Simpaisa Named Digital Payments Innovation Leader at CxO Global Forum's Elevate 2026

Most businesses need three providers to collect payments, pay out, and move money across borders. Simpaisa does all three through one integration, and it earned the company two awards at CxO Global Forum's Elevate 2026.

Simpaisa has been recognized with two awards at Elevate 2026, the flagship event hosted by CxO Global Forum.

• Simpaisa was named Digital Payments Innovation Leader 
• Chief Executive Officer - Simpaisa, Yassir Pasha, received the Fintech Innovation Leader award.

CxO Global Forum is an invitation-only network of C-level leaders, and its Transform Awards recognize organizations and executives driving measurable innovation across their industries.

For a business in the region, getting paid is rarely simple. Wallets, cards, and bank transfers often mean separate providers, separate integrations, and a checkout that pushes customers through redirects where many abandon the purchase. Paying out to workers or partners is a second system. Sending money across borders is a third.

Simpaisa brings all three together. Businesses collect payments through the wallets, cards, and bank transfers local customers expect, from a single integration that reaches 98% of mobile wallet users in Pakistan, disburses payouts to wallets and bank accounts, and handles cross-border remittance, all from one API. No redirects, no juggling separate providers and dashboards, and routing built to complete more payments.

That is the capability the awards recognize. Global gateways rarely support the local wallets and rails that dominate these markets, and local providers usually stop at one function or one border. Building acquiring, disbursements, and remittance into a single integration, and making it work where payment infrastructure is at its hardest, is the problem Simpaisa set out to solve. It is the one Yassir Pasha set out to build for, engineering for markets most providers treat as an afterthought rather than porting a model made for developed economies.

Yassir Pasha, CEO of Simpaisa, said: "Recognition in payments comes from doing the hard, unglamorous work well, making payments succeed in markets others find too complex to serve. This belongs to our team as much as to me. We built what the region needed, and the bigger work is still ahead."

Simpaisa is PCI DSS v4.0.1 and ISO 27001:2022 certified, the security and data standards enterprise buyers screen for before they integrate.

The recognition also follows Simpaisa's earlier win as Pakistan's Fastest Growing Fintech Company at the 2025 Global Banking & Finance Awards, a sign this momentum is not new. For the businesses that rely on Simpaisa to move their money every day, it is one more reason to build on the infrastructure behind them.