Awards for Excellence

The programme is the definitive annual awards programme for the banking industry, celebrating the achievements of banks and bankers from across the globe.

About the awards

For over 30 years, Euromoney has recognised the banks and bankers that have demonstrated their differentiation, pioneering a comprehensive awards programme that today remains the industry benchmark globally.

Winning an award for excellence is a career-defining achievement and your chance to gain well-deserved recognition from your peers, in an industry where differentiation is highly sought after and exceptionally difficult to demonstrate.

Easier to enter and covering more of the industry than ever before, Euromoney’s 2025 Awards for Excellence are the most prestigious awards of their kind.

From global awards – including the world’s best bank, investment bank, and banker of the year – to regional and country/territory awards, Euromoney’s Awards for Excellence cover the areas of banking most important to a bank’s key stakeholders, board and executive management teams.

Each award is submission-based, allowing each bank to tell the story of its achievements, innovations and performance over the 12-month award period.

We seek the best of the best in banking services globally, regionally and in each country. As every year, size is important but certainly not paramount.

Profitability is vital, but so is an ability to demonstrate growth, relative outperformance compared with peers and the ability to adapt to changing market conditions and/or client needs.

The judging and research process

Once submissions have been received, our team of research analysts will review them thoroughly against our assessment criteria.

In conjunction with our independent market research, this will then be used to inform final decisions made by our research committee.

Accreditation research

Euromoney’s awards and accreditation research team undertakes qualitative and quantitative research to produce awards and rankings in areas including corporate, investment, Islamic and SME banking and CSR, D&I and ESG.

Contact our team

Engagement

• For questions on how to enter the Awards for Excellence, please contact Alex Pang, Head of Engagement.

Research

• For more information about the research process, contact Ben Naylor, Head of Accreditation Research.

Amplify your success

• For more information on how to amplify your award win contact Peter York, Head of Sales.