Recognized for excellence
Six years. Twenty-four wins. Forty-seven nominations. Independent judges across eight awarding bodies have recognized Market Securities for the products, security, and service our customers rely on every day.
Industry awards won
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Every award, filterable
Explore all 24 industry awards Market Securities has won since 2019. Filter by year or category, sort, and click any card for the full citation, judging criteria, and fellow finalists.
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A timeline of recognition
Six consecutive years of industry recognition. Click any year to filter the awards grid above.
Industry rankings
Beyond formal awards, Market Securities is consistently ranked among the best brokerages and fintechs by the publications investors trust most.
Forbes · 2024
Best Fintech Apps
Up from #3 last year
Bloomberg · 2024
Top Trading Platforms
Surpassed Interactive Brokers
Fast Company · 2024
Most Innovative Companies
Held top-3 for 3 years
Newsweek · 2024
World's Most Trusted Brands
Highest-ranked fintech
NerdWallet · 2024
Best Brokerages for Beginners
5th consecutive year at #1
CB Insights · 2024
Top 100 Fintechs
Biggest jump in the top 10
Investopedia · 2024
Best Investing Apps
Best for active traders
J.D. Power · 2024
Customer Service in Finance
First-time entrant, immediate #1
Certifications & registrations
Awards recognize excellence. Certifications prove it. Market Securities holds every certification and regulatory registration required to operate as a trusted broker-dealer and investment advisor.
The awarding bodies
Independent organizations that convene expert panels, audit submissions, and select winners. We list every body that has recognized Market Securities, with how many awards they've given us.
FinTech Breakthrough Awards
Recognizes the best fintech products and companies across 20+ categories, judged by an independent panel of industry experts.
Benzinga Global Fintech Awards
Honors the most disruptive and innovative companies shaping the future of financial services and capital markets.
WealthManagement.com Industry Awards
Celebrates excellence in wealth management, recognizing advisors, broker-dealers, and technology providers.
Webby Awards
The leading international award honoring excellence on the internet across websites, apps, and social media.
Stevie Awards
One of the world's top business awards programs, honoring achievements in customer service, sales, and HR.
Finovate Awards
Showcases the best new fintech innovations through live demos and recognizes industry leaders annually.
Cybersecurity Excellence Awards
Honors the companies, products, and people demonstrating excellence in cybersecurity.
Deloitte Technology Fast 500
Recognizes the fastest-growing technology companies across North America by three-year revenue growth.
Why we won
Awards recognize outcomes, not marketing. Here's the measurable work behind each category of recognition — audited, verified, and openly published.
Innovation
AI Copilot launched first
- First regulated US broker to ship generative AI
- Every answer cites auditable sources
- Built-in guardrails prevent unauthorized trades
- Shipped to all 12M users in 8 weeks
Customer satisfaction awards
The awards we value most are the ones measured directly by the people who use Market Securities. These scores are sourced from independent platforms — not self-reported.
Net Promoter Score
App Store rating
Trustpilot score
Customer effort score
Best workplace awards
Great products come from great teams. Market Securities has been recognized as a top employer across fintech, women in finance, and millennial-friendly workplaces.
2024
Great Place to Work Certified
Great Place to Work Institute
94%
employees say it's a great workplace
2024
Best Fintech Employer
Business Intelligence Group
Top 10
fintech employers in North America
2024
Best Workplaces for Women
Fortune
#8
in financial services
2024
Best Workplaces for Millennials
Great Place to Work
#12
nationwide, all industries
2024
Top Workplace
USA Today
3rd year
consecutive Top Workplace recognition
ESG & sustainability awards
Environmental, social, and governance work recognized by independent bodies — from carbon-neutral operations to free ESG analytics for every investor.
Environmental Finance
Sustainable Finance Award
Carbon-neutral operations and free portfolio carbon-impact reporting.
Investment Week
Best ESG Initiative
First US broker to offer free, third-party-verified ESG scores on every stock.
WealthManagement.com
Diversity & Inclusion Award
47% women in workforce and 41% in leadership — both above industry medians.
FinTech For Good
Community Impact Award
$8.4M donated to financial literacy nonprofits and 24,000 volunteer hours.
Corporate Secretary
Best Governance Disclosure
Industry-leading transparency on board composition, executive pay, and risk.
Product-specific awards
Market Securities ships multiple products — each recognized on its own merits. Here are the awards won by AI Copilot, the Mobile App, Copy Trading, and the Trading Engine.
3 awards
AI Copilot
- Gold
AI Copilot of the Year
FinTech Breakthrough · 2024
- Silver
Innovation in AI
AI Breakthrough · 2022
- Winner
Best Use of AI in Finance
FinTech Futures · 2021
4 awards
Mobile App
- Winner
Best Mobile Trading App
FinTech Breakthrough · 2024
- Gold
Best App User Experience
Webby Awards · 2023
- Winner
Best Financial App Design
CSS Design Awards · 2022
- Gold
Best Mobile Experience
Mobile Excellence · 2020
1 awards
Copy Trading
- Gold
Best Copy Trading Platform
Global Brands Magazine · 2022
2 awards
Trading Engine
- Silver
Best Trading Technology
HedgeWeek Awards · 2023
- Winner
Best Options Trading Platform
Benzinga Fintech · 2024
Leadership awards
Recognition for the executives whose decisions shape Market Securities — from CEO of the Year to CISO of the Year.
Sarah Chen
Chief Executive Officer
CEO of the Year
CEO Today Awards
Sarah Chen
CEO
Fintech Leader of the Year
FinTech Awards
Marcus Wei
Chief Technology Officer
CTO of the Year
Globee Tech Awards
Priya Raghavan
Chief Product Officer
Women in Fintech
Innovate Finance
Diego Santos
Chief Information Security Officer
CISO of the Year
Cybersecurity Excellence
Recognized by the press
Independent journalists from the world's leading financial publications have written about Market Securities's products, security, and customer experience.
"Market Securities has done what few fintechs manage: scale to 12M accounts without compromising the trust that won them their first users."
Rebecca Lin
Senior Fintech Editor, Forbes
Upcoming nominations
Awards Market Securities is currently nominated or shortlisted for. Where public voting is open, you can support Market Securities directly via the official awarding body.
Best Overall Brokerage
NerdWallet Awards 2025
Innovation of the Year
Finovate Awards 2025
Best Mobile App
Webby Awards 2025
Best Customer Service
Stevie Awards 2025
Sustainable Finance Leader
Environmental Finance 2025
Judging & methodology
We believe customers should understand how awards are judged. Here's the rigorous, independent process behind every recognition Market Securities has received.
Independent judging panels
Every awarding body convenes an independent panel of industry experts. Market Securities has no influence over judge selection or voting.
Documented submission evidence
Each submission includes verifiable metrics audited by third parties — account growth, CSAT scores, security audits, and uptime data.
Customer-verified outcomes
Where customer experience is judged, awards rely on independent surveys, app store ratings, and mystery-shopper programs — not self-reported data.
Transparent criteria & scoring
We publish the full criteria and finalist shortlist for every award we win, so customers can verify what was recognized and why.
Awards FAQ
How awards are submitted, verified, and disclosed — answered plainly.
We submit for awards whose criteria align with work we can independently verify — security audits, customer satisfaction surveys, and product metrics. We never pay for awards; entry fees, where they exist, cover judging administration only.
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