2014 FStech Awards: winners announced

LV=, Nationwide Building Society, Barclays, Eze Castle Integration and National Savings & Investments/Atos were among the winners at the 2014 FStech Awards. The event, into its 14th year, was held last night at the Lancaster London Hotel.

A full review will appear in the next issue of FStech (available mid-April). But for now, here's a rundown of who won what. Congratulations to all those who picked up a gong and we hope everyone in attendance had an enjoyable evening.

Best Use of Social Media
Social Advisors - WINNER

Best Use of IT in Retail Banking
Nationwide Building Society/IRESS UK - WINNER

Best Use of IT in Wholesale & Investment Banking
Bank of America Merrill Lynch (Trade Pro) - WINNER

Best Trading System
Portware - WINNER

Best Use of IT in Insurance
LV= - WINNER

Data Governance Project of the Year
National Australia Group Europe - WINNER

Best Use of Technology in Customer Service
Barclays Bank (SmartCall) - WINNER
Santander/Vizolution – HIGHLY COMMENDED


Best Use of Online Services
Nutmeg.com - WINNER

Best Use of Mobile
Barclays Bank - WINNER

Anti-fraud/Security Strategy of the Year
Nationwide Building Society/SAS - WINNER

Compliance Project of the Year
Lloyds Banking Group - WINNER

Systems Integration Project of the Year
Citi - WINNER

Best Use of Networking/Cabling
Visa Europe/BT - WINNER

Outsourcing Partnership of the Year
National Savings & Investments/Atos - WINNER

Payments Innovation of the Year
WorldPay - WINNER

IT Team of the Year
LV= CIO department - WINNER

Cloud Computing Innovation of the Year
Mambu - WINNER

Risk Management Software of the Year
TM Group - WINNER

Most Innovative Product of the Year
Platform Black - WINNER

Technology Provider of the Year
Eze Castle Integration - WINNER

Online/Mobile Technology Provider of the Year
Monitise – HIGHLY COMMENDED
Quintessential Finance Group - WINNER


Most Disruptive Financial Sector Technology
Zapp - WINNER

Barry Holland Memorial Award for Outstanding Individual Achievement
Therese Tucker, CEO and founder, BlackLine Systems - WINNER

Overall winner
LV= - WINNER

Further information on the FStech Awards at: http://www.fstech.co.uk/awards

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