Workday has been awarded the Technology Partner of the Year at KyribaLive 2026, recognizing a partnership that is helping organizations simplify bank connectivity, accelerate deployment, and enable the Office of the CFO to move faster with confidence.
As Workday continues to expand its global financial capabilities, the company sought a partner that could address the complexity of banking and payments at scale. With Kyriba’s global bank connectivity network and expertise, the partnership helps Workday customers avoid costly point-to-point bank integrations and save time and money during implementation. This award celebrates not only technology leadership, but a shared commitment to making banking easier, faster, and more scalable.
“Kyriba stuck out as an industry leader for solving bank and payment complexity in general. Kyriba has the largest bank connectivity network and a global footprint.”
— Tyler Lindsey, Principal Software Alliances Director, Workday
A partnership built for global scale
For Workday, bank connectivity is a critical part of delivering value to finance teams operating across regions, entities, and banking environments. As customers expand globally, complexity increases, and the need for a trusted connectivity partner becomes even more important.
Kyriba helps solve that challenge by managing the heavy lifting of global bank connectivity, allowing Workday and its customers to avoid the burden of managing individual bank connections through point-to-point ERP integrations. The result is a more efficient and scalable model that supports growth while reducing implementation cost and effort.
Key highlights include:
Global bank connectivity at scale: Kyriba’s extensive bank connectivity network helps Workday support customers with global operations and expansion plans.
Faster, lower-cost implementations: customers save time and money by avoiding point-to-point bank integrations from the ERP.
Simplified banking complexity: Kyriba manages and maintains global bank connections, reducing operational burden for customers.
Strong day-to-day partnership: Workday highlighted Kyriba as a trusted partner that supports the business on an ongoing basis.
Accelerating the Office of the CFO
Looking ahead, Workday sees the partnership with Kyriba as a way to help CFOs act with greater speed and agility. By turning banking from an operational obstacle into a business enabler, the partnership supports faster decision-making and execution, especially as organizations enter new geographies and markets.
This vision is especially relevant in 2026 and beyond, as finance leaders are asked to support growth while maintaining control, visibility, and efficiency. Together, Workday and Kyriba are helping make that possible by reducing friction in banking operations and enabling faster expansion.
“We want to empower CFOs to make business decisions and execute them even faster than they have in the past.”
— Jonathan Betts, Senior Product Manager, Workday
Evolving services for faster deployment
The Workday and Kyriba partnership is also evolving from a services perspective, with a focus on accelerating time to deploy for mutual customers. By combining Workday’s core financial capabilities with Kyriba’s large network of pre-built bank connectors, services teams can reduce deployment timelines and create a smoother implementation experience.
This approach helps customers realize value faster while minimizing the complexity traditionally associated with bank connectivity projects. It is another example of how the partnership is continuously evolving to support customer success from strategy through execution.
“With Workday’s core financial capabilities and Kyriba’s massive network of pre-built bank connectors, our services teams can accelerate implementations and dramatically reduce the time to deploy for our customers.”
— Margo Herman, Senior Product Advisor, Workday
Workday’s recognition as Technology Partner of the Year reflects a successful year of collaboration and a strong foundation for what comes next. Together, Workday and Kyriba are helping finance organizations modernize banking connectivity, simplify expansion, and build a faster, more connected future for the Office of the CFO.
Congratulations to Workday, KyribaLive 26 Technology Partner of the Year.
