
The Retail Banker International Global Awards, now in its 34th year, recognises the best of the best in global retail banking. Winners will be announced at the Waldorf Astoria in London on 24 April 2019.
These prestigious awards are well regarded in the industry as a mark of quality and represent immense achievement and success.
Awards are for outstanding and high achieving retail banks, as well as the individual award for Retail Banker of the Year.
2019 RBI Global Awards: deadline to enter is 8 March
Nominations are now open for all award categories (see below) and will stay open until the deadline of Friday 8 March.
Bank of America scooped the award for Global Retail Bank of the Year at the 2018 awards.
Multiple awards winners included Emirates NBD and Royal Bank of Canada.

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By GlobalDataOver 100 financial institutions participated and a record number of submissions were received across the 25 Awards categories.
To find out more about the 2019 RBI Global Awards and to download a nomination form, the link is here.
Categories:
Regional Awards:
- African Retail Bank of the Year
- North American Retail Bank of the year
- European Retail Bank of the year
- Middle East Retail Bank of the year
- Latin America Retail Bank of the year
- Asia Pacfic Retail Bank of the Year
Global Awards:
- Best Branch Strategy
- Best Mobile Banking Strategy
- Best Overall Digital Strategy
- Best Self Service Strategy
- Best Open Banking Strategy
- Best use of Digital Marketing and social media
- Best use of data analytics
- Best IT Transformation/Innovation
- IT innovation of the year
- Product Innovation of the year
- Best Banking Launch
- Best security innovation of the year
- Excellence in customer centricity
- Diversity & Inclusion
- Retail Banker of the year
- Best bank/fintech partnership
- RegTech innovation of the year
- Best Loyalty/Rewards Strategy
Editor’s Awards:
- Global retail bank of the year
Scotiabank celebrates at the RBI Global annual awards
Retail Banking: London 2019 The Waldorf Hilton, London 24 April 2019
The awards are preceded by RBI’s annual Retail Banking: London conference, with headline sponsor, VocaLink.
The conference brings together industry leaders to examine how the retail banking sector is embracing digital innovation, enhancing operational efficiency and delivering new, improved services for customers.