Entries at the moment are open for the awards, with the ceremony to be held on 12 Could 2026 in Dubai; picture credit score Shutter3D/shutterstock
The MENA Banking Excellence Awards 2026: Retail, Digital & SME will happen as a part of Dubai Future Finance Week (DFFW) 2026. This marks a big milestone for the awards and additional strengthens Dubai’s place as a worldwide hub for monetary innovation, management and regulatory excellence.
Awards ceremony: 12 Could 2026
The awards ceremony can be held on 12 Could 2026 in Dubai, co-located with the Dubai FinTech Summit, the flagship occasion of Dubai Future Finance Week (happening from 11–15 March 2026). Collectively, they create a high-profile platform connecting senior banking leaders, policymakers, innovators and buyers shaping the way forward for monetary providers.
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Introduced by MEED and powered by GlobalData’s Intelligence Centres, the MENA Banking Excellence Awards are independently validated by consultants from Retail Banker Worldwide, Celent, TS Lombard and MEED.
The programme gives a strong, data-driven benchmark for excellence throughout retail, digital and SME banking within the Center East and North Africa, recognising establishments delivering measurable affect, innovation and efficiency.
“Becoming part of Dubai Future Finance Week marks a major step forward for the MENA Banking Excellence Awards,” stated Sarah Rizvi, Banking & Finance editor at MEED.
“It places the region’s most progressive banks within a truly global forum: one that brings together financial leadership, innovation and policy at scale. This alignment significantly enhances the visibility, credibility and strategic relevance of the awards.”
His Excellency Essa Kazim, Governor of DIFC, stated: “Dubai’s vision is to shape the global economy, and Dubai Future Finance Week is a natural extension of that ambition. The Week will strengthen this position by enabling engagement across finance, technology, regulation and investment, in support of the ambitions set out under the Dubai Economic Agenda D33.”
His Excellency Arif Amiri, Chief Govt Officer of DIFC Authority, added that “Dubai Future Finance Week reflects our commitment to providing platforms that bring the global financial community together to navigate change and identify new opportunities.”
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Entries for the awards at the moment are open
As a part of the Dubai Future Finance Week programme, the awards are complemented by CXO Management Assume Tanks, a part of MEED and GlobalData’s International Networking Sequence. These closed-door boards convene senior banking executives for peer-level dialogue on strategic priorities shaping the subsequent part of monetary management, together with AI governance, digital resilience, sustainability and inclusive progress.
Entries for the MENA Banking Excellence Awards 2026: Retail, Digital & SME at the moment are open, inviting banks and monetary establishments throughout the area to submit their initiatives for impartial recognition on a worldwide stage.
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