Better Named Among Top Innovators in Banking at The Inaugural 2025 Money Awards

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Better Home & Finance Holding Company (NASDAQ: BETR), the AI-powered homeownership company, today announced it has been awarded Bronze in the Lending category for Banking at the 2025 Money Awards, a premier benchmark for fintech excellence.

The Money Awards is a premier global awards program recognizing transformative innovation across the financial technology ecosystem, with hundreds of submissions from over 40 countries. Earning a Bronze distinction places Better among an elite group of companies genuinely shaping the future of money.

Jury president Joanne Hannaford, CIO & CPO Corporate Bank of Deutsche Bank, along with a panel of industry leaders selected Better for its vision, execution, and impact in redefining banking. Better’s AI-powered platform, anchored by Tinman’s LOS, POS, and pricing engine and Betsy™, the first voice-based AI Loan Assistant, have transformed how people access and experience financial services by making them cheaper, faster, and more accessible.

“Being recognized in the Banking category at the inaugural 2025 Money Awards is an honor for Better’s team,” said Vishal Garg, CEO & Founder of Better. “Home equity financing is one of the fastest growing verticals in consumer finance and the Tinman AI Platform was built to empower banks and fintechs of all sizes to meet that demand. By offering the industry’s highest approval rates, most competitive interest rates, and broadest product criteria, players in the industry will help their customers achieve more with their money through our AI-powered platform.”

Better continues to deliver groundbreaking advancements in banking and financial services. The company’s Tinman® AI Platform has evolved into a modular, API-driven solution that powers smarter underwriting and seamless digital experiences, while Betsy™, the industry’s first voice-based AI banking assistant, manages over 127,000+ customer interactions each month—resolving 80% of inquiries instantly and reducing response times from hours to seconds. These innovations are transforming how consumers engage with banking products, making financial access faster, simpler, and more transparent.

"The Tinman AI Platform is challenging the status quo by democratizing access to our full-stack mortgage solution that offers a new level of innovation compared to incumbent solutions; not only in the complex mortgage and home equity market,” shared Leah Price, VP of Tinman AI Platform. “Tinman’s streamlined platform helps us reimagine what’s possible in banking by setting a new standard for speed, efficiency and borrower delight."

Better’s recognition by The Money Awards jury reflects its vision, execution, and measurable impact in a highly competitive landscape. The company’s work stood out for redefining customer experiences and delivering technology-driven innovation in banking.

As an award recipient, Better will be:

• Spotlighted in the 2025 Money Awards Winners Report (produced by CB Insights in partnership with Money20/20).
• Featured across Money20/20 global channels, including the Awards Showcase webpage.
• Highlighted at Money20/20 USA in Las Vegas, where winners are showcased to thousands of industry leaders.

Better’s leadership in AI-powered banking has been widely recognized in 2025, with honors including the Banking Tech Award for Best LendTech Solution – Digital Engine and the Fintech Breakthrough Award for Digital Mortgage Innovation.

For the full list of 2025 Money Awards winners, visit The Money Awards. For more information about Better, please visit www.better.com.

About Better Home & Finance Holding Company

Better Home & Finance Holding Company (NASDAQ: BETR; BETRW) is the first AI-powered mortgage lender and first fintech to fund more than $100 billion in mortgage volume. Since 2016, Better has leveraged its industry-leading AI platform, Tinman™, to achieve a singular mission of making homeownership cheaper, faster, and easier for Americans. Tinman™ allows customers to see their rate options in seconds, get pre-approved in minutes, lock in rates, and close their loan in as little as three weeks. In addition, Betsy™, the first voice-based AI loan assistant built exclusively for the mortgage industry, revolutionizes the homebuying journey by delivering timely application status updates to consumers, answering questions, and moving their loan application along 24/7/365. Better's mortgage offerings include GSE-conforming mortgage loans, FHA and VA loans, and jumbo mortgage loans. In January 2023, Better launched "One Day Mortgage," allowing eligible customers to go from click to Commitment Letter within 24 hours. Better won the 2025 Fintech Breakthrough Awards for Digital Mortgage Innovation, the 2025 Banking Tech Award for Digital Mortgage Innovation, and was named Best Online Mortgage Lender by Forbes and Best Mortgage Lender for Affordability by WSJ in 2023, ranked #1 on LinkedIn's Top Startups List for 2021 and 2020, #1 on Fortune's Best Small and Medium Workplaces in New York, #15 on CNBC's Disruptor 50 2020 list, and was listed on Forbes FinTech 50 for 2020. Better serves customers in all 50 US states and the United Kingdom.

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