Zafin winner of Microsoft partner award

The company, recognized as the winner of 2023 Microsoft Financial Services Global Partner of the Year Award, is the first Canadian outfit to be given the accolade.

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Zafin, the Vancouver-headquartered SaaS company, has won the 2023 Microsoft Financial Services Global Partner of the Year Award. The company was honoured among a global field of top Microsoft partners for demonstrating excellence in innovation and implementation of customer solutions based on Microsoft technology. Zafin is the first Canadian company to be given the accolade.

"Zafin is the enterprise SaaS product and pricing platform that is changing the way banks tackle transformation and core modernization initiatives to bring innovative propositions and business models to market faster and with reduced cost," said Al Karim Somji, Zafin’s CEO. "We’re proud to be the first Canadian company to receive this global award and look forward to continued collaboration with Microsoft to enable banks around the globe to modernize their core systems and transform customer experiences."

The Microsoft Partner of the Year Awards recognize the software giant’s partners that have developed and delivered Microsoft-based applications, services, and devices during the past year. Awards were classified into various categories, with honorees chosen from a set of more than 4,200 submitted nominations from more than 100 countries worldwide. The Financial Services Global Partner of the Year Award was awarded to Zafin for providing an outstanding and innovative platform built on the Microsoft Cloud for Financial Services to banks globally.

“Congratulations to the winners and finalists of the 2023 Microsoft Partner of the Year Awards,” said Nicole Dezen, chief partner officer and corporate vice-president of global partner solutions at Microsoft. “The innovative new solutions and services that positively impact customers and enable digital transformation from this year's winners demonstrate the best of what’s possible with the Microsoft Cloud.”

“Congratulations to Al Karim Somji, and the whole team at Zafin for this incredible honour,” said Mary Ng, Minister of International Trade, Export Promotion, Small Business and Economic Development of Canada. “Canadians are bringing innovative solutions to the problems of today and tomorrow, with Zafin leading the way.”

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