Financial Innovation Awards

Finalists

Please view our finalists’ brochure here.

To view the finalists for 2008 please choose from the award categories below.

  1. Most Effective Insurance Initiative
  2. Best Corporate Social or Environmental Responsibility Programme
  3. Best Marketing Initiative
  4. Best Direct Channels Initiative
  5. Excellence in Governance, Risk and Compliance
  6. Most Effective Back Office Initiative
  7. Most Effective Customer Segmentation Strategy
  8. Most Effective Sourcing and Partnerships Strategy
  9. Most Effective Front Office Initiative
  10. Most Effective Cultural Transformation – Change Management
  11. Most Effective Cultural Transformation – Coaching, Training and Mentoring
  12. Most Innovative Application of Technology
  13. Most Innovative Customer Service Programme
  14. Most Promising New Product – Savings and Wealth Management
  15. Most Promising New Product – Banking
  16. Most Promising New Product – Insurance
  17. Most Promising Initiative for Building Societies
  18. Technology Vendors – Most Innovative Financial Services Solution
  19. Best Payments Initiative
  20. Wholesale and Investment Banking – Best Innovation in Risk Management and Trading Systems
  21. Wholesale and Investment Banking – Best Innovation in Back Office

  1. Most Effective Insurance Initiative

    • AEGON – Guaranteed Product Range
    • Barclays Bank – Tailored Payment Protection Insurance
    • Bright Grey – Interactive Quote and Apply
    • Guy Carpenter & Company LLC – i-aXs Platform
    • PruHealth – Private Medical Insurance
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  2. Best Corporate Social or Environmental Responsibility Programme

    • Barclays Bank – The Finance Academy
    • Co-operative Financial Services – Financial Inclusion
    • Fortis Insurance Limited – Community and Sustainable Supply Chain
    • Scarborough Building Society – Young Finance Manager – Educational Resource
    • West Bromwich Building Society – AweSum Challenge
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  3. Best Marketing Initiative

    • Bank of Valletta – The Euro Bank in Malta
    • Barclays Bank – Home Insurance
    • Collins Stewart Wealth Management – Refreshing Wealth Management
    • HSBC Bank International – 766 Campaign
    • MetLife – Retirement Portfolio
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  4. Best Direct Channels Initiative

    • Banco Best – Interactive Video Retirement Simulator
    • Barclays Bank – PIN Sentry
    • Citibank N.A. Philippines Branch – Citi Mobile
    • HSBC Bank – Business Internet Banking
    • National Australia Group Europe – Websites
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  5. Excellence in Governance, Risk and Compliance

    • AXA Insurance – Thomas Cook Travel Insurance
    • Key Trust Company – Key GAR
    • National Australia Group Europe – Payments Governance Framework
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  6. Most Effective Back Office Initiative

    • Barclays Bank Local Business – 8 days a week, more time for what counts
    • Global Transaction Services, Citi – Commercial Cards Platform Migration
    • Europe Arab Bank – Operations Transformation
    • Lloyds TSB – The New Intranet
    • Scottish Widows – Large Case Underwriting Team
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  7. Most Effective Customer Segmentation Strategy

    • Bank of Valletta – Personal Banking Segmentation Model
    • Coutts & Co – Wealth Management Advisor
    • HSBC Bank – MyMoney
    • LTSB Asset Finance – Nationwide
    • Stroud & Swindon Building Society – Targeted Customer Letter
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  8. Most Effective Sourcing and Partnerships Strategy

    • Absolutely Training – Arrears and Possessions
    • AXA and Post Office – Lifestyle Protection
    • Birmingham Midshires – BM and Saga in Partnership
    • Skandia UK with HCL Technologies
    • VocaLink – VocaLink and BGC – Partnering for Success
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  9. Most Effective Front Office Initiative

    • Barclays Local Business - Start Up, Switcher and Account Review Sales Processes
    • HBOS Retail Credit Cards – Systems Thinking
    • HSBC Bank – Business Internet Banking
    • HSBC Bank – Clearing Query and Retrieval
    • Wesleyan Assurance Society – Customer Relationship Centre
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  10. Most Effective Cultural Transformation – Change Management

    • Abbey - Abbey Santander, Abbey Business Lending
    • The Co-operative Financial Services – Good with Money
    • HSBC Bank – Best Place to Bank
    • Lloyds TSB – The New Intranet
    • National Australia Group Europe – Payments Business
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  11. Most Effective Cultural Transformation – Coaching, Training and Mentoring

    • Birmingham Midshires – PMP Underwriting Academy
    • The Co-operative Financial Services – The CIS New Operating Model Programme
    • Darlington Building Society – Mutual Benefit
    • Lloyds TSB – Developing Your Potential
    • Lloyds TSB Commercial Bancassurance & Mortgage Sales – Sales Mentoring Programme 2007
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  12. Most Innovative Application of Technology

    • Astra – POS-D
    • AXA – Online Medical Screening
    • Barclaycard – One Touch
    • Citi – ISSAC
    • Lloyds TSB – Innovative Market Tool
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  13. Most Innovative Customer Service Programme

    • Bank of Africa – Uganda – Customer Appreciation Week
    • HBOS – Retail Credit Cards – Systems Thinking
    • HSBC Bank – Business Internet Banking Support Team
    • Lloyds TSB – Adopt a Branch
    • Royal Bank of Scotland – Strictly Bankline
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  14. Most Promising New Product – Savings and Wealth Management

    • Alliance & Leicester – Premier 50 Current Account
    • Banco Best – iSavings Card
    • Bradford & Bingley – Good for Life ISA
    • HSBC Bank International – AssetMaster
    • Leeds Building Society – Inflation Buster
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  15. Most Promising New Product – Banking

    • Bank of Scotland Corporate – Cross Currency Offset
    • Barclays Local Business – Credit Manager
    • Barclays Commercial – Account Management System
    • Capital One – The Identity Theft Service Product
    • Royal Bank of Scotland - EIPP
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  16. Most Promising New Product – Insurance

    • AEGON – 5 for Life
    • Fortis UK and InsureTECH System – CheaperCover.com
    • HSBC Life – LifeChoices
    • Legal & General – Postcode Annuity
    • RBS Insurance Direct Line – Direct Line Home Insurance Plus
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  17. Most Promising Initiative – Building Societies

    • Astra Mortgages – Astra POS-D
    • Leeds Building Society – Inflation Buster
    • Stroud & Swindon Building Society – Targeted Customer Newsletter
    • Yorkshire Building Society – Paperless Internet Savings Applications
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  18. Technology Vendors – Most Innovative Financial Services Solution

    • Algorithmics in partnership with SecondFloor with ING Insurance - ECAPS
    • BT – Agile Bank
    • Centrica - Trayport's GlobalVision Trading Gateway System
    • eg solutions – The eg Operational Intelligence Software Suite
    • OpTier - CoreFirst
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  19. Best Payments Initiative

    • Banco Santander – Santander Plus
    • Lloyds TSB – Bulk Payments Service
    • Post Office – Post Office payout®
    • VISA Europe – VISA payWave
    • VocaLink – Faster Payment Service
    • Back to the top

  20. Wholesale and Investment Banking – Best Innovation in Risk Management and Trading Systems

    • Global Transaction Services, Citi – Secure Authorisation Services
    • Merrill Lynch – Merrill InvestPro
    • Mitsubishi UFJ Securities International – Sybase RAP – The Trading Edition
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  21. Wholesale and Investment Banking – Best Innovation in Back Office

    • Citi – Satellite Application for Messaging
    • Lloyds TSB – BSU Database
    • Merrill Lynch – STR
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Pictures of the Awards

A picture from the 2007 Awards Ceremony
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