2013 FStech Awards: winners announced

Barclays, Lloyds Banking Group, Credit Suisse, RBS, Misys and Temenos were among the winners at the 2013 FStech Awards. The event, now into its 13th year, was held last night at the Lancaster London Hotel.

A full review will appear in the May/June issue of FStech (available early June). But for now, here's a rundown of the shortlists and winners.

1. Best Use of Social Media

Barclaycard
eToro
Thomson Reuters
Wonga.com

Winner: Thomson Reuters

2. Best Use of IT in Retail Banking

Barclays (Pingit)
Crédit Mutuel - CIC/Welcome Real-time
Lloyds Banking Group/Charter UK
RBS/Fujitsu

Winner: Lloyds Banking Group/Charter UK

3. Best Use of IT in Wholesale & Investment Banking

Bank of America Merrill Lynch
Deutsche Bank
Lloyds Banking Group

Winner: Deutsche Bank

4. Best Trading System

Lloyds Banking Group
MahiFX
SIX Swiss Exchange

Winner: MahiFX

5. Best Use of IT in Insurance

Avelo
Lloyds Banking Group

Winner: Avelo

6. Data Governance Project of the Year

Barclaycard
Credit Suisse
Lloyds Banking Group
PaceMetrics

Winner: Credit Suisse

7. Best Use of Technology in Customer Service

Barclays (Barclays Mobile Banking)
Barclays Wealth & Investment Management
Lloyds Banking Group

Winner: Barclays Wealth & Investment Management

8. Best Use of Online Services

Bank of America Merrill Lynch
Barclaycard EPDQ with Powa
Deutsche Bank
Lloyds Banking Group
MKK Central Securities Depository of Turkey
National Australia Group (Europe)
RBS

Winner: MKK Central Securities Depository of Turkey

9. Best Use of Mobile

Barclays (Pingit)
Deutsche Bank (Photo Transfer)
Lloyds Banking Group – Halifax/Grapple
Intuit
Landmark Quest & e.surv Chartered Surveyors
Oxygen8 Money
Saxo Bank

Winner: Lloyds Banking Group – Halifax/Grapple
Highly Commended: Intuit

10. Anti-fraud/Security Strategy of the Year

Barclaycard
Co-operative Banking Group/Synectics Solutions
Deutsche Bank

Winner: Barclaycard

11. Compliance Project of the Year

Aegon/Cognizant Technology Solutions
Barclaycard
BT/TeleWare
Deutsche Bank
HSBC Bank
Nottingham Building Society

Winner: Barclaycard

12. Systems Integration Project of the Year

Bank of America Merrill Lynch
Co-operative Banking Group/Synectics Solutions
Credit Suisse
Lloyds Banking Group
Nykredit/Infosys

Winner: Lloyds Banking Group

13. Best Use of Networking/Cabling

RBS
Lloyds Banking Group

Winner: RBS

14. Outsourcing Partnership of the Year

Aegon/Cognizant Technology Solutions
Aviate Global/Sentronex
Bank of America Merrill Lynch/Parseq
Bank of America Merrill Lynch/Sentenial
Credit Suisse/Wipro Technologies
Nationwide/IPL
RBS
Standard Life/BT

Winner: Standard Life/BT

15. Payments Innovation of the Year

Banca Monte Paschi Belgio/SIX Payment Services
Barclaycard (PayBand)
Barclays (Pingit)
CashFlows
CQR Payment Group
HSBC Merchant Services
OmniPay
Skrill

Winner: Barclays (Pingit)
Highly Commended: Banca Monte Paschi Belgio/SIX Payment Services

16. IT Team of the Year

Bank of America Merrill Lynch (Green IT project)
Credit Suisse
Deutsche Bank
Lloyds Banking Group (Enterprise, Architecture and Design team)
Nykredit/Infosys
RBS

Winner: Bank of America Merrill Lynch (Green IT project)

17. Cloud Computing Innovation of the Year

BT Radianz Venue Interconnect
Capital Support
CBRE Clarion Securities/Portware
CFN Services
Eze Castle Integration
gbooks/FireHost
Natterbox
Temenos
Winner: Temenos

18. Risk Management Software of the Year

Landmark Quest/Lloyds Banking Group
Misys
Omgeo
OpenGamma
Quantifi
Quartet FS
Tinubu Square
Wolters Kluwer Financial Services

Winner: Misys

19. Most Innovative Product of the Year

Actiance
eFront
Fidessa
ITG
ITRS Group
Savvis
The Currency Cloud
Workshare

Winner: Actiance

20. Technology Provider of the Year (UK)

BT
CapitalSupport
Gold-i
Landmark Quest
Monitise
QuantHouse
Skrill
ValidSoft

Winner: Landmark Quest

21. Technology Provider of the Year (Rest of world)

Aegon Insurance/HCL Technologies
Bravura Solutions
Fernbach Financial Software
Fundamo
MarketAxess
MicroStrategy
Omgeo
Recommind

Joint Winners: Bravura Solutions and MarketAxess

22. Barry Holland Memorial Award for Outstanding Individual Achievement

Winner: Ganesh Balasubramanian, chief technology officer, Lloyds Banking Group

23. Overall winner at the FStech Awards 2013

Winner: Barclays Group

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