Global Finance has announced the first round winners in the “World’s Best Internet Banks†competition in Middle East/Africa. Standard Chartered dominated the list of winners by winning in several countries including Kenya.
First Round winners include; Best Corporate/Institutional Internet Banks and Best Consumer Internet Banks at the country level. Winners were also selected in Asia-Pacific, North America, Latin America, Western Europe and Central and Eastern Europe. The regional and global winners for these categories will be announced at an Awards Ceremony in New York City on October 28th and published in the December issue of Global Finance.
Also announced were Regional winners in Sub-Categories. Global winners in the Sub-Categories will also be announced at the Awards Ceremony and in the December issue. The list of First Round winners follows.
Winners were chosen among entries evaluated by a world-class panel of judges at Infosys, a global leader in consulting, technology and outsourcing. Global Finance editors were responsible for the final selection of winners in the first.
Winning banks were selected based on the following criteria: strength of strategy for attracting and servicing online customers, success in getting clients to use web offerings, growth of online customers, breadth of product offerings, evidence of tangible benefits gained from Internet initiatives, and web site design and functionality. Category winners, such as “best in social media†were selected based on the relative strength and success of those web products and services.
Below is a full list of Global Finance’s World’s Best Consumer Internet Banks First Round Winners in
COUNTRY WINNERS
Best Consumer Internet Banks:
- Bahrain – Citi
- Botswana – Standard Chartered
- Egypt – Citi
- Ghana – Standard Chartered
- Israel – Bank Hapoalim
- Jordan – Arab Bank
- Kenya – Standard Chartered
- Lebanon – Blom Bank
- Mozambique – Millennium BIM
- Nigeria – Standard Chartered
- Oman – Standard Chartered
- Qatar – Mashreq Bank
- Saudi Arabia – SABB
- Tanzania – Standard Chartered
- United Arab Emirates – Emirates NBD
- Uganda – Standard Chartered
- Zambia – Standard Chartered
- Zimbabwe – Standard Chartered
REGIONAL SUB-CATEGORY WINNERS
Best Consumer Internet Banks:
- Best Online Deposit, Credit and Investment Product Offerings – Standard Chartered
- Best Bill Payment & Presentment – Standard Chartered
- Best Web Site Design – Mashreq
- Best Integrated Consumer Bank Site – Mashreq
- Best Information Security Initiatives – Standard Chartered
- Best in Mobile Banking – Bank Leumi
- Best in Social Media – National Commercial Bank
- Best Mobile Banking App – Emirates NBD
- Best SMS/Text Banking – Bank Hapoalim