Vertice AI Voted ICBA ThinkTECH Accelerator Banker’s Choice Award Winner
ATHENS, Ga. – July 29, 2025 — Vertice AI, a leader in AI-powered customer growth solutions, has been recognized by the Independent Community Bankers of America® (ICBA) as the Banker’s Choice Award winner during the recent ThinkTECH Showcase held at the Graduate School of Banking at Colorado. Sponsored by Fiserv, the Banker’s Choice Award was selected by an audience of community banking and industry leaders who participated in the event.
The event highlighted fintech solutions covering a broad range of key areas, with presenting companies showcasing their refined solutions that are helping community banks drive innovation, improve customer experiences and meet their business goals.
“Community banks are looking for practical, high-impact tools that improve bank operations while continuing to meet market demands and evolving customer needs,” said Charles Potts, ICBA Executive Vice President and Chief Innovation Officer. “Vertice AI provides an intelligent, data-driven platform that simplifies targeting, improves marketing precision, and ultimately drives measurable results. We’re proud to recognize them with this year’s Banker’s Choice Award.”
Vertice AI’s platform includes tools for predictive analytics, AI-assisted marketing content, and targeted customer acquisition. Features like Vertice CORE, ACQUIRE, and COMPOSE help banks identify high-value customers, deliver timely and personalized offers, and generate compliant messaging across channels—all while measuring performance through built-in attribution and secure integrations with existing systems.
“We’re honored to be recognized by community bankers with the Banker’s Choice Award,” said Mitch Rutledge, founder and CEO of Vertice AI. “This acknowledgement reinforces our commitment to helping community banks strengthen relationships through intelligent, scalable tools—enabling them to serve customers at the right moment, with the right offer.”
Since its inception, the ICBA ThinkTECH Accelerator has connected the most innovative fintech companies with thousands of community bankers and industry leaders — identifying and designing workable solutions that solve for today’s modern banking needs. Vertice AI received mentorship from a distinguished network of industry stakeholders through an immersive 10-week program, the second of two accelerator programs for 2025 as part of ICBA’s investment in ThinkTECH initiatives to support continuous development and advancement of community bank innovation.
For more information about Vertice AI, visit verticeanalytics.ai. For more information about the ICBA ThinkTECH Accelerator and to watch a recording of the ICBA ThinkTECH Showcase visit, icba.org/accelerator.
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About Vertice AI
Vertice AI is a leading provider of AI-powered growth solutions leveraging predictive analytics to help community financial institutions employ data to drive smarter business decisions. By harnessing artificial intelligence and customer data, Vertice AI delivers actionable, customer-centric insights that enable community financial institutions to optimize marketing investments, foster deeper relationships, and achieve measurable growth. Vertice AI has been recognized as a Top 25 Startup to Watch by the Atlanta Business Chronicle, honored as a Finalist at VentureTech 2023, and named the 2023 Innovation Challenge Winner by the Technology Association of Georgia (TAG).
About ICBA
The Independent Community Bankers of America® has one mission: to create and promote an environment where community banks flourish. We power the potential of the nation’s community banks through effective advocacy, education, and innovation.
As local and trusted sources of credit, America’s community banks leverage their relationship-based business model and innovative offerings to channel deposits into the neighborhoods they serve, creating jobs, fostering economic prosperity, and fueling their customers’ financial goals and dreams. For more information, visit ICBA’s website at icba.org.
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