2020 ETA Star Awards Nominations Open

• ISO of the Year: An ETA member who is currently registered with Visa and Mastercard whose actions move the payments industry forward, exhibits high ethical standards, and has successfully met industry challenges with demonstrated results. ISOs of all sizes are eligible for this award.
• FinTech Innovation in Payments: A company whose innovative practices and leadership have raised the bar for the payments industry and changed the business model of the industry. Candidates for this award can be VARs, ISVs, mPOS providers, Payment Facilitators or any other emerging technology providers of payments.
• Business Partner of the Year: A current ETA member company who has demonstrated an exceptional level of support for the association as evidenced by activities such as sponsorship, advertising, speaking at ETA events, committee service, and otherwise helping to further the association’s goals and objectives.

• Technology Innovation: An ETA member company who uses technology to provide a creative solution that either: promotes customer usability, increases profitability, reduces friction, or otherwise enables significant advances for the payments ecosystem.

• Distinguished Payments Professional: An individual who has demonstrated significant leadership within the industry and is an acknowledged trend-setter, role model, and positive contributor to its efficacy and image.
• Committee Volunteer of the Year: An ETA committee volunteer who has dedicated extraordinary time and effort to his or her committee, ensuring its overall success.
• Pay It Forward: Recognizes the unsung everyday heroes who work in the payments industry and make the world a better place through community service. The recipient is a current ETA member or company who has exhibited selfless acts of kindness to improve their community. The good deed may or may not be linked to the payments industry.