Analyst Recognitions

The industry's top analysts have evaluated the Backbase AI-native Banking OS. Their verdict: a system built for the AI era, recognized for unification, agentic AI capabilities, and the architectural foundation banks need to build the Unified Frontline. Here's what they found.

NEW - 2026

A Leader in the Forrester Wave™: Digital Banking Engagement Platforms, Q2 2026

Forrester named Backbase a Leader and a Customer Favorite in its Q2 2026 Wave evaluation - the most comprehensive independent assessment of digital banking engagement platforms on the market.

The research evaluated Backbase's AI-native Banking OS, implemented by more than 120 leading financial institutions across Retail, SMB and Commercial, Private Banking, and Wealth Management. The evaluation assessed 11 vendors across strategy, current offering, and customer feedback.

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The Forrester Wave™: Digital Banking Engagement Platforms, Q2 2026. A quadrant chart plotting 11 vendors by Strength of Strategy (x-axis) and Strength of Offering (y-axis), divided into Leaders, Strong Performers, and Contenders segments. Backbase is positioned as the top Leader with a double halo indicating Customer Favorite status. Other Leaders include Temenos and Q2. Strong Performers include Infosys Finacle, Intellect Design Arena, SBS, and Oracle. Contenders include FIS, Alkami Technology, Candescent, and Fiserv. Source: Forrester Research, Inc.

"Customers would enthusiastically select Backbase again, citing high trust and the platform's flexibility and foundational layers."

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2023

Omdia Universe: Digital Banking Platforms, 2023

Backbase recognized as a Leader for its strong solution capabilities, expanded partner ecosystem, and the co-innovation approach that helps banks build and evolve their frontline operations.

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2022

Backbase is once again recognized as the leading digital banking platform

The Backbase digital banking platform scores top marks in Celent's latest evaluation.

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2022

Backbase recognized by the IDC MarketScape as a Leader

Backbase has been recognized as a Leader by the IDC MarketScape for North America Digital Banking Customer Experience Platforms. The IDC MarketScape assessed 11 vendor solutions and Backbase was named as a Leader.

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2021

A leader in the Forrester Wave™ Digital Banking Engagement Platforms, Q3 2021.

Backbase recognized as a Leader in the 2021 Forrester Wave, setting the pace in feature breadth and future capabilities. The foundation for what became the AI-native Banking OS.

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2021

Backbase takes the lead as Best-in-Class Digital Banking Platform in latest research from Aite-Novarica Group

Backbase, the global digital banking platform provider, announced that it has been awarded Best-in-Class in the latest Aite Matrix Impact Report: U.S. Digital Banking Point Solution Providers.

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2021

Backbase wins Best in Class award in Small-Business Digital Account Opening

Javelin Strategy & Research’s 2021 Small Business Digital Account Opening Scorecard ranks Backbase as a Leader in all three evaluation categories.

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2020

Backbase is named a leading Digital Banking platform

We’re thrilled to be recognized as a leading Digital Banking platform in the Omdia Decision Matrix Analyst report.

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2020

Celent names Backbase a leader in Digital Banking Platforms

Celent, the US analyst firm, has concluded their Modern Digital Banking Channels Platform, 2020 report. The global research into the digital banking platform landscape was exhaustive, and covered a range of categories crucial to the vendor selection process.

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2020

Backbase is a leader in Digital Onboarding & Origination

We’re proud to be the recipient of both Celent’s Xcelent Technology 2020 and Xcelent Functionality 2020 Awards.

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