Congratulations to the winners!
The Leaders in Trade awards highlight excellence in the trade, commodity, supply chain and export finance and fintech markets. The names listed under each category are based on submissions sent to GTR and, where relevant, Best Deals signed in 2018 were referenced as further substantiation.
GTR revealed the shortlist for the Leaders in Trade awards in February, and the winners were named at the GTR Charity Awards Dinner on May 2.
A write-up on their achievements will appear in GTR Q3 2019.
Regional awards
Best trade finance bank in Southern Africa:
Shortlisted nominees: Crown Agents Bank, Rand Merchant Bank, SMBC, Standard Bank
Winner: Rand Merchant Bank
Best trade finance bank in East Africa:
Shortlisted nominees: Citi, Crown Agents Bank, SMBC, Standard Bank
Winner: Standard Bank
Best trade finance bank in West Africa:
Shortlisted nominees: BACB, FCMB Bank (UK), The Access Bank UK, Zenith Bank (UK)
Winner: The Access Bank UK
Best trade finance bank in Middle East & North Africa:
Shortlisted nominees: Arab Bank, BACB, FAB, Standard Chartered
Winner: Standard Chartered
Best trade Finance bank in North Africa:
Winner: BACB
Best trade finance bank in North America:
Shortlisted nominees: Citi, Scotiabank
Winner: Citi
Best trade finance bank in Latin America:
Shortlisted nominees: Banorte, Santander
Winner: Santander
Best trade finance bank in Asia Pacific:
Shortlisted nominees: ANZ, HSBC, Mizuho, Westpac
Winner: Mizuho
Best trade finance bank in the Nordic Region:
Shortlisted nominees: Danske Bank, Nordea
Winner: Nordea
Best trade finance bank in Eastern Europe:
Shortlisted nominees: Raiffeisenbank, Ukrgasbank, VTB Bank
Winner: VTB Bank
Best trade finance bank in Western Europe:
Shortlisted nominees: Commerzbank, Crédit Agricole, ING, Nordea, Santander
Winner: Crédit Agricole
Best trade finance bank in the UK:
Shortlisted nominees: Barclays, HSBC, Lloyds Bank, NatWest, Santander
Winner: Barclays
Global awards
Best trade finance law firm:
Shortlisted nominees: Allen & Overy, Norton Rose Fulbright, Sullivan & Worcester
Winner: Sullivan & Worcester
Best export credit agency:
Shortlisted nominees: Africa Trade Insurance Agency (ATI), SERV, UK Export Finance
Winner: UK Export Finance
FI that has made a significant contribution to sustainability:
Shortlisted nominees: Barclays, BNP Paribas, Halotrade
Winner: BNP Paribas
Most innovative bank:
Shortlisted nominees: BNP Paribas, Citi, HSBC, ING
Winner: HSBC
Best fintech disrupter:
Shortlisted nominees: Liberty Specialty Markets (Toredo), Orbitt, Taulia, Tradeteq, we.trade
Winner: we.trade
Best trade finance software provider:
Shortlisted nominees: CGI, China Systems, CryptoBLK
Winner: CGI
Best alternative trade finance provider:
Shortlisted nominees: Greensill, PrimaDollar, Stenn International
Winner: Greensill
Best correspondent bank:
Shortlisted nominees: BNY Mellon, Crown Agents Bank
Winner: Crown Agents Bank
Best development bank in trade:
Winner: Asian Development Bank
Best trade credit and political risk insurance underwriter:
Shortlisted nominees: AIG, AXA XL, Chaucer, Liberty Specialty Markets
Winner: AIG
Best trade credit and political risk insurance broker:
Shortlisted nominees: BPL Global, JLT Specialty, Texel
Winner: BPL Global
Best supply chain finance bank:
Shortlisted nominees: Bank of America Merrill Lynch, BNP Paribas, HSBC, Santander
Winner: Santander
Best commodity trade finance bank:
Shortlisted nominees: Deutsche Bank, Société Générale
Winner: Deutsche Bank
Best export finance bank:
Shortlisted nominees: BNP Paribas, Deutsche Bank, HSBC, SMBC, Standard Chartered
Winner: Standard Chartered
Best trade finance bank:
Shortlisted nominees: BNP Paribas, Citi, Crédit Agricole, HSBC
Winner: HSBC
