Awards for Excellence
The ultimate benchmarking programme for the global financial industry.
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About the awards
For more than 30 years, the Awards for Excellence have recognised financial institutions that set the global standard in performance, innovation and client impact.
The Awards for Excellence programme is built on the new Euromoney benchmarking framework. Every category is anchored in comparable metrics, structured submissions and a transparent research process that evaluates banks, non-banking financial institutions and technology providers against their peers. This is your opportunity to demonstrate leadership through hard evidence and facts.
The programme is bigger and more competitive than ever, with several hundreds of financial institutions across more than 100 countries expected to take part.
Over 700 banks enter the Awards for Excellence every year, making it the most comprehensive programme in the industry.
The Awards for Excellence are truly global, with banks from over 125 countries entering each year.
Why participate?
Showcase how your bank performs against global, regional and local competitors using Euromoney’s benchmarking metrics
Celebrate your success internally and demonstrate progress to boards, shareholders and clients
Understand how your performance compares with leading institutions
Leverage Euromoney’s platform to drive visibility, differentiation and client trust
Join high-profile ceremonies in Dubai, London and Singapore, attended by senior leaders across global finance
A more rigorous, metrics-led research process
Following Euromoney’s transformation into a benchmarking business, the Awards for Excellence introduces a more structured submission process:
- Each category comes with defined benchmarking metrics covering financial performance, sales execution, product innovation or operational excellence
- Applications place high emphasis on quantitative data to support narrative on performance, innovation and client impact
- Our research team will conduct extensive follow-up interviews with senior leaders to validate results and understand strategic direction
- Decisions will be made by Euromoney’s research team, combining submissions, metrics and independent market intelligence
The result is an awards programme that is evidence-based, comparable, credible and designed to recognise real excellence.
Ready to benchmark yourself against the best?
Participate in the world’s most comprehensive benchmarking programme in financial services, start your submission today.
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.
Register your interest in the Awards for Excellence
Latest
Awards for Excellence country/territory winners 2025: Georgia’s best investment bank – Galt & Taggart
Awards for Excellence country/territory winners 2025: Malaysia’s best bank for SMEs – Hong Leong Bank
Awards for Excellence country/territory winners 2025: Czech Republic’s best bank for large corporates – Raiffeisenbank