Altro (Formerly Known As Perch) Honored As Gold, Bronze Stevie® Award Winner In 2022 American Business Awards®

Altro (formerly known as Perch), the no-cost platform that helps people build credit through nontraditional payments, was named the winner of a Gold Stevie® Award in the Entrepreneur of the Year category and a Bronze Stevie Award in the Company of the Year category in The 20th Annual American Business Awards® today.

The American Business Awards are the U.S.A.’s premier business awards program. All organizations operating in the U.S.A. are eligible to submit nominations – public and private, for-profit and non-profit, large and small. 

Nicknamed the Stevies for the Greek word meaning “crowned,” the awards will be presented to winners at a gala ceremony at the Marriott Marquis Hotel in New York on Monday, June 13. Tickets are now on sale.

More than 3,700 nominations from organizations of all sizes and in virtually every industry were submitted this year for consideration in a wide range of categories, including Startup of the Year, Executive of the Year, Best New Product or Service of the Year, Marketing Campaign of the Year, Thought Leader of the Year, and App of the Year, among others. 

Altro Co-founder and CEO, Michael Broughton, was nominated in the Entrepreneur of the Year category for Financial Services, and Altro was nominated in the Small Company of the Year category for Financial Services - Small. 

By democratizing credit-building with a public, free-to-use platform, Altro is set to level the financial playing field for millions of Americans by allowing people to build credit using recurring payments like rent and digital subscriptions (Netflix, Spotify, Hulu and more) and providing an expansive library of financial literacy content. From its launch in January 2021, the app made waves, quickly amassing a 200,000 person waitlist. This year, Altro plans to serve more than one million people going forward — empowering them to take out loans, purchase real estate, and seek higher education to achieve their financial goals.

“Altro means ‘other’ in Italian and reflects our core belief that if given the opportunity, knowledge and resources, us ‘others’ will change the world for the better,” Broughton said. “I am honored to be recognized by the American Business Awards for our work towards bringing financial empowerment to all, and congratulations to my fellow winners.”

More than 230 professionals worldwide participated in the judging process to select this year’s Stevie Award winners.

“We are so pleased that we will be able to stage our first ABA awards banquet since 2019 and to celebrate, in person, the achievements of such a diverse group of organizations and individuals,” said Maggie Miller, president of the Stevie Awards.

Details about The American Business Awards and the list of 2022 Stevie winners are available at www.StevieAwards.com/ABA. Stevie winners will be presented their awards on June 11 in New York.

About Altro (formerly Perch): 
Altro combats the frustrating process of credit building by leveraging nontraditional data such as rent and other recurring expenses to help establish or enhance one’s credit score. Backed by Marcy Ventures, Citi Ventures, Concrete Rose Fund, along with other global investors, Altro has something for anyone working on their financial goals — from saving money to learning the finer points of financial literacy — available all for free. Altro was founded in 2019 as Perch and is based in Los Angeles. To learn more about how Altro is removing the barriers to credit building, visit altro.io. 
 

About the Stevie Awards
Stevie Awards are conferred in eight programs: the Asia-Pacific Stevie Awards, the German Stevie Awards, the Middle East & North Africa Stevie Awards, The American Business Awards®, The International Business Awards®, the Stevie Awards for Women in Business, the Stevie Awards for Great Employers, and the Stevie Awards for Sales & Customer Service. Stevie Awards competitions receive more than 12,000 entries each year from organizations in more than 70 nations. Honoring organizations of all types and sizes and the people behind them, the Stevies recognize outstanding performances in the workplace worldwide. Learn more about the Stevie Awards at http://www.StevieAwards.com.
Sponsors of The 2022 American Business Awards include HCL America, John Hancock Financial Services, Melissa Sones Consulting, and SoftPro.
 

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