Judging for the prestigious RBI Asia Trailblazers Awards 2014 have entered their final month before the awards gala on 13 March in Singapore. Sruti Rao recaps the nominations and categories for the awards as we near the event

The Trailblazers Awards, with a record number of nominations in 2014, has in previous years offered a picture of the innovative propositions developed in the region’s retail banking industry and 2014 looks set to repeat this.

The awards summit will be held at the Grand Copthorne Waterfront Hotel in Singapore on 13 March 2014.

PRODUCT

Excellence in Credit Card

1. Citibank, Singapore
2. DBS POSB, Singapore
3. RCBC Bankard, Philippines
4. Siam Commercial Bank, Thailand

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Excellence in Debit Card

1. Citibank, Philippines
2. CB Bank, Myanmar
3. DBS POSB , Singapore

Excellence in NFC and Contactless Card

1. Citibank, Hong Kong
2. Citibank, Philippines
3. DBS, Singapore

Excellence in Inventive P2P

1. Maybank, Singapore
2. PT Bank Permata Tbk, Indonesia
3. Siam Commercial Bank, Thailand

Excellence in Payment Innovation

1. DBS, Singapore
2. Khan Bank, Mongolia
3. Security Bank, Philippines

SERVICE

Excellence in customer experience

1. ANZ, Singapore
2. Kotak Mahindra Bank, India
3. Standard Chartered Bank, China

Excellence in mass affluent banking

1. Citibank, Philippines
2. Citibank, Singapore
3. UOB, Singapore
4. Standard Chartered Bank, Singapore

Excellence in service innovation

1. DBS, Singapore
2. Kotak Mahindra Bank, India
3. RHB Bank, Malaysia

Excellence in SME banking

1. Alliance Bank, Malaysia
2. UOB, Singapore
3. Standard Chartered Bank, China

STRATEGY

Excellence in Business Model Innovation

1. ICICI Bank, India
2. Kotak Mahindra Bank, India
3. Philippine National Bank

Dynamic Third Party Partnerships

1. IndusInd Bank, India
2. Maybank, Malaysia
3. Maybank, Singapore

Excellence in Customer Centricity

1. Alliance Bank, Malaysia
2. ANZ, Singapore
3. IndusInd Bank, India
4. Standard Chartered Bank, Singapore

PROCESS

Excellence in loan origination

1. Krungsri, Thailand
2. PT. Bank Mandiri (Persero) Tbk, Indonesia
3. Taishin Bank, Taiwan

Excellence in collection and debt management

1. ICICI Bank, India
2. Maybank, Malaysia
3. OCBC, Singapore

Excellence in core banking technology

1. Bharatiya Mahila Bank, India
2. National Development Bank, Sri Lanka

CHANNEL

Excellence in Innovative Branch Offering

1. ICICI Bank, India
2. Maybank, Malaysia
3. PT CIMB Niaga, Tbk, Indonesia

Excellence in innovation in service delivery – ATMs

1. Citibank, Singapore
2. Central Bank of India, India
3. DBS Bank, Singapore
4. Philippine National Bank, Philippines

Excellence in internet banking – overall

1. CIMB Bank, Malaysia
2. Citibank, Philippines
3. UOB, Singapore

Excellence in internet banking – cross border

1. DBS Bank, Singapore
2. Kotak Mahindra Bank, India

Excellence in Mobile Banking – overall

1. CIMB Bank, Malaysia
2. Kotak Mahindra Bank, India
3. Taishin Bank, Taiwan

Excellence in mobile banking – payments

1. Kotak Mahindra Bank, India
2. Siam Commercial Bank, Thailand
3. UOB, Singapore

Excellence in mobile banking – customisation

1. HDFC Bank, India
2. ICICI Bank, India

Excellence in social media – customer relations and brand management

1. Citibank, Philippines
2. DBS Bank, Singapore
3. Maybank, Malaysia