SME Banking Awards 2023

The Qorus SME Banking Awards are recognizing outstanding achievements and contributions in SME banking, celebrating the best of the best. The Awards are now returning for their third edition in 2023.

SME Banking
Current phase

Winner phase

Check out the winners

Our online voters and expert jury committee have voted for their TOP 3 winners in each category.

Banks and bankers and fintechs/providers now have the opportunity to showcase their skills and shine brightly in the industry. The awards recognize outstanding achievements and contributions in SME banking, celebrating the best of the best. In the past three years, SME Banking Awards garnered significant attention, with numerous deserving recipients recognized for their excellence in serving small and medium-sized enterprises. Today, the Awards provide a platform for industry professionals to come together, exchange ideas, and inspire each other for future advancements in SME banking.

Now we’re launching the fourth edition, which will conclude with the ceremony in March 2024 during Reinvent Forum in Vienna, where we will unveil the winners.

2023 Awards timeline

2023 judges

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Zubair Ahmed

VeriPark

Chief Industry Officer

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Gábor Tenke

MBH Bank

Director of SME Strategy

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Sofia Wallén

Swedbank

Head of Segment LCI and Head of Strategic Client Interaction & Event

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Juan Luis Huitz

Erste Group

Corporate Business Partner

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Magdalena Zmitrowicz

Bank Pekao S.A.

Vice President

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Marcus O'Toole

MasterCard Europe

Senior Vice President Global SME Segment Solution's & Distribution

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José De Souza

Banco Pichincha

Product owner

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Stergios Zlatanos

Piraeus Bank

Director SB Strategy

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DC Lim

UOB

Group Head, BizSmart and Ecosystem

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Helene Panzarino

LIBF

Associate Director

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Agnieszka Wolska

BNP Paribas (Poland)

Vice President of the Management Board, responsible for SME and Corporate Area

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Don Ludlow

Royal Bank of Canada

Vice President Small Business, Business Financial Services Strategy & Partnerships

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Lukas Dzuroska

Qorus

Head of Communities

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Rajeev Chalisgaonkar

Mashreq

Executive VP, Head of Business Banking & NeoBiz

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Jack de Mooij

Rabobank

Director SME

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Martin Hyde

J.P. Morgan

Executive Director

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Ken Burke

Qorus

SME Banking Community Chairman & Senior Advisor

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James Sankey

EY

Partner, Banking & Capital Markets

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Dhiraj Kunwar

Rakbank

Managing Director, SME & Commercial Business, Retail Branch Banking and Real Estate Finance

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Arild Langberg Johannessen

SpareBank 1 SR-Bank

Director Strategy & Business Development SME

Voting criteria

Originality

Why is the solution different? How inventive, innovative, unique and distinguished is the solution in the market?

Internationality

Performance at the cross-country level, the degree of internalization

Impact – Traction

Is the solution capable of generating significant revenue and have strong traction?

Business Potential - Pain solver

How big and important is the business problem and the level of pain being solved? Is this solution going to solve it at scale?

Wow factor

How excited are you about the project?

2023 ceremony

In 2023 edition...

  • 20 000+

    votes were received in total

  • 3 800+

    individuals casted their vote

  • 70

    countries were represented in the voting process

  • 21

    senior industry leaders acted as judges in 2023