The ninth annual FST Awards 2009 were held on 26 March at the Royal Lancaster Hotel, London. The event attracted 405 guests from all sectors of the FS industry. RBS, Allied Irish and Barclays sent in entries from their retail banking operations, with Citi, Deutsche Bank and Credit Suisse highlighting wholesale banking IT projects. In the insurance space, there was Legal & General, Confused.com and Wesleyan Assurance, alongside building societies, such as Newcastle and Nottingham. Infrastructure providers, such as VocaLink and Chi-X, were also in attendance. For a full report on the evening's festivities, including all our winners, please click here

The FST Awards aim to recognise excellence and innovation in the field of information technology within the UK and European financial sector. These prestigious awards are designed to emphasise the importance of IT as a key driver in business and to acknowledge and reward IT specialists working within the sector. The primary criteria for judging is the delivery of definable and significant business benefits, innovation and originality of application. Project management issues, such as the scale and delivery on time and within budget, will also be taken into account.

FST will only accept nominations concerning retail banks, wholesale banks, insurance companies or other financial service providers. We may receive nominations from anyone who has responsibility for information technology management or strategy within a financial institution or from service suppliers, press officers, PRs or consultants, representing them. All shortlisted entries will be listed under the name of the financial institution, with any partners included in the 50-word project summary.

2009 AWARDS WINNERS                            THE 2010 AWARDS CATEGORIES WILL OPEN IN SEPTEMBER

FST 2009 awards timings:

6.45pm Drinks reception in the Nine Kings Foyer

7.30pm Call for dinner in the Nine Kings Suite followed by a welcome speech, Neil Ainger, Editor, FST

7.40pm Dinner is served

9.15pm Awards presentation to begin

10.30pm Awards presentation to finish followed by disco and fun casino

2am Carriages

Dress code: Black Tie

KEY DATES FOR THE 2010 Awards:

The categories for the 2010 Awards, and all other entry information, will be published on this website in September 2009. You can also see the launch material in the July-August09 print edition.

Entry deadline: 7 December 2009

Shortlist announced: January 2010

Awards ceremony: March 2010

• How to enter
  
  
• Categories
  
  
• 2009 FST Awards - read a full report here
  
  
• See a previous winning submission (use this as a guide for any entry)