Annual award recognizes banks and credit unions for their commitment to leading the industry in digital innovation, community impact and customer experience transformation
Q2 Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:QTWO), a leading provider of digital transformation solutions for financial services, today announced the 2026 Q2 Excellence Award recipients. The annual award program recognizes banks and credit unions driving significant business outcomes and strengthening the communities they serve, ranking them among the industry's best financial institutions.
This year's award recipients have achieved exceptional results and introduced innovative solutions for their organizations, customers, members, and communities. The banks and credit unions recognized will be honored today at CONNECT 26, Q2's annual conference held in Austin, Texas.
"The Q2 Excellence Award winners demonstrate the many ways banks and credit unions are redefining innovation across financial services," said Q2 Chief Business Officer Kirk Coleman. "From advancing responsible AI and strengthening fraud prevention strategies to accelerating digital transformation and deepening community impact, these institutions are setting a powerful example for the industry. We are proud to recognize organizations that are delivering meaningful results for their businesses, account holders, and communities."
The 2026 Q2 Excellence Award recipients include the following financial institutions:
Mid-Hudson Valley FCU: AI Excellence Award
The Q2 Excellence Award for AI Excellence recognizes Mid-Hudson Valley FCU for responsibly applying AI to accelerate digital innovation and improve developer productivity. By leveraging agentic AI workflows with Q2 SDK resources, Mid-Hudson Valley FCU moved from specification to implementation for a new member-facing stock tracking extension in approximately five hours, significantly reducing development time for new digital banking experiences.
American Savings Bank: Community Impact Award
The Q2 Excellence Award for Community Impact recognizes American Savings Bank for elevating community financial well-being by delivering modern digital banking and driving measurable local economic impact. American Savings Bank's efforts include more than $221 million in first-time homebuyer loans, nearly $2.7 million donated to housing nonprofits with the Federal Home Loan Bank of Des Moines Member Impact Fund, and the Buy Local Hawaii℠ program, which has helped residents save more than $1.5 million while supporting local merchants.
Blaze Credit Union: Digital Transformation Award
The Q2 Excellence Award for Digital Transformation recognizes Blaze Credit Union for modernizing its digital ecosystem to deliver measurable improvements in adoption, performance, efficiency, and member experiences. Following its merger and Q2 migration, Blaze increased enrollment of digital banking users by 163%, grew digital transactions by 195%, reduced average transaction time by 81.5%, and eliminated an estimated 1,000 hours of annual manual work.
A+ Federal Credit Union: Fintech Collaboration Award
The Q2 Excellence Award for Fintech Collaboration recognizes A+ Federal Credit Union for leveraging the Q2 Innovation Studio fintech partner ecosystem to deliver new experiences, expand capabilities, and drive measurable member impact. Through strategic fintech collaborations, A+FCU increased digital account opening by 202%, expanded digital funding by 3,450%, reached 74.8% digital adoption, and generated a reported 373% ROI.
United Community: Fraud Innovation Award
The Q2 Excellence Award for Fraud Innovation recognizes United Community for demonstrating leadership in fraud prevention and risk mitigation through a layered technological approach and proactive education strategies. United Community has shown measurable impact in reducing losses, protecting account holders, and strengthening trust through innovative tools, data-driven defenses, and a culture of fraud awareness.
Chartway Credit Union: Credit Union of the Year
The Q2 Excellence Award for Credit Union of the Year recognizes Chartway Credit Union for exemplifying outstanding organizational excellence, innovation, and member impact. Chartway has demonstrated remarkable outcomes and leadership in its digital and operational efforts, including reducing manual fraud review volume by 30–40% and lowering inbound fraud-related call volume by 15–25%.
nbkc bank: Bank of the Year
The Q2 Excellence Award for Bank of the Year recognizes nbkc bank for demonstrating exceptional overall performance, leadership, and impact through its digital strategy, innovation, and service to account holders and communities. nbkc bank's achievements reflect meaningful results, including digital and AI initiatives that helped increase Net Promoter Scores by 43% for business accounts and 26% for personal accounts, while AI-enabled workflows delivered $158,000 in annual savings and automated more than 400 business account approvals.
To learn more about the digital banking solutions Q2 provides to leading financial institutions, visit: https://www.q2.com/products/digital-banking.
About Q2 Holdings, Inc.
Q2 is a leading provider of digital transformation solutions for financial services, serving banks, credit unions, alternative finance companies, and fintechs in the U.S. and internationally. Q2 enables its financial institution and fintech customers to provide comprehensive, data-driven digital engagement solutions for consumers, small businesses and corporate clients. Headquartered in Austin, Texas, Q2 has offices worldwide and is publicly traded on the NYSE and NYSE Texas under the stock symbol QTWO. To learn more, please visit Q2.com. Follow us on LinkedIn and X to stay up to date.
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Carly Baker
Q2 Holdings, Inc.
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