Ankor turned it into so much more.

2025 was a defining year for Ankor — a year of product breakthroughs, industry recognition, and commercial momentum. More importantly, it was the year we proved that the future of luxury yachting depends on modern financial infrastructure, intelligent automation, and softwaredriven operational excellence.

Across every part of the business, we transformed vision into execution. And in doing so, we set a new benchmark for what technology in yachting can be.

Let’s look back at the year Ankor reshaped the industry.

Introducing AnkorPay to the world

In November, we stepped onto the global stage at ICE Amsterdam, unveiling AnkorPay to brokers, captains, managers, and yacht operators. The reaction was instant — excitement, validation, and a clear message from the industry: This is the future of APA and charter financial management.

For years, the market accepted slow, manual processes and outdated tooling as normal. This year, Ankor changed that.

AnkorPay was built from the ground up in partnership with Airwallex, a worldleading FinTech powering modern financial infrastructure for global enterprises. This partnership allowed us to ship a platform with bankgrade security, multicurrency support, enterprise reliability, and the foundations for deep automation.

What we delivered was more than a payments tool — it was a financial operating system for the luxury yachting sector.

Software at the heart of transformation

Our philosophy mirrors the best technology companies: the future of industryspecific workflows is powered by infrastructure software.

Whether it’s charter expense management, APA wallets, realtime reconciliation, or spend authorisation, it’s software that makes these processes reliable, scalable, and secure.

We’re not an agency, nor a consultancy, nor a feature factory. We build the foundational financial and operational software that supports the modern yachting ecosystem.

And in 2025, this philosophy became real.

A modern technical foundation — built for scale, AI, and global payments

Behind the scenes, our engineering team delivered something remarkable: a stateoftheart, cloud-native, scalable architecture designed to integrate AI and advanced automation from day one.

Some highlights:

• We used AI extensively during development — from generating prototypes to accelerating implementation and testing workflows. AI became a core advantage, allowing our lean team to move faster than legacy competitors.
• We established a robust API layer designed for integrations with brokers, management companies, accounting tools, and onboard systems.
• We implemented enterprise-grade security, auditing, and monitoring from the outset.
• We laid the groundwork for AI-powered charter forecasting, anomaly detection, and automated reconciliation.

This wasn’t just product development — it was infrastructure creation.

A new benchmark in yachting fintech

2025 also marked the evolution of Ankor into the preferred digital platform for the yachting sector.

The evolution of the Ankor Calendar

What began as a simple charter scheduling tool has now evolved into a full operational ecosystem, used by brokers and managers globally as their source of truth.

Launching AnkorPay

This was the biggest product milestone in our company’s history — and the starting point of a much bigger vision.

Launching AWAY: Our B2C experience

This year, we unveiled AWAY, our consumer-facing discovery and inspiration platform designed to bring luxury yacht experiences directly to travelers worldwide. AWAY extends the Ankor ecosystem from trade professionals to end consumers, creating a unified pathway from inspiration → enquiry → charter → financial management.

Webinars & thought leadership

We took a leadership role across the industry with educational webinars focused on:

• APA management best practices
• Digital transformation in yachting
• Financial risk reduction for charter companies
• AI adoption across operational teams

The response has been overwhelming, reinforcing Ankor as an authority in this space.

Growing the team’s capabilities with AI and modern fintech technology

This year we invested deeply in people, culture, and capability building — focusing on high-leverage skills that position us as a next-generation software company.

• AI tools became embedded into daily workflows across engineering, design, operations, and support.
• We trained teams on modern FinTech systems, cross-border payments, and compliance frameworks.
• We built playbooks for scalable customer onboarding and support.
• We strengthened collaboration between design, engineering, and product, adopting lean, iterative methods that enabled us to build quickly without compromising quality.

The result: A high-performing, focused, multidisciplinary team shipping world-class software.

Visibility, recognition, and global reach

Ankor's footprint expanded significantly this year — across Europe, Australia, and the US.

Our presence at events, including ICE Amsterdam, cemented our reputation not just as a technology provider but as a category-defining FinTech innovator in luxury yachting.

We also engaged with leading brokers, captains, charter companies, and management firms, many of whom are now early adopters and strategic partners.

AnkorPay’s launch created sustained momentum, sparking conversations with global financial institutions, payment processors, and marine technology partners.

This increased visibility has positioned Ankor as one of the most exciting emerging companies in maritime technology and FinTech.

The opportunity ahead

If 2025 was the year we proved what Ankor could deliver, 2026 will be the year we scale it.

What comes next:

• Expanding AnkorPay across the US and Mediterranean charter markets
• Rolling out new AI features for spend analysis, compliance, and forecasting
• Deep integrations with leading CRMs, accounting systems, and payment networks
• Growth of AWAY as the leading luxury yacht discovery platform
• Launching more operational tooling for captains & crew
• Ankor becoming the default financial operating system for the global yachting ecosystem

We’re proud of what the team has achieved — and even more excited for what’s ahead.

2025 was just the beginning.

Thank you to our customers, partners, and community for helping us build the future of yachting technology.