How to enter

Submissions for the current Greater Bay Area Awards are open. Participation in the programme follows a clear, research led process designed to ensure credibility, consistency and meaningful benchmarking across the global banking industry.

  • Prepare your submission: review the programme guidelines, identify the categories most relevant to your institution and submit the required information and metrics.
  • Follow-up interviews: our team will reach out to arrange follow up interviews with your business leaders to gather any additional information required.
  • Assessment period: we assess all submissions and data received, rigorously scoring each institution on a set of pre-defined criteria to benchmark your organisation against other providers.
  • Results announced: full results are published online, accompanied by detailed analysis explaining each institution’s win and performance across the relevant categories.

The award categories

The programme is open to banks and brokers that have demonstrated outstanding performance and strategic commitment to the Greater Bay Area

  • Best International Bank for the GBA
  • Best Chinese Bank for the GBA
  • Best Domestic Bank for the GBA
  • Best Securities House for the GBA
  • Best International Bank for SMEs in the GBA
  • Best Domestic Bank for SMEs in the GBA
  • Best Bank for Digital in the GBA

Assessment & judging

Entrants will be asked to submit quantitative and qualitative data, evidencing their accomplishments in a 12-month period, to inform our research team’s determination of winners.