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Free to enter · Open to RegTech vendors and technology companies · Closes 18 September 2026
The FinCrime Tech Awards are open to RegTech vendors and technology companies providing solutions used by financial institutions and regulated entities. Categories cover the full financial crime prevention stack – from AML transaction monitoring and sanctions screening to fraud detection, KYC and onboarding, communications surveillance, and adjacent technology.
Financial institutions, consultancies and individual practitioners are not eligible to enter, though they are warmly invited to attend the ceremony.
Entry is free and takes around 30-45 minutes per category. You can enter up to three categories where you think your product or service is a strong fit.
Choose your categories. Review the criteria for each carefully – strong entries are the ones that answer the criteria directly and provide quantified client outcomes as evidence.
Complete the entry form. You’ll be asked to describe your solution, the problem it addresses, the impact you’ve delivered for clients, and any supporting evidence (client references, results, screenshots, etc.)
Submit by 18 September 2026. Late entries cannot be accepted.
The judging panel reviews all entries independently, then meets to agree the winners. The winners are announced privately in October.
Our independent judging panel scores each entry against five core criteria. Category-specific criteria are set out on each category page.
What are the quantified results with real clients?
What makes this product or service genuinely different from what already exists?
Revenue growth and credibility of the institutions deploying the solution.
How well is the solution built, deployed and supported?
How clients evidence the solution to regulators.
Q1: Is there a fee to enter?
No. Entry is completely free. There are no hidden costs at any stage of the entry or judging process.
Q2: How many categories can we enter?
A company may enter a maximum of three categories, with one entry per category. Entering more categories does not improve the chance of winning and dilutes the quality of submissions.
Q3: Can we enter the same product in multiple categories?
Yes, provided the entry is tailored to each category’s specific criteria.
Q4: Do we have to attend the ceremony to win?
No — but we’d love to celebrate with you if you can. Ceremony attendance is separate and requires a ticket or table booking.
Q5: How are conflicts of interest handled?
Judges recuse themselves from any category where they have a commercial or personal connection to a nominated company. This is enforced by the FinTech Global team.
Q6: When will we hear if we’ve won?
Winners are notified in confidence October 2026 and announced at the ceremony. This removes any suggestion that recognition can be bought and protects the credibility of the award.
Q7: Will the information I submit be made public?
All judges are bound by a confidentiality undertaking and entries are not shared outside the panel and the organiser.