Annual Transaction Banking Awards
We are pleased to invite Southeast Asia’s leading local and foreign banks to submit their credentials for evaluation for this year’ awards for excellence in Southeast Asia finance.
This is our Annual Transaction Banking Awards.
We have this year, introduced a few brand-new award categories this year to broaden the breadth and depth of our awards. The award is open to Asia-domiciled banks with branches and subsidiaries in Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand & Vietnam.
IMPORTANT POINTS:
- All awards pitches must include the name of the person most involved (e.g., CFO, Corporate Treasurer) from the issuing institution along with their contact email/details.
- Please DO NOT SUBMIT any transactions completed prior to 1 December 2025.
- While most transactions are likely to be denominated in your local currency or another foreign currency, it is best to submit the equivalent amount in USD for referencing purpose (based on the FX rate at the time of the transaction). If you plan to submit a transaction undertaken denominated in RMB, YEN, etc., please specify currency exchange rate to USD accordingly.
- There is no limit as to how many categories a given bank can pitch for, but kindly submit a maximum of 3 key structures/transactions you have completed YTD – per award category.
- We accept structures/transactions from across Asia, and not only deals in your home country.
- Please submit your pitches preferably in PDF format.
- Please provide (contact person + email address) for follow up questions.
- The pitch accounts for 90% weightage while submitting on time accounts for 10%. Late submissions beyond 6pm, 5 December will have points deducted from the final review.action).
| BEST CASH MANAGEMENT SOLUTION |
| BEST CROSS BORDER PAYMENTS SOLUTION |
| BEST MOBILE PAYMENTS & AUTHORIZATION SOLUTION |
| BEST DIGITAL BANKING PLATFORM |
| BEST PAYABLES SOLUTION; BEST RECEIVABLES SOLUTION |
| BEST LIQUIDITY MANAGEMENT SOLUTION |
- These award categories are not necessarily about the size of the cash management mandate but about whether the bank has rolled out any new/innovative cash products and enhancements, during the award period.
- This award is not about the number of new mandates won either but instead focuses on how the bank creates the most seamless cash management solutions for its clients through its unique network, its superior account management and contact management account functions, its dealing and technological functionality, security and encryption and its liquidity management capabilities.
- Most importantly perhaps, whether the bank has developed a cash management solution for any of its client – within the country you operate in, during the award period – that innovatively covers the payables, receivables and liquidity management needs of the client.
| BEST STRUCTURED & COMMODITY/TRADE FINANCE SOLUTION |
| BEST ONLINE TRADE FACILITATION SOLUTION |
| BEST BLOCKCHAIN BASED TRADE FINANCE SOLUTION |
| BEST BANK FOR BLOCKCHAIN, DLT & CBDCs OFFERINGS |
| BEST BANK FOR CLOUD ADOPTION, IoT, AI & AUTOMATION |
| BEST BANKING API SOLUTION |
- The award(s) are based on a bank’s ability to develop innovative solutions for clients (based in Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand & Vietnam) that go beyond classical trade finance off-the-shelf products and includes buyer and supplier-driven financing structures, risk mitigation and financing solutions for short-term and medium-term accounts receivables, and is not just limited to bilateral or multilateral agency-backed financing.
- Some of the other factors include whether alternative bridge financing solutions, (for e.g., via a stand-by letter of credit, instead of traditional bridge financing facilities, etc.,) were used, how the solution may have led to significant cost savings for the client to facilitate an acquisition, finance inventory and/or finance their suppliers and encompasses plain vanilla lending to structured transactions such as pre-export financings, lease financings, project-related financings, agri-finance and hedged inventory products.
- Banks with a technologically advanced web portal should also highlight their unique core banking online capabilities over other banks for the award category of best online trade facilitation solution in Southeast Asia.
- We also remain keen to explore how unique block chain solutions are being developed by local banks in Southeast Asia as part of the ongoing digitization strategy.
The process for the Marquee awards is different, as it also involves surveying issuers and investors in the region. With certain award categories, our internal third-party survey is already under way.
HOW TO WIN:
To begin with, firms are required to submit a written pitch. This material should be considered public. It lays out the case for why your organisation deserves the award. All submissions must be in Word document format. No supplemental material will be accepted except for client testimonials (corporates or investors).
These will be treated with strict confidence and will be considered as off the record, but we do need to know the name of the client. Submissions (not including testimonials) are limited to 1,000 words.
If it exceeds 1,000 words, we will delete anything following the thousandth word. You should not feel the need to fill it out to the maximum word count; clarity of argument is more important than length.
We welcome information regarding growth in your business in terms of:
- clientele,
- client segments, and addressable assets;
- product innovation;
- infrastructure improvements;
- credit ratings;
- market leadership; &
- investment into your business.
We will consider activities from Q4 2024 (i.e., 1st Sept 2024) to the present (i.e., 1 December 2025).
Mere size isn’t enough: we want to know what you have done for your clients and for the market in 2024-2025 that makes this your standout year. In some cases, an interview (in person or telephone) may be required. These interviews are however off the record and are meant to put your formal pitch in context.
The award categories are:
| BEST FINANCIAL SUPPLY CHAIN BANK IN INDONESIA 2025 |
| BEST FINANCIAL SUPPLY CHAIN BANK IN MALAYSIA 2025 |
| BEST FINANCIAL SUPPLY CHAIN BANK IN PHILIPPINES 2025 |
| BEST FINANCIAL SUPPLY CHAIN BANK IN SINGAPORE 2025 |
| BEST FINANCIAL SUPPLY CHAIN BANK IN THAILAND 2025 |
| BEST INTERNATIONAL BANKING NETWORK 2025 |
| BEST CUSTODY BANK 2025 |
| BEST ISLAMIC CUSTODY BANK 2025 |
| BEST ONLINE FINANCIAL SUPPLY CHAIN PLATFORM 2025 |
| BEST PROCURE-TO-PAY TRADE FINANCE PLATFORM 2025 |
| BEST DIGITALISATION OF BUNKER TRADE ECOSYSTEM 2025 |
| BEST ESG-LINKED CROSS CURRENCY INTEREST RATE SWAP 2025 |
| BEST FX SETTLEMENT, PROCESSING AND DATA PLATFORM 20251 |
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