No separate cards, apps, manual scans needed, it enables payment card—physical or tokenized in digi wallets also serve as loyalty ID. Loyalty recognition happens at checkouts with no extra effords from client or merchant.

Tropic Square - TROPIC01, First future-proof secure chip
TROPIC01 open architecture secure element provides a revolutionary foundation for building reliable, transparent, and future proof technology with the utmost level of protection against modern cybercrime. It is designed to deliver tamper-proof next-gen protection with an open architecture.

Ellipse - Dynamic Display Wallet Card powered by EVC
The Dynamic Display Card powered by EVC is a first-of-its-kind, battery-free EMV wallet card - a payment card that not only holds money but also features a built-in digital display showing the available balance directly on the card without the need for any other devices.
2025 Finalists - Category Bank & Issuers

Cooperativa INCoop – Mastercard Dynamic CVV
INCoop launches the Mastercard debit card with Dynamic CVV, becoming the first cooperative in Ecuador to offer this technology, strengthening security and reaffirming its commitment to innovation and the digital transformation of the financial sector.
INCoop reaffirms its vision of sustainable and digital growth, offering smart, efficient, and tech-driven financial products. It aims to be an innovative cooperative that protects its members with modern tools. Its value proposition is based on security and exclusivity, positioning INCoop as a national benchmark in financial innovation.

Money Giver - EVC in Mexico
We are the first ones in Mexico implementing EVC technology. This helps to protect customers funds, adding an extra layer of security for them to spend on line, more seamlessly.
