We are thrilled to announce that Agora has been named the Best Payment Solution of 2025 by the prestigious CODiE Awards, the industry’s only peer-recognized program honoring excellence and innovation in technology. This award recognizes Agora’s continued leadership in financial technology and its mission to simplify and secure payment operations for real estate investment firms worldwide.

Best Payment Solution 2025: A defining moment for Agora

Agora stood out among global nominees for its fully integrated ACH and cross-border payments infrastructure, purpose-built for the real estate investment sector. The solution enables seamless collection of investor contributions, automated distributions, centralized fund management, and multi-currency support, all within a single platform.

By embedding payments directly into the Agora investment management platform, firms can manage payments, investor communications, and transaction workflows as one unified system—without silos or manual bottlenecks.

About the CODiE Awards

The CODiE Awards, founded by the Software & Information Industry Association (SIIA) in 1986, remain the industry’s only peer-reviewed awards program. Each year, they recognize the most innovative and impactful technology products across business, education, and enterprise solutions.

“The CODiE Awards celebrate the visionaries shaping the future of technology. This year’s winners exemplify how innovation, leadership, and purpose can come together to create solutions that move industries forward and make a lasting impact.”

Jennifer Baranowski, President of the CODiE Awards

How Agora is transforming real estate payments and capital management

Agora brings clarity, control, and compliance to every stage of the real estate payment lifecycle, from investor funding to final distribution.

Key features recognized by the CODiE judges include:

  • Integrated ACH and cross-border transactions with transparent, flat-rate pricing

  • Real-time dashboards to track contributions, settlements, and distributions

  • Automated investor notifications and distribution notices

  • Multi-currency support and competitive FX rates

  • Full compliance with KYC, AML, SOC 1/2, ISO/IEC 27001, GDPR, and CCPA

  • Robust APIs for integration with accounting systems

Built on secure AWS cloud infrastructure, Agora delivers bank-level reliability with end-to-end encryption, continuous monitoring, and external audits to ensure the highest security and performance standards.

Together with Agora’s broader suite of fundraising, investor experience, and financial management tools, this innovation empowers real estate firms to operate faster, safer, and smarter—removing friction between technology and capital movement.

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