Since its inception 22 years ago, The Asian Banker Excellence in Retail Financial Services programme remains the most rigorous, prestigious and transparent in the world.

This year, we elevated the programme into the Excellence in Retail Financial Services Global Awards.

We do this to fill a void. A global ranking of retail finance institutions based on objective criteria, transparent scorecard and rigorous research—one that truly determines the best—does not exist.

Many have—and more will try—to emulate The Asian Banker Excellence award programmes, but none can replicate our rigor and transparency, nor support our selection criteria with the same level of research, content and community or industry engagement.