AUSTIN, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--

Abrigo, a leading provider of compliance, credit risk, and lending solutions for financial institutions, today announced that its CEO, Jay Blandford, has been selected as winner of the “FinTech Company CEO of the Year” award in the 10th annual FinTech Breakthrough Awards program.

The global FinTech Breakthrough Awards program honors innovators and leaders across digital banking, payments, lending, cryptocurrencies, RegTech, InsurTech, and other fintech categories. It is conducted by FinTech Breakthrough, an independent market intelligence organization that recognizes the top companies, technologies, and products in the market today.

Jay Blandford, CEO of Abrigo, has led the company since 2022. Under his leadership, Abrigo delivers enterprise-grade, regulation-ready solutions purpose-built for community financial institutions. Abrigo’s tools and services merge advanced technology with deep regulatory expertise and are designed to bring secure, explainable, and governance-ready AI directly into critical banking workflows.

Blandford has also led strategic expansion through several acquisitions, strengthening Abrigo’s automation, data analytics, and asset finance capabilities. With Blandford at the helm, Abrigo recently launched a suite of AI-powered banking solutions that address urgent industry needs, including rising fraud and increased demand for faster access to capital. These solutions have generated strong customer adoption, rapid return on investment, and industry recognition.

Blandford is committed to Abrigo’s customers and the communities they serve. He has strengthened customer advisory boards and championed collaboration forums. Abrigo’s ThinkBIG industry event convenes nearly 1,000 bankers for peer learning, hands-on education, and dialogue around the future of banking. Blandford also fosters a culture of trust and collaboration through empowered leadership teams, small-group employee town halls, and support of Employee Resource Groups.

“Jay Blandford’s leadership blends innovation with integrity, performance with purpose, and growth with responsibility. He sets a standard for what FinTech leadership should be, empowering banks and credit unions to modernize and compete amid mounting regulatory complexity, staffing constraints, intensifying competition, and evolving customer expectations,” said Steve Johansson, Managing Director, FinTech Breakthrough. “We’re proud to announce that Jay Blandford is our ‘FinTech CEO of the Year’ for combining strategic vision, disciplined execution, and values-driven leadership to deliver measurable business impact while advancing customers, employees, and communities.”

“This award is truly a reflection of our entire team at Abrigo,” said Blandford. “I aim to keep accelerating growth and investing in innovation so we can serve as the trusted technology partner community and regional financial institutions rely on to power their success.”

About Abrigo

Abrigo is a leading provider of risk management, financial crime prevention, and lending software and services that help more than 2,400 financial institutions manage risk and drive growth in a rapidly changing world. Our AI-powered product portfolio helps institutions harness their data and leverage AI while maintaining trust, compliance, and explainability. We deliver transformational technology, product innovation, world-class support, and unparalleled expertise so our customers can face complex challenges and make big things happen.

About FinTech Breakthrough

Part of Tech Breakthrough, a leading market intelligence and recognition platform for technology innovation and leadership around the globe, the FinTech Breakthrough Awards program is devoted to honoring breakthrough innovation in Financial Technologies and Services companies and products. The FinTech Breakthrough Awards provide public recognition for the standout achievements of FinTech companies and products in categories that include Payments, Personal Finance, Cryptocurrency, Wealth Management, Fraud Protection, Banking, Lending, RegTech, InsurTech and more. For more information visit FinTechBreakthrough.com.

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Source: Abrigo