World Finance Banking Awards

LONDON - The World Finance 2009 Banking Awards have been announced.

The winners were: Best Bank, Cape Verde Banco Interâtlantico Best Bank, Angola Banco Espirito Santo Angola Best Banking Group, Algeria Arab Banking Corporation Best Banking Group, Argentina Banco Santander Rio Best Banking Group, Bahrain National Bank of Bahrain Best Banking Group, Benin Continental Bank Benin SA Best Banking Group, Brazil HSBC Best Banking Group, Brunei Baiduri Bank Best Banking Group, Canada Bank of Nova Scotia Best Banking Group, China & Hong Kong China Construction Bank Most Innovative Bank, Turkey Akbank Best Banking Group, Finland AlandsBanken Best Banking Group, Gabon Banque Internationale Best Private Bank, Mexico Banca Mifel SA Best Banking Group, Hungary OTP Bank Best Banking Group, India State Bank of India Best Banking Group, Indonesia Bank Mandiri Best Banking Group, Macau Seng Heng Bank Best Banking Group, Malaysia Public Bank Berhad Best Banking Group, Mauritius Mauritius Commercial Bank Best Banking Group, Morocco Banque Marocaine Best Banking Group, Namibia First National Bank Namibia Best Banking Group, Nigeria Intercontinental Bank Best Banking Group, Pakistan MCB Bank Ltd Best Banking Group, Panama Banco Universal SA Best Banking Group, Peru Banco Financiero Del Peru Best Banking Group, Philippines Banco de Oro Best Banking Group, Poland DZ Polska Bank Best Banking Group, Russia Uralsib Bank Best Banking Group, San Marino Cassa di Risparmio della Repubblica Best Banking Group, Singapore DBS Bank Best Banking Group, Sri Lanka Commercial Bank of Ceylon Best Banking Group, Taiwan China Trust Best Banking Group, Thailand Siam Commercial Bank Best Banking Group, Tunisia Amen Bank Best Banking Group, Venezuela Canarias Banka Best Banking Group, Vietnam Habubank Best Financial Institution, Trinidad & Tobago Caribbean Money Market Brokers Ltd Best Fund Manager, Saudi Arabia Jadwa Investment Most Innovative Bank, Colombia Banco Santander Best Investment Bank, Japan Daiwa Securities Best Investment Bank, Kuwait NBK Capital Best Investment Bank, Malaysia Kenanga Investment Bank Best Investment Bank, Mexico Banco Interacciones Best Investment Bank, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia FALCOM Financial Services Best Investment Bank, South Africa BOE Investment Bank Best Investment Bank, Uganda Dyer & Blair Best NRI Services Bank ICICI Bank Best Online Trading Portal, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia FALCOM Financial Services Excellence in Private Banking, APAC Region ICICI Bank Excellence in Remittance Business, APAC Region ICICI Bank Best Investment Bank, Russia Rossiyskiy Kredit Bank Most Innovative Bank, Ghana CAL Bank Most Innovative Bank, Mexico Banco Ve Por Mas SA Most Innovative Bank, Netherlands Triodos Bank Most Innovative Bank, Poland Citibank Most Innovative Bank, Sudan National Bank of Abu Dhabi

About the Awards

The World Finance awards panel, headed up by editor Alexander Redcliffe, used a wide range of criteria, and the critical eye of a collective 180 years of financial journalism to inform its decision over the most pertinent categories to include in the 2009 awards, and to establish criteria for voters to consider, such as innovation, originality and quality of product, as well as proof of market development and excellence in client representation.

The panel has been wary to avoid the danger of bias towards criteria such as depth of practice, size of company, international links and reputation, which in so many other industry awards skews the competition in favour of the larger firms with global networks, leaving the excellent work of smaller, nationally based firms and those operating in niche areas, unrecognised. The awards are designed to redress this balance, not to favour the smaller firms, but to publicly recognise that the services they provide are every bit as valuable to their clients as those of their larger counterparts.

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