SME Banking Awards 2020

In this inaugural edition, the awards featured outstanding SME offerings from banks to their clients who felt the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic as well as senior SME bankers from well-recognized financial institutions.

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

Every successful community needs a benchmark. That's why, following many great initiatives in the SME space, we are introducing the very first edition of our dedicated SME Banking Awards.

The SME Banking Awards are one of the key projects under the umbrella of SME Banking Community - not a member yet? Follow this link and join the community now!

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2020 Awards timeline

2020 judges

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Stefano Valvano

BCG - Boston Consulting Group

Partner and Managing Director
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Slawek Koziol

ADAPTOVATE

Project Lead – Europe
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Edmund Lin

Bain & Company

Senior Partner
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Jack De Mooij

Rabobank

Head of SME

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Ken Burke

Qorus

SME Banking Community Chairman & Senior Advisor
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Johnson Chng

OLIVER WYMAN

senior partner
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Helene Panzarino

LIBF

Associate Director

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Christian Heinis

Roland Berger

Partner
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Antonio Fery Antunes

Millennium BCP

Head of Direct Channels for SME and Corporates
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Esra Kivrak

Qorus

Executive SME Senior Advisor
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Stefan Andersson

SBAB

Head of Corporate & Tenant owned associations

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?

In 2020 edition...

  • 8000+

    votes were received in total

  • 12

    senior industry leaders acted as judges in 2020

  • 19

    nominees competing for recognition in the SME Banking Awards

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