The 11th Annual FinTech & Banking Awards 2026 will be held in Sydney in November 2026.

1. BEST INNOVATION with OPEN BANKING & CDR

Supported By:

2. BEST INNOVATION in LENDING

Supported By:

3. BEST INNOVATION in AgTECH & Commodity Trading/Finance

4. BEST INNOVATION in AML/KYC/CTF

5. BEST USE OF Ai in BANKING: INSTITUTIONAL

6. BEST USE OF Ai in BANKING: RETAIL

7. BEST INNOVATION IN PAYMENTS

8. BEST TECH/Ai-BANK PARTNERSHIP

9. YOUNG LEADER OF THE YEAR (Under 35)

Supported By:

10. LEADER OF THE YEAR

11. STARTUP/SCALEUP of the Year (less than 3 years old, < $50m ARR)

12. BEST GROWTH STORY

1. Entrance is FREE.
2. Opening Date: Submissions open: Monday 25th May 2026
3. You can enter a maximum of THREE (3) product Award categories for your company/organisation (eg Ai in Banking/FinTech, Best App etc) – and THREE (3) individual Award categories (eg Leader of the Year); so SIX (6) submissions in total per organisation (3 product category submissions, and 3 individual category submissions for Founders/Employees).
4. You can only enter one submission per Category. You cannot enter multiple submissions in the same category.
5. For each Award Category the Judges will select THREE finalists. Finalists will be invited to the FinTech & Banking Awards night, and the Winner will be announced on the night. Finalists will not need to buy a ticket to attend.
6. The project, product, research paper, campaign, or activity you are entering must have been created, developed or released by an Australian company in the past 5 years; we realise businesses take time to develop, launch and scale products.
7. The Judges decision is final and no correspondence will be entered into.
8. The FinTech & Banking Awards are open to Australian companies and Australian Entrepreneurs. Australian companies are defined as a Pty Ltd company with a minimum 51% ownership by Australian based entities, or ASX listed Ltd company. Australian registered companies that are foreign-owned companies are not eligible to apply in their name, but are permitted to apply as part of a Joint Venture (see clause 9). Nominations for Individual Awards (eg Leader of the Year) must be for Australian citizens and/or Australian Permanent Residents based in Australia.
9. The FinTech & Banking Awards are open to 50/50 Joint Ventures; JVs are permitted to enter the awards where one of the co-owners (with a min 50% ownership) is an Australian financial institution.
10. Please read the attached PDF for tips of writing Award submissions here
11. No attachments, links to videos/documents/websites or additional documents are permitted for any submission.
12. FamFi reserves the right to alter the number of Award categories and the names of the Award categories prior to the event; we undertake our best endeavors to communicate any changes via email to all parties submitting for an award. Every year we review all the award categories and may change categories and/or create new categories – this is in response to technological change, industry feedback and demand from fintechs/banks for specific categories.

IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO BE PART OF THIS EVENT
AND SPONSOR AN AWARD, PLEASE CONTACT :

Glen Frost, Founder, The FinTech & Banking Awards
Email: glen@famfi.com.au