June 10, 2025 | New York, NY – American Banker, the leading information resource for banking and financial services executives, congratulates interface.ai as the winner of the 2025 DIGITAL BANKING Demo Challenge presented in partnership with NayaOne in Boca Raton, Fla., on June 2-3.
Each company presented 6-8 minutes and was scored on the following criteria:
- Market Potential & Need: How large is the market opportunity for the product/solution?
- Business Application and Potential Impact: Should be based on real-world applicability and scope of impact for those implementing the technology.
- Degree of Innovation: Does the solution offer a new and creative way to solve a current or existing financial services business challenge?
- User Experience: Does the product offer a compelling and intuitive experience?
- Demo Presentation: Quality & Showmanship
The winner, interface.ai, provides AI Co-Pilots, AI Agents and AI Operator solutions to Credit Unions and Community Banks. interface.ai solutions deliver a seamless, unified AI experience across voice, digital, and employee-assisted channels, all powered by a single AI brain that continuously learns and improves. Their demo, “Reimagine online banking and customer service with the next frontier in Agentic AI,” took top honors and the $10,000 grand prize from our panel of judges, including Stuart Cook, Industry Partner, Stack Asset Management; Jason Henrichs, Founder and CEO, Alloy Labs, and Host, Breaking Banks Podcast; and Gretchen Rodriguez, Enterprise Payments Strategy, TD Bank.
“inerface.ai delivered an excellent demonstration with clear applicability and need, excellent UX and significant potential impact,” said Jonathan Moore, EVP of Events and Live Media at Arizent. “Cortez Adams, Head of Partnerships for interface.ai was brilliant in his ability to articulate the value they can bring through their solution.”
“We are honoured to be recognized as the winner of the 2025 DIGITAL BANKING Demo Challenge, especially given the strength of the participating companies,” said Srinivas Njay, CEO and Co-Founder of interface.ai. “This award validates our mission to transform banking through AI. Our AI Co-Pilots, Agents, and Operators are designed to deliver seamless, secure, and personalized experiences across all customer touchpoints, empowering financial institutions to better serve their communities.”
The 2025 DIGITAL BANKING Demo Challenge featured demonstrations from the top technology leaders, including Anonybit, Array, Celonis (Honourable Mention), Glia, InvestiFi, LenderPay (Honourable Mention), Quantum Metric (Honourable Mention), Sari.ai and Uptiq.
“We were proud to partner with American Banker to bring the DIGITAL BANKING Demo Challenge to life,”
“The calibre of the demos was exceptional – showcasing real, actionable innovation across the financial services landscape. We are proud to enable a clear pathway from demo, to proof-of-value, to delivery for financial institutions.” said Karan Jain, CEO at NayaOne.
The Demo Challenge was part of the annual DIGITAL BANKING conference in partnership with NayaOne, taking place June 1-4, 2025, at The Boca Raton. The event brings together senior executives from banks, credit unions, fintechs, and the investment community to explore transformative financial technologies, AI strategies and the future of on-chain finance.
American Banker is the essential resource for senior executives in banking and financial services, keeping its members updated on vital developments and focusing sharply on their most important concerns — innovation, transformation and disruption; technology, regulation and reform. Financial industry professionals turn to American Banker every day and throughout the day to stay informed — drilling down on complex issues, keeping up with breaking news and downloading research and data.
NayaOne is the leading Vendor Delivery Infrastructure (VDI) platform for financial services and public sector institutions. NayaOne enables organisations to discover, evaluate, and integrate third-party technologies quickly and securely through synthetic data sandboxes, governed environments, and a unified marketplace of pre-vetted vendors. It supports rapid innovation delivery without compromising compliance or control.
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