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Skaleet and helios Win at the IBSi Digital Banking Awards 2025
April 25, 2025
Paris, France
Skaleet, a leading provider of next-generation core banking solutions, is proud to announce that, together with Helios, the leading French green neobank, it has been named the Category Winner for “Customer & Program Impact” at the IBS Intelligence Digital Banking Awards 2025.
The IBSi Digital Banking Awards celebrate the most innovative and impactful technology implementation projects in the global banking sector. This year’s competition recognized outstanding achievements among digital-only banks, neo-challenger banks, and the technology partners driving digital transformation worldwide.
The award for “Customer & Program Impact” highlights the tangible benefits delivered by Skaleet and Helios through their collaborative digital banking initiative. The recognition reflects the project’s success in enhancing customer experience and setting new standards for digital banking excellence. In 6 months, Helios migrated from SolarisBank to a best-of-breed SaaS solution that combines Helios assets with third-party software. Within a year, Helios safely migrated its customer base, tripled monthly customer acquisition cadence and doubled gross margin vs BaaS agent peers, while releasing new products and enhancing customer experience.
This shift in core banking architecture marks a major milestone in helios’ path to independence, enabling a more agile banking platform tailored to both market demands and the growth of our customer base. We’re proud to receive this recognition, which underscores our unique approach — combining in-house developments with the strengths of Skaleet’s core banking modules.
Maeva Courtois, CEO of Helios
We are honored to be recognized by IBS Intelligence for our work with Helios. This award is a testament to our commitment to designing and building future-proof technology ecosystems that combine Helios inhouse assets with best-of-breed SaaS solutions. Together with Helios, we have demonstrated how modern technologies and a buy and build approach can drive quick product time-to-market and game-changing unit economics.
Martin Della Chiesa, CEO of Skaleet
Helios, a pioneering digital bank, partnered with Skaleet to launch a modern banking platform designed to meet the evolving needs of today’s digital-first customers. Leveraging Skaleet’s flexible and scalable core banking technology, Helios has delivered a seamless, accessible, and sustainable banking experience.
The IBSi Digital Banking Awards jury commended the overall impact of the Skaleet-helios project, noting its strong impression among industry leaders and experts.
This recognition reinforces Skaleet’s position as a trusted technology partner for forward-thinking financial institutions and underscores its role in shaping the future of digital banking.
About Skaleet
Skaleet provides next-gen core banking solutions to financial institutions. With its open, modular, and flexible platform, Skaleet enables banks and fintechs to launch innovative products and services quickly and scale cost-effectively, delivering superior banking experiences to millions of end-customers.
About Helios
Founded in 2020 by Maeva Courtois, helios is an innovative banking model that exclusively finances concrete solutions driving the ecological transition. As a certified B Corp, helios offers a full range of current accounts — including the iconic natural wood Visa card — as well as life insurance and the Tous Consom’acteurs loyalty program, which brings together over 130 merchants committed to responsible consumption. For three consecutive years, helios accounts have recorded the lowest carbon intensity in the French banking sector, according to the independent organization Greenly. All services are accessible via a mobile app and an online client portal that meet the highest standards on the market.
About IBS intelligence
IBS Intelligence is a leading global financial technology research, news, and analysis firm, renowned for its annual Digital Banking Awards recognizing excellence and innovation in banking technology.
Congratulations to Helios and Skaleet on their win at the 2025 Digital Banking Awards in the Customer & Program Impact category. This recognition celebrates their powerful collaboration in delivering a transformative banking experience. By combining Helios’ vision as a green digital bank with Skaleet’s agile core banking platform, they’ve demonstrated how partnerships can drive customer-centric innovation with tangible results.
Nikhil Gokhale, Director - Research & Digital Properties at IBS intelligence
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