The Global Banker Awards · 2027
Global Transaction Finance & Resilience Awards
Faster, safer, always on.
The programme
The infrastructure clients rely on.
When clients needed their money to move, did it move, and did it move safely?
For the cash, trade and payments franchises that moved money faster and more reliably for their clients, and stayed up when it mattered.
Cash management, trade finance and payments rarely make headlines, yet every corporate treasury, supply chain and institutional client depends on them working, instantly and without fail. As payments move to real time, messaging moves to ISO 20022 and operational resilience becomes a supervisory priority, the standard expected of transaction banks has risen sharply.
The Global Transaction Finance & Resilience Awards recognise the franchises that met that standard over the year: faster and more automated for their clients, more resilient under stress and more secure against fraud and cyber threats.
What the Panel looks for
Judged on what matters.
Entries are assessed on these themes, in proportion to each institution’s scale and market.
Speed and automation
Straight-through processing, turnaround and payment times.
Resilience
Availability, and recovery from incidents within impact tolerances, consistent with regimes such as DORA in the European Union.
Client outcomes
Onboarding time, cost and service levels for corporate and institutional clients.
Connectivity and standards
ISO 20022 data, APIs and instant payments.
Security
Fraud and cyber controls, and the losses they prevented.
How winners are decided
Judged with rigour. Decided by the best.
Winners are decided by an Independent Panel of senior leaders who serve independently of The Global Banker. Its decisions are final.
Submission
Institutions present their achievements in a structured submission.
Verification
The Global Banker examines every entry, verifies it and compares it with the other entries in the same award and market.
Independent Panel
Shortlisted entries go before the Independent Panel, whose members declare any conflict of interest. Its decisions are final.
- ConfidentialAll data submitted is used solely for judging and held in strict confidence.
- ImpartialPanel members declare any conflict of interest and stand aside where one exists.
- Size-neutralEach entry is assessed in proportion to the institution’s scale and market.
Where recognition sits
Recognition at three levels.
Open to banks and financial institutions worldwide. Recognition is awarded at Global, Regional and Country level across the Americas, Europe, Asia-Pacific, the Middle East & North Africa and Sub-Saharan Africa.
- Americas
- Europe
- Middle East & North Africa
- Sub-Saharan Africa
- Asia-Pacific
For the winners
What recognition brings.
Honoured at the Awards Ceremony
Winners receive their awards in the company of leaders from across the global banking community.
Published by The Global Banker
Every winner is announced and recorded by The Global Banker, alongside the programme’s standards and process.
A mark of distinction
Winners may use the programme’s winner mark in their own communications, under the terms provided to them.
The 2027 edition
Mark the dates.
Register your interest and we will send you the Awards Kit as soon as entries open.
Your next distinction.
Register your interest and we will send you the Awards Kit for the Global Transaction Finance & Resilience Awards as soon as entries open on 16 March 2027.