FIS | InnovateIN48

Igniting ideas, empowering teams, driving growth

A culture of innovation

InnovateIN48 is a company-wide celebration of our culture of innovation. It provides employees with the opportunity to work together to grow and learn using our digital innovation labs and collaborative platforms, such as Idea Hub, Viva Engage and Teams.

High intensity and team-spirited

Teams have 48 hours to collaborate, create and code – uninterrupted. Competitors are inspired by teammates and FIS peers cheering them on via social media as they strive for the coveted trophy and bragging rights to the No. 1 spot in InnovateIN48.

Growth of the event

The number of participants has grown year over year since the event began in 2013, with just over 400 participants. By the end of the 2025 competition, more than 13,000 colleagues participated in InnovateIN48 over its 12-year history at FIS.

This year’s competition

1983participants

438teams

4regions

3winning teams

Through intense coding sprints and collaborative problem-solving, InnovateIN48 brought together teams to push the boundaries of AI and financial technology in 2025.

2025 final round winners

In 2025, three teams were selected from the finalists, each tasked with developing concepts aligned with the theme of transforming fintech through the power of AI. The solutions and ideas shared during the event demonstrated this transformation, showcasing the talent within our organization. The teams showed that AI is not just a tool but a driving force for innovation, capable of redefining what’s possible in financial technology.

First-place winner

Latent Space

Latent Space created a compliance checker designed to confirm that FIS software applications adhere to the FIS AI policy and the EU AI Act.

First runner-up

Turing

Turing developed a modular AI-powered engine that uses agentic intelligence to help automate and optimize treasury operations.

Second runner-up

Avengers Intelligence

Avengers Intelligence designed an AI-powered bot that can be directly integrated into the CI/CD pipeline, working with Checkmarx scans’ automatic code analysis and vulnerability classification, based on scan reports.