Judging Criteria

Corporate Achievements

For Listed Companies and Private Corporation

Contribution and Ethics (40%)
  • Recognising outstanding performance and achievement with a contribution to the profession and community.
  • Demonstrating commitment to continuously improving oneself, and the project/solution.
  • Delivering tangible results delivered to stakeholders (e.g. end users, colleagues, shareholders and investors, etc.)
  • Demonstrating enthusiasm, passion, and care for the industry through one’s engagement with the community.
  • Showing integrity and a willingness to improve by facing challenges honestly, and solving them through good working practices.
  • Aligning sustainability; energy efficiency; workplace health and safety; and governance systems to the interest of the public.
Professionalism (30%)
  • Understanding the risks and complying with the regulations of the FinTech solutions provided, including authoritative licenses.
  • Adhering to any international or regional cyber security standards or best practices and framework.
  • Demonstrating FinTech knowledge or well-rounded professional expertise in diverse areas highlighted by the categories.
  • Showing evidence of working in line with or ahead of globally or regionally recognized ESG standards.
Innovation and Technology (30%)
  • Demonstrating the use of new, innovative and scalable technological approaches with FinTech-related projects, with quantifiable results and convincing potential.

 

For Start-ups / NGOs

Contribution and Ethics 30%
  • Recognising the project/solution’s outstanding performance and achievement, with tangible results and benefits delivered to stakeholders (e.g. end users, colleagues, the public or industry, etc.)
  • Demonstrating commitment to continuously improving oneself, and the project/solution.
Professionalism 30%
  • Understanding the risks and complying with the regulations of the FinTech solutions provided, including authoritative licenses.
  • Adhering to any local, regional or international cyber security standards or best practices and framework.
  • Demonstrating FinTech knowledge or well-rounded professional expertise in diverse areas highlighted by the categories.
Innovation and Technology 40%
  • Demonstrating the use of new, innovative and scalable technological approaches with FinTech-related projects, with quantifiable results and convincing potential.
  • Showing how the project/solution was achieved in relation to any constraints in resources or circumstances.

 

Outstanding Financial Technologists of the Year

Contribution and Ethics

  • Recognising outstanding performance and achievement with a contribution to the profession and community
  • Demonstrating how substantially boost the company’s business.
  • Demonstrating commitment to improving oneself continuously
  • Demonstrating enthusiasm, passion, and caring for the industry through one’s engagement in the past, regardless of work

Professionalism

  • Demonstrating FinTech knowledge or well-rounded professional expertise in diverse areas.
  • Presenting as a role model and exhibiting high potentials as a future leader

Innovation and Technology

  • Demonstrating the use of new and innovative technological approaches with FinTech-related projects

Teamwork

  • Being able to coordinate and lead teams for progressive development

 

Contribution and Ethics

Professionalism

Innovation and Technology

 Teamwork

Leader of the Year

35%

35%

 20%

10%

Rising Star of the Year

35%

35%

 20%

10%

Star in Making

20%

35%

 35%

10%

Team of the Year

25%

25%

 25%

25%

 

Honorary FinTech Education & Talent Development Awards

 

The Criteria are set out to demonstrate how FinTech education and talent development could be met. Submissions of the firms should specify and elaborate on the criteria engaged. Note that the final scoring will be heavily based on the number of campaigns/publications/events which the organisation implements.

  1. Digital Campaigns: Websites, apps, videos, social media platforms, online tutorials or hotlines that are available to the public for free, and are impartial sources of information, tools, and resources Which the public are able to navigate to better understand the FinTech landscape and access the information they need.
    2 or below: 1 mark
    3-5: 2 marks
    6 or above: 3 marks

  2. Printed Materials: Publication of books, toolkits, training materials, flyers, and brochures that are available to the public for free and are informative about the FinTech industry.
    2 or below: 1 mark
    3-5: 2 marks
    6 or above: 3 marks

  3. Events and Informational Seminars: Providing the public with FinTech education through engaging and exciting networking events, webinars, exhibitions roadshows, focus groups, games, etc.
    2 or below: 1 mark
    3-5: 2 marks
    6 or above: 3 marks

  4. Combined Industry Effort Examples: Partnerships or sponsorships to support a FinTech education program run by a charity, school, non-profit organisation or engaging with policymakers.
    2 or below: 1 mark
    3 or above: 2 marks

  5. Research Examples: Commissioning research to highlight the need for FinTech education so that the best practices can be shared and publicised.
    2 or below: 1 mark
    3 or above: 2 marks

Bonus Marks:

1. CSR Initiatives

  • FinTech education initiatives that targeting the next generation
  • Programs / resources for underprivilegedies of community (to study FinTech Knowledge)