Finalists Named for the AFP 2025 Pinnacle Awards: American Airlines, Stanford University, The World Bank

Sponsored by Truist for a second year, the AFP Pinnacle Awards recognize leading treasury and finance groups for innovation, excellence and impact

ROCKVILLE, Md., Sept. 8, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- American Airlines, Stanford University and The World Bank are finalists for the AFP 2025 Pinnacle Awards, sponsored by Truist. Established by the Association for Financial Professionals (AFP) in 1997, the AFP Pinnacle Awards recognize excellence in treasury and finance.

The finalists were selected by a panel of treasury and finance professionals. Decisions were based on forward-looking solutions that progress the efficiency and effectiveness of their organization's treasury and finance operations.

Voting is currently open to select the Grand Prize winner, which will be announced during AFP 2025. Truist will make a $10,000 donation to a charity of the winner's choice.

"AFP is proud to recognize American Airlines, Stanford University and The World Bank for their leading innovations and practices," said Pat Culkin, President & CEO of AFP. "As part of our mission to drive the future of treasury and finance, we remain committed to highlighting forward-looking solutions that will inspire the broader treasury and finance community in its pursuit of excellence."

"At Truist, we believe innovation in treasury and finance is essential to driving simplicity, speed and safety across the enterprise," said Chris Ward, Truist Head of Enterprise Payments. "We're proud to sponsor the AFP Pinnacle Awards and the AFP Payments Fraud and Control Survey for the second straight year, recognizing organizations that are reimagining how treasury and finance teams can expand their influence and create lasting value. Congratulations to all finalists, who exemplify what's possible when teams embrace innovation — showcasing bold thinking and delivering a meaningful impact across the industry."

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About the submissions:

American Airlines partnered with GTreasury to build a custom Collateral Management System that centralizes treasury operations, streamlines debt portfolio management and delivers near-total global cash visibility. This industry-first solution integrates collateralized debt, fleet management, cash, FX and investments into one platform, boosting automation from 50% to 90%, increasing cash visibility from 65% to 99% and freeing up to 20% of the treasury team's time to focus on higher-value work. By proving that a tailor-made treasury system can deliver scale, efficiency and agility in an asset-heavy industry, American Airlines has created a blueprint for other organizations in complex operating environments.

Stanford University developed UniRev©, a secure, scalable and cost-effective payments platform that modernizes how 300+ campus merchants handle transactions. By automating processes, improving compliance and unifying merchant services across departments, UniRev has already delivered more than $1.3M in annual savings while restoring confidence in central finance operations. UniRev is more than just a payments tool; it is a Center of Excellence that seamlessly integrates with the university's branding and backend systems. The solution scales across a wide range of users and is now also being licensed to other universities and nonprofits.

The World Bank launched FundsChain, a groundbreaking blockchain-based solution that digitizes and tracks funds disbursed to developing nations. By replacing manual, paper-heavy reporting with end-to-end digital traceability, FundsChain enhances transparency, accountability and trust, ensuring that billions in global development financing reach intended beneficiaries. Its impact includes financing typhoon recovery in Manila, empowering 95,000 youth in Kenya with education and training, and supporting more than 750,000 households in Bangladesh. As the World Bank plans to expand FundsChain across additional projects worldwide, it paves the way for greater transparency in public financial management.

About AFP^®
Headquartered outside of Washington, D.C., and located regionally in Singapore, the Association for Financial Professionals (AFP) is the professional society committed to advancing the success of treasury and finance members and their organizations. Established and administered by AFP, the Certified Treasury Professional and Certified Corporate FP&A Professional credentials set standards of excellence in treasury and finance. Each year, AFP hosts the largest networking conference worldwide for about 7,000 corporate financial professionals.

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