Including Ecommpay and Oh Polly: 2025 RTIH Innovation Awards payments finalists

We’re pleased to announce the shortlist for the 2025 RTIH Innovation Awards Payments category.

We received a record number of entries this year and many fantastic examples of the continued resilience and dynamism of the retail space during hugely challenging times.

Congratulations to all those who made it through the initial submission process!

It’s now over to our judging panel who will decide the winners to be announced at the 2025 RTIH Innovation Awards ceremony, taking place  at The HAC in Central London.

The event will be held on Thursday, 16th October and consist of a drinks reception, three course meal, and awards ceremony presided over by award winning comedian, actress and writer Tiff Stevenson.

Book your place at the 2025 RTIH Innovation Awards ceremony on Thursday, 16th October here.

Our 2025 runners and riders as follows:

BLogic Systems

BLogic Systems is an all in one hybrid PoS that works offline, simplifies management and offers fast onboarding. The BLogic platform integrates intuitive software with versatile hardware that enables it to operate seamlessly regardless of internet connectivity, making it a reliable choice when compared to cloud-based systems.

Committed to a human centric approach, BLogic continuously creates and implements new, custom features based on client requests. This dedication to innovation, coupled with a focus on local, personalised support, has resulted in a superior to cloud-based-systems, highly reliable, and flexible PoS solution that helps businesses improve efficiency, boost revenue and enhance the overall customer experience.

Ecommpay

Inclusive global payments platform, Ecommpay, is breaking through the noisy payments services market with its commitment to being a partner that has market leading technology and that develops customised solutions for its customers.  

Ecommpay is the first full stack payment service provider to offer payment orchestration as part of its core functionality. This means that merchants don’t have to partner with a payment service provider and a payments orchestrator separately.

Enabling them to retain control and set their own rules for payment routing, merchants benefit from lower costs and increased flexibility that standalone payment orchestration platforms can’t offer.

Habitum

Habitium offers one of the most flexible and customer centric payment experiences in the European home and garden sector.

Integrated with localised options such as Scalapay, Sequra, Multibanco and PayPal, its payment ecosystem adapts to customer habits in each market.

Combined with real-time price transparency (including tax breakdowns), and secure multi- device checkout, Habitium ensures a seamless, trustworthy journey. This approach has been key to scaling across eight countries, lowering cart abandonment rates, and increasing trust in high value orders.

With a unified yet localised system, Habitium offers a payment experience optimised for convenience, clarity and conversion across diverse European markets.

Oh Polly

Oh Polly embraced innovation in payments in partnership with Nibble, an AI technology that allows customers to negotiate the price of their chosen items.

Reimagining the shopping journey, this unique tool introduces real-time conversations between brand and shopper, giving customers a sense of exclusivity and reward by unlocking personalised savings in seconds.

The technology transforms a simple transaction into an interactive experience that redefines the digital experience. For Oh Polly, the utilisation of Nibble reflects a bold move to disrupt online retail, enhance the value proposition for its customers, and strengthen long-term loyalty.

payabl.

payabl.one is a fully integrated platform combining acquiring, PoS, multi-currency accounts, cards, financial insights, and risk management into one seamless system. It provides businesses with instant access to funds, automated reconciliation, and real-time insights, eliminating long-standing operational bottlenecks.  

As part of this, payabl.’s Virtual Business Cards simplify expense management, enabling businesses to instantly issue virtual cards, manage funds efficiently, control spending through customisable limits, and enhance security with real-time freezing functionality. The intuitive dashboard allows teams to monitor transactions, automate reconciliation and streamline expense tracking from one place.

Together, these innovations are helping retailers overcome financial fragmentation and scale with greater speed.

Sitoo

Sitoo Payments & Recognition is transforming how retailers handle payments and customer engagement. By embedding payments, powered by Adyen, directly into the Sitoo Unified Commerce Platform, retailers can process transactions faster and simplify operations.

The launch of Sitoo Recognition in 2025 took this even further by merging payment and loyalty into a single step, instantly rewarding customers at checkout and enabling personalised service in real-time. This innovation eliminates outdated silos, reduces friction, and sets a new benchmark for payments in physical and digital retail.

VenHub Global

VenHub Global is revolutionising bricks and mortar retail with its fully autonomous smart store, designed for 24/7 operation, zero on-site staff, and maximum efficiency. Our modular units combine AI, robotics, and robotics arms to eliminate labour costs, reduce shrinkage, and operate in high traffic or underserved areas where traditional retail fails.

Four Initial deployments across California include a landmark store at LAX Airport/Metro Transit Center and one at the Hollywood Bowl. VenHub is more than innovation - it’s a blueprint for the future of retail. By solving the biggest challenges facing physical retail, it enables a sustainable, scalable model that empowers entrepreneurs and redefines what’s possible in convenience commerce.