SME Banking Awards 2025

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 fifth edition in 2025.

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About the Awards

Banks and bankers 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 four 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 fifth edition, which will conclude with the ceremony in May 2025 during Reinvent Forum in Vienna, where we will unveil the winners.

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Current phase

Evaluation phase
Choose your TOP 3 and help us decide who will win this edition!We're counting the votes! Online voting, constituting 50% of the final result, carries significant weight. The remaining 50% will be determined by the votes of the Jury Committee.

Categories

SME Bank of the Year 2025 Jury member choice

This category is designed to acknowledge and applaud banks that demonstrate exceptional efforts in catering to the requirements of small and medium-sized enterprises.

SME Banker of the Year 2025 Jury member choice

This category recognizes inspiring bankers who are chosen for their bank's accomplishments in SME banking, encompassing innovations introduced, initiatives focused on SMEs, business outcomes, and overall visibility.

SME Banking Impact Award Jury member choice

This category recognizes outstanding initiatives that have made a significant impact in SME banking. Whether through innovative solutions, thought leadership, or meaningful support for SMEs, these projects demonstrate excellence in addressing the needs of small and medium-sized enterprises.

2025 Awards timeline

Our judges

Jack de Mooij

Rabobank Head of Segment Value Proposition

Natia Vacharadze

Space Business Banking Tribe Lead

Stefan Andersson

SBAB Head of Corporate & Associations

Boris Diakonov

ANNA co-CEO

Jan Uriga

Qorus Senior Advisor

Ken Burke

Qorus SME Banking Community Chairman & Senior Advisor

Aditya Sharma

Standard Chartered Bank Global Head, Small Business Clients, Product and Portfolio Management, SME Banking

Valentina Kristensen

OakNorth Director of Growth & Communications

Conrad Ford

Allica Bank Chief Product & Strategy Officer

Serhat Yilmaz

DenizBank SME Banking Group, Marketing Senior Vice President

David Jimenez Maireles

D19 Advisory Fractional Advisor and Digital Banking Executive

Lukas Dzuroska

Qorus Head of Communities

Zubair Ahmed

VeriPark Managing Director, Middle East & APAC

Jyoti Ranjan

Ajman Bank UAE Head of Business Banking

Stergios Zlatanos

Piraeus Bank Director SB Strategy

Pamela Chan King Yeun

Mauritius Commercial Bank Head of Business Banking

William Kayongo

DFCU Bank Head Enterprise Banking

Esra Kivrak

Independent Non-Executive Board Member

Konstantinos Kanavos

National Bank of Greece Director, Business Banking & Key Accounts Segments

Federico Sforza

Co-Founder

In 2024 edition...

17 000+ votes were received in total

3 000+ individuals casted their vote

63 countries were represented in the voting process

20 senior industry leaders acted as judges in 2024

2024 ceremony

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