On 12 June 2024, the winners of the 2024 FCI Awards have been announced during the FCI 56th Annual Meeting held in Seoul.
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FCI Business Awards
The FCI Factor of the Year Awards recognise FCI Members who received the highest grades from their correspondents based on several criteria. Under this Award, we have various categories.
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Export and Import Factor of the Year:
1st Export and Import Factor of the Year: BNP Paribas Factor (France)
2nd Place: UniCredit Factoring S.p.A. (Italy)
3rd Place: Mizuho Factors Ltd. (Japan) -
Export Factor of the Year:
1st Export Factor of the Year: Intesa SANPAOLO S.p.A. (Italy)
2nd Place: Eurobank Factors Single Member S.A. (Greece)
3rd Place: Piraeus Factoring Trade Claims Single Member S.A. (Greece) -
Import Factor of the Year:
1st Import Factor of the Year: ABN AMRO Asset Based Finance N.V. (Germany)
2nd Place: Crédit Agricole Leasing & Factoring SA – Niederlassung Deutschland (Germany)
3rd Place: Wells Fargo Bank (United States of America)
As we have done for the last few years, we also have the Regional “GRAND” Prize for the best Import & Export Factor of the year for each region. Below are the winners and runners-up in each region for this category.
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Overall Factor of the Year Award Asia-Pacific Region
1st: Mizuho Factors Limited (Japan)
2nd: The Mitsubishi UFJ Factors Limited (Japan)
3rd: CTBC Bank Co., Ltd. (Taiwan) -
Overall Factor of the Year Award Africa & Middle East Region
1st: Banque Marocaine pour le Commerce et l'Industrie (Maroc)
2nd: Maroc Factoring (Maroc)
3rd: Tunisie Leasing & Factoring (Tunisia) -
Overall Factor of the Year Award Americas Region
1st: Banco Nacional De Comercio Exterior S.N.C. (Mexico)
2nd: Banco de Credito BCP (Peru)
3rd: Exicon Consultoria em Crédito e Cobrança Ltda (Brazil) -
Overall Factor of the Year Award Europe Region
1st: UniCredit Factoring S.p.A. (Italy)
2nd: Intesa SANPAOLO S.p.A. (Italy)
3rd: Crédit Agricole Leasing & Factoring SA – Niederlassung Deutschland (Germany)
The company which had the best service quality performance improvement since last year as an Export Factor: Exim Banca Românească S.A. (Romania)
The company which had the best service quality performance improvement since last year as an Import Factor: Mizuho Factors Ltd. (Japan)
The company which had the overall performance as Export Factor and as Import Factor over the past five years: BNP PARIBAS Factor SA, (France)
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Best Deal of the Year Award
Below are the winners and runners-up for this category.
1st Place: UniCredit Factoring S.p.A. (Italy) – Prime Bank PLC (Bangladesh)
2nd Place: Taishin International Bank (Taiwan) – Wells Fargo Bank (United States of America)
3rd Place: TEB FAKTORING A.S. (Türkiye) - BNP Paribas Commercial Finance LTD (United Kingdom) / Credit Agricole Leasing Factoring SA Niederlassung Deutschland (Germany)
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FCI Ambassador of the Year
The 2024 Ambassadors of the Year are:
Mr. Jens STÜRMANN - Europe Ambassador
Mr. Gavin TARR – Africa Ambassador
Mr. Masahiro YAMASHITA – Asia-Pacific Ambassador
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FCI Marketing Award
This award is given to the Member who has gone above and beyond to help promote Factoring, Receivables, and Supply Chain Finance globally. Below are the winners and runners-up for this category.
1st Place: 360tf (India)
2nd Place: India Factoring and Finance Solutions (India)
3rd Place: Vayana TradeXchange (VTX) (India)
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FCI Academy Best Student of the Year Award
The Best Student Awards are based on the students who scored the highest while doing the Advanced and Intermediate Courses in the FCI Career Path Programme.
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Intermediate Course
1st Place: Ms. Pan LEI - China Minsheng Banking Corp. Ltd.
2nd Place: Ms. Maria Madalina MOISE - OTP Bank Romania S.A.
3rd Place: Ms. Bessie YU - Tradewind GmbH -
Advanced Course
1st Place: Ms. Yuling LI - Industrial and Commercial Bank of China
2nd Place: Ms. Oana CREMENE - Banca de Export Import a Romaniei S.A.
3rd Place: Ms. Ningxin CHEN - China Construction Bank
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Lifetime Achievement Award
The FCI Lifetime Achievement award is given to an industry individual who has contributed the most to promoting our industry, who has gone above and beyond to contribute to the industry, and who has shown leadership throughout their career. The committee reviewed all submissions and found a clear nominee who has given so much to our industry and to FCI throughout their career.
The winner of the Lifetime Achievement Award is Harry Biletta.
Neal Harm said, “We would like to congratulate all our 2024 winners and runners-up on a great year of hard work and dedication. The results show the high quality of work by the members and their dedication to helping international trade grow.”