Global Financial Market Review (GFM) is a dedicated online news aggregation portal specializing in financial market news and industry updates. It combines original editorials with curated content from global news providers, reaching over 14 million readers annually. With a focus on reliability and depth, GFM has positioned itself as a trusted source in the financial sector, boasting a strong social media presence with over 180,000 Twitter followers.
As part of its coverage of this huge and multi-disciplined industry, GFM has developed a series of Awards. Using a wide range of criteria such as Transparency, Corporate Governance, Sustainability, Volume of Transactions, Innovation, Fintech and Customer Service, the Awards have been developed to recognise companies and institutions who have achieved notable success in their respective fields. This, in turn, has become a standard for reliability, performance and security within the financial community.
For the 5th Week of November 2025, GFM Review's judging panel is proud to award the following institutions:
RedotPay
RedotPay is a Hong Kong-based fintech revolutionizing payments through stablecoin-enabled innovation. Founded in April 2023, the company has scaled to serve over five million users across more than 100 markets, processing an annualized payment volume of ten billion dollars. The platform combines blockchain speed with traditional payment infrastructure, enabling seamless spending and multi-market payouts through stablecoin-powered cards, multicurrency wallets, and proprietary settlement rails. In September 2025, RedotPay achieved unicorn status with a 47 million dollar Series B funding round led by Coinbase Ventures, validating its position as a category leader in payment innovation. The company’s technological excellence extends to its infrastructure, built entirely on AWS for global compliance and scalability, and its regulatory framework, holding Virtual Asset Service Provider authorizations in Lithuania and Argentina, plus Money Lender and Trust Company Service Provider licenses in Hong Kong. By bridging cryptocurrency and traditional finance, RedotPay advances financial inclusion in underserved markets while maintaining institutional-grade security through advanced multi-party computation infrastructure.
Bitpace
Bitpace is a European fintech provider specializing in cryptocurrency payment infrastructure for global commerce. Launched in 2016, it empowers merchants in e-commerce, travel, real estate and payments services to accept over 70 digital currencies and settle in 40 fiat currencies with near-instant conversion. In 2024 the platform processed more than five million transactions per month, achieving a 485 percent increase in transaction volume and expanding its merchant base by 200 percent year over year. Leveraging blockchain technology, Bitpace reduces processing fees from industry averages of 5–6 percent down to 1–2 percent, while maintaining full licensing under EU financial regulations and meeting stringent KYC-AML and anti-money laundering standards. With enterprise-grade security measures and developer-friendly integration tools, the company streamlines cross-border settlements and mitigates regulatory complexity. These capabilities earned Bitpace recognition as the Best Payment Platform for Global E-Commerce Europe 2025 and Best Payment Platform for Cryptocurrency Transactions Europe 2025.
Hedera
Hedera is a public distributed ledger powered by the hashgraph consensus algorithm, delivering enterprise-scale performance without blockchain scalability trade-offs. The network processes thousands of transactions per second with finality in seconds, predictable fees under $0.0001 per transaction, and operates with a carbon-negative footprint. Governed by a council of more than 30 leading global organizations, Hedera ensures neutral oversight and robust network integrity. The Hedera Asset Tokenization Studio exemplifies the platform’s commitment to developer innovation, providing an open-source toolkit for issuing and managing compliant digital securities on ledger. By integrating the ERC-3643 standard for regulatory alignment, the studio enables seamless token issuance and transparent asset lifecycle management. Complementing this solution, the Hedera Developer Playground launched in January 2025 offers zero-setup coding environments in Java and JavaScript, dramatically lowering barriers for Web3 developers. Together, these tools underscore Hedera’s leadership in Web3 infrastructure, empowering institutions and developers across North America to build secure, compliant, and scalable distributed applications.
Luno
Luno is a global cryptocurrency exchange and digital asset platform founded in 2013. Based in London with operations across Africa and Southeast Asia, Luno focuses on delivering accessible and secure trading services to emerging markets. The platform enables customers to buy, sell, store and manage top cryptocurrencies, including Bitcoin, Ethereum and Litecoin, through an intuitive mobile and web interface. Luno places strong emphasis on security by storing the majority of user funds in offline cold wallets guarded by multi-signature controls and conducting monthly cryptographic proofs of reserves. As a licensed financial services provider in South Africa and a registered entity with regulators across multiple countries, Luno invests heavily in compliance, risk management and customer education. Its product suite has expanded to include interest-bearing crypto savings, staking rewards, merchant payment solutions and tokenized equities. With over 15 million registered users across 40 countries, Luno continues to advance financial inclusion by lowering barriers to digital asset investing and integrating blockchain technology into mainstream finance.
About GFM Review
Global Financial Market Review (GFM) is an online news portal that is focused on the financial industry. It has been developed to deliver informative and independent news from around the world. The articles on GFM are both sourced from a number of independent news sources as well as written in-house. This is reflected in the quality and insight that the portal delivers to readers. GFM readership is comprised of decision makers from global businesses including FT100 and Fortune 500 companies as well as high net worth individuals.