This year marked the second annual ceremony to jointly celebrate the best companies in corporate foreign exchange services, foreign exchange technology and banking for small and emerging enterprises (SMEs). On 20 February, leading bankers and corporate executives from around the world once again gathered at London’s iconic Glaziers Hall to share industry insights and recognize their peers for excellence in financial services. Congratulations to all the winners.
1 BTG Pactual Empresas’ Dani Gregory (l), Director of SME Digital Retailing and Gabriel Motomura (c) Partner and co-manager receive the “World’s Best SME Bank” and “Best SME Bank in Latin America” awards from Global finance founder and editorial director, Joseph Giarraputo (R).
2 Martin PechucekHead of Business Development at CSOB, awarded “Best Small and Medium Bank in Central and Eastern Europe” in 2024.
3 Chief Executive Officer of Arab Bank Europe, Haitham Kamhiyanwinning the “Best SME Bank in the Middle East 2024” award.
4 Ecobanka Carol OedejiThe group’s executive commercial bank, winning the award for Best SME Bank in Africa.
5 Małgorzata SosnowskaManaging Director of the SME and commercial client line of BNP Paribas Bank Polska, who received the award “Best SME Bank in Poland”.
6 Mete UluyurtManaging Director of Isbank London, awarded “Best Small and Medium Bank in Turkey” in 2024.
7 Citi Velocity Team receiving awards for “World’s Best Digital Currency Platform 2024”, “Best Execution Algorithms”, “Best Data and Analytics Platform” and “Best Overall Position Review”.
8 Investek team receiving the “Best Foreign Exchange Trading Platform in the World 2024” and “Best Foreign Exchange Bank in Ireland” awards.
9 Remi Kovarel (l), Head of Emerging Markets Sales, and Olivier Carrolagi (r), Regional Director, Emerging Markets EMEA at Corpay, who has won awards for Best FX Payment Solution and Most Innovative Non-Bank FX Solution.
10 Ibai Urra Magallon (l), Managing Director and Global Head of Foreign Exchange Transactions, and Francisco Javier del Portillo Elordi (c), Head of Corporate Foreign Exchange Sales at BBVA, receiving the 2024 award as the world’s best foreign exchange bank for corporate clients.
eleven Joao Lealbusiness strategy and management at Santander, winning the 2024 award as the world’s best foreign exchange bank for emerging market currencies.
12 Al Rajhi Abdulrahman AladjajiCEO of Treasury Group, who received the Best Foreign Exchange Bank in the Middle East award.
13 Mark WiakowskiHead of Flow Trading London Global Markets at Rand Merchant Bank, receives the Best Foreign Exchange Bank in Africa award.
14 Paul Fuller (l), Head of Treasury at the National Bank of Kuwait, is recognized as the best foreign exchange bank in Kuwait for 2024.
15 Vietinbanka Nguyen Duc Thanh (l), Trung Dam (c) and Nguyen Manh Hoi (r) Receiving the “Best Foreign Exchange Bank in Vietnam” award.
16 Khana Bank team receiving the “Best Foreign Exchange Bank in South Korea” award from Global finance‘s Joseph Giarraputo.
17 Lee LamExecutive Director, Treasury and Markets, DBS, receives the Most Innovative Foreign Exchange Bank award in 2024.
18 Banco de Credito del Peru Adip Numa (l), Head of Sales and Trading, and Marco Merino (c) Head of Foreign Exchange Trading, awarded in 2024 as the Best Foreign Exchange Bank in Peru and the Best Bank for Small and Medium Enterprises.