The deadline is fast approaching for banks to submit entries for the 11th annual RBI Asia Trailblazer Awards.

Entries for the awards are invited by the end of November and can be submitted via this link: https://www.rbiasiatrailblazer.verdict.co.uk/categories/

A full list of awards categories and criteria for this year’s awards is set out on the awards website.

The Awards gala dinner on 5 March 2020 follows the full day RBI Asia Trailblazer summit at The Westin, Singapore.

The programme for the 11th RBI Asia Trailblazer Summit is currently in production. If you are proud of an initiative you would like to share with your peers, please email Sharath Ravi, Sharath.Ravi@meed.com

The event brings together the most outstanding and innovative institutions and projects and highlight the initiatives developed in the region.

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The categories are created keeping in mind different geographies in Asia and its unique needs. The annual RBI Asia Trailblazer awards provide a platform for participating institutions to showcase and evaluate avenues for growth and innovation.

The 2019 Asia Trailblazer Awards

In March, the 10th annual Retail Banker International Asia Trailblazer Awards celebrated the success of Emirates NBD.  Suvo Sarkar, Senior Executive Vice President and Group Head of Retail Banking, Private Banking and Wealth Management was a deserved winner of the Asia Trailblazer of the Year individual award.

And his bank brought off a double with Emirates NBD winning the RBI Asia Trailblazer of the Year (Institution) award. It was a good night too for DBS, taking home nine awards in total just ahead of Maybank with eight.

A record number of 298 entries were received and in all, 24 banks in the region are recognised.

UOB scoop four awards with Emirates NBD and Standard Chartered each winning three awards. Other multiple winners include Citi, Bank of Ayudha, PT CIMB Niaga, Taishin, ICICI, Sacombank and CTBC.