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The 2025 UK Fintech Awards is open to submissions

The UK FinTech Awards categories are designed to encourage submissions from every kind of fintech, while also offering a wide range of individual and team awards, with a view to enabling the very best of financial technology and innovation to be scrutinised, recognised and rewarded.

Key dates and deadlines General rules and requirements

Key Dates for Your Diary

All the dates you need for the UK FinTech Awards 2025

  • Submission deadline 24 January 2025
  • Shortlist February 2025
  • Awards ceremony 24 April 2025

Submissions for the UK FinTech Awards 2025 are now open!

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The UK is home to many of the world’s premier financial services and a burgeoning financial technology market. These awards were developed to celebrate this incredible community, and the achievements and successes of the UK’s best and brightest.

The categories are designed to cover the full spectrum of fintech, and entries and nominations will be judged by an independent panel of experts.

Winners will be revealed at a glamorous black-tie ceremony on 24 April 2025 at the Leonardo Royal Hotel, London Tower Bridge.

How to enter How to win Rules and requirements Contact us Register to enter

How to enter

The deadline to enter the UK FinTech Awards is 24 January 2025.

  • Register

    To enter the UK FinTech Awards, you need to register and pay the £350 registration fee. This will enable you to access the entry form and enter as many categories as you wish.

    Click here to register

  • Pick your categories

    The categories are designed to encourage submissions from every kind of fintech, while also offering a wide range of individual and team awards, with a view to enabling the very best of financial technology and innovation to be scrutinised, recognised and rewarded.

    And you can enter as many as you wish.

    Read the criteria carefully for each and decide which will give you the best opportunity to demonstrate your strengths.

    The criteria are in a Q&A format, so follow this closely to provide the independent judging panel with a clear, easy-to-follow submission and include all of the information requested. Rest assured, the process is entirely confidential.

    Read the categories & criteria

  • Choose the form of your submission

    Make sure every submission is unique for the category that you’re entering.

    We accept written submissions of between 250 and 1,000 words per category (please note: this is in total, not per criterion).

    Written submissions are at their best after several drafts, with input from everyone involved. Remember that your submission needs to stand out from the crowd, so keep it active, free of jargon, and don’t forget to proofread your words before entering.

    Alternatively, you can enter a video submission. You’ll have a maximum of three minutes to demonstrate why you, your team or business should win the particular category. Videos are easy to digest and revisit, and they allow the judges to put a face to an entry.

    Please note, we are no longer accepting video files. To submit a video, you must upload it to a third-party platform such as YouTube or your own website and supply a link (ensure that the video is private or password protected before submitting).

  • Submit via the form

    Entries must be submitted before 11.59pm UK time on 24 January 2025.

    Submissions can only be accepted via the entry form, which you can access after registering and paying the registration fee.

    Fill out all of the required information. There are mandatory fields for the person providing the submission as well as the subject of the submission.

    If you are putting an organisation forward for an award, mark the fields under the Nominee heading with an ‘N/A’ except for the Company name field and make sure you choose the correct category from the list. Doing so reveals the correct category criteria and fields in which to paste your submission. The form must be filled out and submitted for every category.

    The form removes all formatting, so don’t worry about italics, bolding, underlining or hyperlinking, as these won’t make it through our system. Furthermore, no supporting documents and attachments are allowed, so don’t use the attach buttons for CVs, promo videos, PDFs and Word docs—these won’t make it through our system, either.

    For written submissions, input your 250 to 1,000 words in the provided fields. For video submissions, fill out the form (except the criteria fields) and paste the link to your video into the one of the criteria fields.

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  • Attach your logo

    If you make it to the shortlist, we’ll need a high-resolution version of your logo for the ceremony and marketing campaigns. We accept the .JPEG, .PNG and .PDF formats, but prefer .EPS wherever possible. If you don’t have this, don’t worry.

  • Attach nominee's photo

    This is for the Talent categories. Colour photos are preferred, wide, horizontal shots work well, and high resolution .JPEG is best.

  • Sit back and wait for news

    That’s it, you’re done! Approximately two weeks following the submission deadline, our judging panel will convene to make their decisions. We’ll then get in touch with every finalist to give them the good news.

     

How to win

It’s all about being memorable and compelling:

  • Start early. Give yourself plenty of time to carefully evaluate the criteria for the categories you’re entering and provide a well-produced submission before the entry deadline.
  • Check the criteria. Each category has its own criteria, and each submission should be unique.
  • Provide evidence. Include as many results and evidence of success as you can, including testimonials. Judges are there to be swayed, so sway them.
  • Keep it simple. Write or speak clearly and concisely so the judges can quickly understand the points you’re making.
  • Consult with the relevant team. Collaborate on your submission as you do your work, and ensure that your whole team contributes.Two images from the UK FinTech Awards. In the first, guests sat around a round table all laugh and cheer together, staring at the stage which is behind the camera. In the second, three winners smile and pose with their award. The guest on the left is pumping her fist with victory.
  • Be enthusiastic, transparent, and honest. Inspire the judges by sharing your organisation’s ethos and passion for your work without trying to pull the wool over their eyes. Honesty is the best policy.
  • Redraft and revise. Once your submission is ready, start again and interrogate every fact and figure. Are they correct? Question every claim. Is that true? Weigh your language. Is that a helpful term or an empty buzzword?

General rules and requirements

  • Entrants must be based in the UK or provide services in the UK
  • Entrants can enter as many categories as they wish
  • Entrants are encouraged to limit submissions to two entries per category; further submissions may not be considered
  • Submissions must be unique and tailored to meet the criteria of each category
  • Self-nomination is required
  • Written and video submissions are accepted – both must follow the criteria format
  • Submissions can be made until 11.59pm on entry deadline day (24 January 2025)
  • Entrants are expected to send at least one representative to attend the in-person ceremony
  • The UK FinTech Awards reserves the right to remove any entries which do not meet the above criteria

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Product/Service

  • Accounting Tech of the Year
    • Tell us about the product or service you are putting forward: how does its aims, capabilities, marketing and delivery meet customer needs and requirements?
    • What is the potential of your product/service? How it can achieve critical mass?
    • What are its unique selling points and what differentiates it from the competition?
    • Are there any inventive or innovative aspects that have been developed to bring the product or service to market?
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  • Banking Tech of the Year
    • Tell us about the product or service you are putting forward: how does its aims, capabilities, marketing and delivery meet customer needs and requirements?
    • What is the potential of your product/service? How it can achieve critical mass?
    • What are its unique selling points and what differentiates it from the competition?
    • Are there any inventive or innovative aspects that have been developed to bring the product or service to market?
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  • Crypto Award

    Open to all organisations involved in cryptocurrencies, CBDCs and stablecoins.

    • Tell us about the product or service you are putting forward: how does its aims, capabilities, marketing and delivery meet customer needs and requirements? 
    • What is the potential of your product/service? How can it achieve critical mass? 
    • What are its unique selling points and what differentiates it from the competition? 
    • What recognition has the product or service received from third parties? 
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  • FinTech of the Year
    • Tell us about the product or service you are putting forward: how does its aims, capabilities, marketing and delivery meet customer needs and requirements?
    • What is the potential of your product/service? How it can achieve critical mass?
    • What are its unique selling points and what differentiates it from the competition?
    • Are there any inventive or innovative aspects that have been developed to bring the product or service to market?
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  • InsurTech of the Year
    • Tell us about the product or service you are putting forward: how does its aims, capabilities, marketing and delivery meet customer needs and requirements?
    • What is the potential of your product/service? How it can achieve critical mass?
    • What are its unique selling points and what differentiates it from the competition?
    • Are there any inventive or innovative aspects that have been developed to bring the product or service to market?
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  • LendTech of the Year
    • Tell us about the product or service you are putting forward: how does its aims, capabilities, marketing and delivery meet customer needs and requirements?
    • What is the potential of your product/service? How it can achieve critical mass?
    • What are its unique selling points and what differentiates it from the competition?
    • Are there any inventive or innovative aspects that have been developed to bring the product or service to market?
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  • PayTech of the Year
    • Tell us about the product or service you are putting forward: how does its aims, capabilities, marketing and delivery meet customer needs and requirements?
    • What is the potential of your product/service? How it can achieve critical mass?
    • What are its unique selling points and what differentiates it from the competition?
    • Are there any inventive or innovative aspects that have been developed to bring the product or service to market?
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  • Personal Finance Tech of the Year
    • Tell us about the product or service you are putting forward: how does its aims, capabilities, marketing and delivery meet customer needs and requirements?
    • What is the potential of your product/service? How it can achieve critical mass?
    • What are its unique selling points and what differentiates it from the competition?
    • Are there any inventive or innovative aspects that have been developed to bring the product or service to market?
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  • Pensions Tech of the Year
    • Tell us about the product or service you are putting forward: how does its aims, capabilities, marketing and delivery meet customer needs and requirements?
    • What is the potential of your product/service? How it can achieve critical mass?
    • What are its unique selling points and what differentiates it from the competition?
    • Are there any inventive or innovative aspects that have been developed to bring the product or service to market?
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  • PropTech of the Year
    • Tell us about the product or service you are putting forward: how does its aims, capabilities, marketing and delivery meet customer needs and requirements?
    • What is the potential of your product/service? How it can achieve critical mass?
    • What are its unique selling points and what differentiates it from the competition?
    • Are there any inventive or innovative aspects that have been developed to bring the product or service to market?
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  • RegTech of the Year
    • Tell us about the product or service you are putting forward: how does its aims, capabilities, marketing and delivery meet customer needs and requirements?
    • What is the potential of your product/service? How it can achieve critical mass?
    • What are its unique selling points and what differentiates it from the competition?
    • Are there any inventive or innovative aspects that have been developed to bring the product or service to market?
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  • WealthTech of the Year
    • Tell us about the product or service you are putting forward: how does its aims, capabilities, marketing and delivery meet customer needs and requirements?
    • What is the potential of your product/service? How it can achieve critical mass?
    • What are its unique selling points and what differentiates it from the competition?
    • Are there any inventive or innovative aspects that have been developed to bring the product or service to market?
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  • Web3 Award

    Open to all organisations involved in web3, including but not limited to, blockchain technology, DeFi, NFTs, metaverse and other distributed ledger technologies. 

    • Tell us about the product or service you are putting forward: how does its aims, capabilities, marketing and delivery meet customer needs and requirements? 
    • What is the potential of your product/service? How it can achieve critical mass? 
    • Where does the value of the product or service come from? What are its unique selling points and what differentiates it from the competition? 
    • Are there any inventive or innovative aspects that have been developed to bring the product or service to market? 
    • How does the product or service differentiate itself from web2? 
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Initiative

  • Data Initiative of the Year
    • Tell us about your data initiative: what were your aims and requirements?
    • How has your initiative improved delivery of the service or product being offered?
    • Where and how were there improvements in outcomes for customers/users?
    • Was your initiative conducted ethically, with privacy and data protection at its heart?
    • What recognition has the initiative received from third parties?
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Organisation

  • Best Employer Award
    • How has your organisation developed professional training and advancement for employees?
    • What initiatives has your organisation undertaken or implemented to boost morale and physical and mental health?
    • Has your organisation created jobs in your jurisdiction? If so, how many, in what areas and to what end?
    • What outreach does your organisation undertake, in order to attract talent and raise awareness about your business?
    • What recognition has your organisation received from third parties for its efforts as an employer?
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  • Best ESG Campaign
    • What ambitious ESG targets has the organisation set?
    • In what ways are the organisation’s senior leadership taking a top-down approach to planning, setting and executing ESG activity?
    • Outline at least one recent campaign that best demonstrates the organisation’s dedication of resources, strategic planning and execution and delivery of results in pursuit of its ESG ambitions.
    • What steps is the organisation taking to continue achieving progress in the pursuit of its ESG ambitions?
    • What recognition has the organisation received from third parties for its ESG campaign?
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  • Disruptor of the Year
    • How has your organisation disrupted an area of financial services?
    • To what extent did your organisation take market share from legacy competitors?
    • How is your organisation moving toward the next stage of its development?
    • How is your organisation engaging with the wider fintech sector and supporting its growth and development?
    • What recognition has your organisation received from third parties?
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  • FinTech Partner Award
    Open to all organisations that provide services to fintechs, including but not limited to, venture capital, legal and consultancy. Must be entered in partnership with a fintech.
    • How does the organisation identify and meet the fintech’s needs effectively and efficiently?
    • In what ways do you add value to your clients’ operations?
    • How have you forged and maintained an excellent relationship with your partner?
    • Where and how do you go the extra mile for your client?
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  • Startup of the Year

    Startups must be fewer than three years old at the time of entry.

    • What are your organisation’s unique selling points and what differentiates it from the competition?
    • What is your organisation’s potential and how can its products or services achieve critical mass?
    • How is your organisation moving toward the next stage of its development?
    • How is your organisation engaging with the wider fintech sector and supporting its growth and development?
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  • Team of the Year
    • Provide an overview of your company/organisation and the team being put forward for this award, including member information and roles and responsibilities, experience, and work both in the organisation and the fintech sector
    • How has your team demonstrated outstanding teamwork?
    • When and where has collaboration sparked significant success?
    • How are individuals encouraged to bring innovative ideas to the table, and when has this produced practical results?
    • What mentoring and support is in place within the team to bring the best out of every member?
    • How supportive is the team’s leader and what efforts have they made to move the team forward?
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Talent

  • Director of the Year
    • Provide an overview of the director’s (anyone in a senior position, such as but not limited to CEO) experience and work in fintech, including past roles, memberships and third-party organisation roles, and chief accomplishments
    • How and why is the director an outstanding leader?
    • Have they significantly contributed to their organisation’s growth? How?
    • What is their reputation in the fintech sector and how has it been earned?
    • How do they demonstrate dedication to clients?
    • What do they contribute to staff development and welfare?
    • What is their impact on the wider fintech sector?
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  • Innovator of the Year
    • Provide an overview of the innovator’s experience and work in fintech, including past roles, memberships and third-party organisation roles, and chief accomplishments
    • What innovation/invention did the innovator materially contribute to and what was their contribution?
    • What technical expertise and experience did this contribution demand?
    • How did the innovator contribute to the innovation from a business and marketing point of view?
    • What were the real-world results of the innovator’s work?
    • What feedback has the innovator received, internally and externally?
    • How has the innovator contributed to the wider fintech sector?
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  • Rising Star of the Year
    • Provide an overview of the rising star’s experience and work in fintech, including past roles, memberships and third-party organisation roles, and chief accomplishments
    • How has the rising star contributed to the development and release of a product or service, or made significant improvements?
    • What has the rising star done internally to benefit the organisation and push it forward?
    • How has the rising star contributed to the wider fintech sector?
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  • Young Achiever of the Year

    Maximum age of 30 at the date of the ceremony.

    • How do they stand out from colleagues as someone who has made an impact for clients and the firm?
    • What meaningful involvement in significant work have they shown?
    • How have they demonstrated commitment to their employer?
    • What demonstrable energy, initiative, drive, professionalism, etc have they shown?
    • Are they making a broader contribution to the profession?
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