FCI Chair, Ms Daniela Bonzanini and Secretary General, Mr Peter Mulroy announced the winners of the FCI 2022 Awards at the 54th Annual Meeting last week in Washington D.C. The announcement was made during the FCI Council Meeting, and while not everyone was there in person, many members and observers were able to watch the live broadcast via the online event platform.
As is tradition, Peter and Daniela announced the award winners and runners-up for the Best Performance as Import Factor, Best Performance as Export factor, Grand FCI Prize Import and export factor of the year, Best Service quality improvement, Quality Consistency over the past 5 years as well as the Regional Import & Export Factor of the Year for Asia Pacific, Africa & Middle East, Americas and Europe. Below are the winners and runners-up for each category.
Grand FCI Prize 2022 Import and export factor of the year
1st Place: BNP Paribas Factor SA, France
2nd Place: UniCredit Factoring S.p.A., Italy
3rd Place: INTESA SANPAOLO SPA, Italy
Best Performance as Import Factor 2022
1st Place: Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., USA
2nd Place: Deutsche Factoring Bank GmbH & Co. KG, Germany
3rd Place: BNP PARIBAS Factor SA, France
Best Performance as Export factor 2022
1st Place: Yapi Kredi Faktoring A.S., Turkey
2nd place: Eurobank Factors Single Member S.A., Greece
3rd place: Garanti Faktoring A.Ş., Turkey
FCI 2022 Import & Export Factor of the Year – Asia Pacific
- Mizuho Factors, Japan
- The Mitsubishi UFJ Factors Limited, Japan
- Taipei Fubon Commercial Bank Co. Ltd., Taiwan
FCI 2022 Import & Export Factor of the Year – Africa & Middle East
- Maroc Factoring, Morocco
- Tunisie Leasing & Factoring, Tunisia
- Banque Marocaine pour le Commerce et l'Industrie, Morocco
FCI 2022 Import & Export Factor of the Year – Americas
- Exicon Consultoria em Crédito e Cobrança Ltda, Brazil
- Banco Nacional De Comercio Exterior S.N.C., Mexico
- Bancolombia S.A., Colombia
FCI 2022 Import & Export Factor of the Year – Europe
- Deutsche Factoring Bank GmbH & Co. KG, Germany
- FACTORIT S.p.A., Italy
- Eurobank Factors Single Member S.A., Greece
Best Service quality improvement since 2020 as Export Factor
Halk Faktoring A.S., Turkey – (+)20%
Best Service quality improvement since 2020 as Import Factor
International Factors Italia S.p.A. IFITALIA, Italy – (+)7.67%
Quality Consistency over the past 5 years
BNP PARIBAS Factor SA, France – average score of 93.70%
This year, FCI announced a new award called the ‘Best Deal of the Year’ award. FCI Members were asked to submit their best deals completed via the FCI Edifactoring platform, 5 submissions were then selected by the FCI Marketing Committee and were presented during the Membership Forum at the 54th Annual Meeting by the company members. As the award was for the best deal of the year, both Export and Import factors, that were involved in the transaction, were awarded. Below are the winners and runners up for this category.
Tied for 1st Place:
- Kuveyt Türk Katilim Bankasi as Export Factor, ABN AMRO Asset Based Finance N.V. as Import Factor
- Banco Monex Mexico as Export Factor, The CIT Group/Commercial Services as Import Factor
2nd Place: Standard Chartered Bank Korea as Export Factor, BNP PARIBAS Factor as Import Factor
3rd Place: India Factoring and Finance Solutions as Export Factor, The CIT International as Import Factor
4th Place: TBC Bank as Export Factor, ArmSwissBank as Import Factor
Ms Daniela Bonzanini had this to say: “The average service score achieved for Import and Export factoring is once again the confirmation of the high level of service delivered by FCI members and their commitment to support the two-factor business. The addition of the new ‘Best Deal of the Year’ Award is a way to share success stories and highlight how the two-factor system can evolve and allow unique and creative transactions. On behalf of FCI and the Executive Committee, I would like to congratulate all the winners, runners up and nominees for their hard work and commitment to the Industry.”
FCI would like to congratulate all of the winning companies, runners-up and nominees for all of their hard work in making a great success. These awards are not only for the companies but for the staff too.