Spotlight! Payments Video Challenge 2025

View the Winning Videos from the 2024 Contest
Get inspired! Watch the videos that took home the top prizes. These creators nailed it—see how you can stay one step ahead of a scam!
Congratulations to our 2024 winners:
Grand Prize Winner: $5,000
Austin Harris
Deep Fake Scam Education
Austin Harris educated us all on the danger of deep fakes and how difficult they can be to spot. The presenter, a senior fraud analyst named Ron, had some great advice for spotting deep fakes.
Second Place Winner: $2,500
Ruqayah Baig
Desperate Times
This entry was focused on the issue of fake job postings, teaching us how to avoid ghost jobs by staying alert. Tips include being wary of suspicious texts or emails, roles which are too good to be true and applications requesting fees or personal information.
Third Place Winner: $1,000
Jethro Casinas
Breaking News: Scams on the Rise
This video introduced the acronym “STOP”:
S – Stay away from unknown links
T – Trust your gut feeling
O – Operate your own device
P – People you’ve never met are strangers.
It’s a simple but effective way of staying alert.
Sponsor’s Choice Winner: $1,500
Catherine Tapling
Duplicitous Puppers
This video explored puppy scams and how things aren’t always what they seem. There was strong advice about taking care when making payments. – after all, you don’t want to find yourself with a velociraptor instead of a dog.

The Payments Innovation Alliance shapes the future of the payments industry and develops thought leadership relevant to financial services organizations. The Alliance is a program of Nacha, the organization that governs the ACH Network—the backbone of U.S. economy, and the payment system that drives safe, smart and expeditious Direct Deposits and Direct Payments.
The Alliance established the Spotlight! Video Challenge to empower others to create educational materials, resources and tools to help fight financial scams.
Learn more at https://www.nacha.org/payments-innovation-alliance. For questions, contact us.