On 17 June 2026, Salv won the Fintech Zone Award at EBAday 2026 in Copenhagen, selected by a panel of independent judges from a field of 16 finalists.

EBAday, organised by the Euro Banking Association, is one of the largest annual gatherings of European banking professionals. The Fintech Zone is its competitive showcase, where shortlisted fintechs pitch live to judges drawn from across banking and payments. The people in the room were the institutions that will benefit from collaborative fincrime fighting.

Barnabás Ferenczi, Head of Growth at Salv, pitched on Salv’s behalf and accepted the award on stage. He said:

“It’s a recognition of the mission, because the mission is important to all of us. Even my kids understand helping banks to collaborate to take joint action against financial crime, and that helps all of us.”

— Barnabás Ferenczi, Head of Growth, Salv

Announcing the result, EBA director Daniel Szmukler said the judges had “a difficult but exciting time coming down on a final result, because the pitches were all so good. At the end, one stood out to the judges just a little bit more than the others.”

Why the judges chose Salv

Salv has created the proven infrastructure for fincrime data sharing. It lets banks and payment companies share financial crime intelligence with each other in real time, turning isolated signals at individual institutions into a shared picture of how criminals actually move money.

Criminals are multi-banked, share information, and coordinate across borders. The institutions trying to stop them mostly don’t. Salv closes that gap, and that was the case we made on stage.

Collaborative intelligence sharing between banks and payment companies is both possible and overdue, and a room of senior banking professionals agreed.

Want to see what the judges saw? Learn more about how Salv Bridge works HERE →