1. ifs Award for Innovation Excellence
Barclays Local Business – Credit
Manager
The ifs Award for Innovation Excellence is
presented to one of the Award winners
revealed during the evening. Each category
winner is considered by the panel of judges,
who determine which entry, based on the
Innovation, Change, Excellence (ICE)
Principles that underpin the annual Financial
Innovation Awards process, should be the
overall winner.
Most Effective Insurance Initiative
Best Corporate Social or Environmental
Responsibility Programme
Best Marketing Initiative
Best Direct Channels Initiative
Excellence in Governance, Risk and Compliance
Most Effective Back Office Initiative
Most Effective Customer Segmentation Strategy
Most Effective Sourcing and Partnership Strategy
Most Effective Front Office Initiative
Most Effective Cultural Transformation – Change “2008 proved to be a fiercely competitive
Management year for innovation from the entries we
Most Effective Cultural Transformation – Coaching, have seen. But there is a clear overall
Training and Mentoring
winner from Barclays Bank – Barclays Local
Most Innovative Application of Technology
Most Innovative Customer Service Programme
Business – Credit Manager. Barclays has
Most Promising New Product – Savings and Wealth developed a capability for their SME
Management customers, which is not only desperately
Most Promising New Product – needed and cost-effective, but also timely,
Banking in view of deteriorating global and UK
Most Promising New Product – Insurance economic conditions. Credit Manager is
Most Promising Initiative – Building Societies simple and easy to use, giving every SME
Technology Vendors – Most Innovative Financial banking with Barclays their own
Services Solution
Best Payments Initiative
professional, fully-fledged credit
Wholesale and Investment Banking – department for a nominal sum each
Best Innovation in Risk Management and Trading month. A great innovation and a terrific
Systems service for their customers.”
Wholesale and Investment Banking – Best
Innovation in Back Office Rod Duke
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