SAP Fioneer wins two Global Transaction Banking Innovation Awards 2026. Published on: 24 July 2026 SAP Fioneer GmbH is proud to announce that SAP Fioneer has been recognized by The Digital Banker for the second consecutive year, receiving two distinguished awards at the Global Transaction Banking Innovation Awards 2026. * Best Technology Solutions Provider to Transaction/Wholesale Banks * Best Virtual Account Initiative by a Vendor SAP Fioneer was launched in 2021 as a strategic partnership between entrepreneurial investor Dediq and global technology leader SAP SE to become the leading international digital transformation partner and provider of software solutions and platforms to the financial services industry. With a broad ecosystem of partners, over 1,200 financial services customers and more than 1,500 employees, SAP Fioneer is a global business present in 17 countries across Europe, North and Latin America, Middle East and Asia-Pacific. By combining the speed and agility of a start-up with the proven capabilities of a best-in-class enterprise-grade software company, SAP Fioneer enables banks, insurance companies and challengers to run, transform and grow while meeting their need for speed, scalability, and cost-efficiency through digital business innovation, cloud technology, and solutions that cover banking and insurance processes end-to-end.

SAP Fioneer strengthens leadership team with two senior appointments. Published on: 9 July 2026 Walldorf, Germany - July 9, 2026 - SAP Fioneer, leading global provider of financial services software solutions and platforms, today announced two senior leadership appointments in line with the management structure introduced in January 2026. The appointments strengthen SAP Fioneer's leadership presence in key international markets and support the company's continued global growth ambitions. Tom Pfaff will join SAP Fioneer as Co-CEO Finance, with a focus on the Americas and APAC. He joins from Standard Chartered Bank, where he served as Chief Operating Officer for Group CFO, leading Operations and an industry-leading transformation across Singapore and London. Prior to Standard Chartered, he held similar roles at the RBS, Credit Suisse and JP Morgan. He brings extensive experience in a high-growth U.S. market, together with regulatory expertise gained at a global Tier 1 bank operating across complex, multi-jurisdictional environments, as well as a strong understanding of how SAP Fioneer's products are applied by clients in practice. Additionally, Tom Sturley has signed with SAP Fioneer as Co-CEO Lending. He joins from Accenture, where he was a Managing Director and part of the firm's Financial Services industry leadership, bringing a long-standing tenure and deep domain expertise in the lending sector. Over the course of his 19 years at Accenture, Tom has led numerous large-scale strategic transformation programs for financial services clients in the UK, EMEA and globally. He has also held a number of internal leadership roles including responsibility for Accenture's Financial Services industry work with Salesforce, and Commercial & SME Banking lead for UK & Ireland. Both additions to the management roster follow the appointment of Supratim Ghose as Co-CEO Banking earlier this year. Since its launch in 2021, SAP Fioneer has grown significantly in both size and revenue, achieving four consecutive years of revenue and profit growth across the entire platform. "Our ambition is clear: to become the leading global partner for financial services software and that starts with being close to our customers in every market we serve. Deep local market knowledge is what allows us to understand our customers' challenges and grow alongside them. This is the foundation for SAP Fioneer's next phase of growth", comments Matthias Tomann, CEO of SAP Fioneer. "I have seen the power of SAP Fioneer's solutions in action and look forward to bringing these capabilities to financial institutions across the Americas", says Tom Pfaff. "Financial institutions need a partner who understands their business, moves at their pace and delivers great technology at speed and scale. SAP Fioneer does exactly that and I am looking forward to continuing that success story together with the team", adds Tom Sturley. SAP Fioneer was launched in 2021 as a strategic partnership between entrepreneurial investor Dediq and global technology leader SAP SE to become the leading international digital transformation partner and provider of software solutions and platforms to the financial services industry. With a broad ecosystem of partners, over 1,200 financial services customers and more than 1,500 employees, SAP Fioneer is a global business present in 17 countries across Europe, North and Latin America, Middle East and Asia-Pacific. By combining the speed and agility of a start-up with the proven capabilities of a best-in-class enterprise-grade software company, SAP Fioneer enables banks, insurance companies and challengers to run, transform and grow while meeting their need for speed, scalability, and cost-efficiency through digital business innovation, cloud technology, and solutions that cover banking and insurance processes end-to-end.

"AI isn't a magic tool": why data infrastructure matters more than use cases. This content has been created by the Finextra editorial team with inputs from subject matter experts at the funding sponsor. Whilst at Sibos 2025 in Frankfurt, Charlie Platt, Managing Director, Banking, SAP FIoneer, described an AI environment that is looking at use-cases, but without enough consideration toward the data infrastructure that will support it. Platt reiterates the positives of use-cases and exploring the applications of AI, but warns that without a strong data foundation, AI cannot work in the way organisations will want it to. In his interview, he outlines how different forms of AI work in conjunction with other systems and advises organisations to view AI not as a magic tool, but as a technological system that requires quality input.