The GTR Leaders in Trade\u00a0awards highlight excellence in the trade, commodity, supply\u00a0chain\u00a0and export finance\u00a0markets, as well as\u00a0in technology and innovation. The\u00a0winners in\u00a0each category are based on submissions sent to\u00a0GTR\u00a0and, where relevant, Best Deals signed in 2025 were referenced as further substantiation.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
GTR\u202frevealed the shortlist for the Leaders in Trade awards in February, and the winners were revealed for the first time at the\u202fGTR\u202fCharity Awards Dinner on\u00a0June 25.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Congratulations to the winners!\u00a0A full write-up of\u00a0their achievements\u00a0will appear in Issue 3 of\u00a0GTR\u00a0magazine.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Regional awards<\/p>\n
Best trade finance bank in East Africa\u00a0
Shortlisted nominees:\u00a0Equity Bank (Kenya), Mauritius Commercial Bank, Standard Chartered Kenya\u00a0<\/p>\n
Winner: Standard Chartered Kenya\u00a0<\/p>\n
Best trade finance bank in West Africa\u00a0
Shortlisted nominees:\u00a0Ecobank, First Bank of Nigeria, Stanbic IBTC, Zenith Bank UK\u00a0<\/p>\n
Winner: Zenith Bank UK\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
Best trade finance bank in Southern Africa\u00a0
Shortlisted nominees:\u00a0Nedbank, Rand Merchant Bank, Standard Bank\u00a0<\/p>\n
Winner: Rand Merchant Bank\u00a0<\/p>\n
Best trade finance bank in North Africa\u00a0
Shortlisted nominees: BACB, National Bank of Egypt\u00a0<\/p>\n
Winner: BACB\u00a0<\/p>\n
Best trade finance bank in the Middle East\u00a0
Shortlisted nominees: Arab Bank, Commercial Bank of Dubai, First Abu Dhabi Bank,\u00a0Rakbank, Standard Chartered\u00a0<\/p>\n
Winner: First Abu Dhabi Bank\u00a0<\/p>\n
Best trade finance bank in North America\u00a0
Shortlisted nominees: BNY, MUFG, Scotiabank, TD Securities\u00a0<\/p>\n
Winner: BNY\u00a0<\/p>\n
Best trade finance bank in Asia\u00a0
Shortlisted nominees: Bank of America, DBS, HSBC, Mizuho, SMBC\u00a0<\/p>\n
Winner: DBS\u00a0<\/p>\n
Best trade finance bank in Western Europe\u00a0
Shortlisted nominees: BNP Paribas, Cr\u00e9dit Agricole CIB\u00a0<\/p>\n
Winner: Cr\u00e9dit Agricole CIB\u00a0<\/p>\n
Best trade finance bank in the UK\u00a0
Shortlisted nominees: Barclays, Lloyds Bank, NatWest\u00a0<\/p>\n
Winner: Barclays\u00a0<\/p>\n
Global awards: Other industry players<\/p>\n
Best trade or supply chain finance law firm\u00a0
Shortlisted nominees: A&O Shearman, Norton Rose Fulbright, Sullivan & Worcester\u00a0<\/p>\n
Winner: Sullivan & Worcester\u00a0<\/p>\n
Best export finance law firm\u00a0
Shortlisted nominees: Norton Rose Fulbright, Sullivan & Worcester\u00a0<\/p>\n
Winner: Norton Rose Fulbright\u00a0<\/p>\n
Best trade & supply chain platform\u00a0
Platforms used directly by corporates to access working capital, receivables finance or supplier finance programmes, typically connecting corporates with banks and investors\u00a0
Shortlisted nominees:\u00a0CredAble,\u00a0Finverity,\u00a0Orbian,\u00a0PrimeRevenue, SAP Taulia\u00a0<\/p>\n
Winner:\u00a0CredAble\u00a0<\/p>\n
Best trade technology provider\u00a0
Technology providers used by banks or insurers to process and manage trade finance transactions and trade operations\u00a0
Shortlisted nominees:\u00a0CGI, China Systems,\u00a0LiquidX, Premium Technology,\u00a0Surecomp\u00a0<\/p>\n
Winner: CGI\u00a0
Winner:\u00a0Surecomp\u00a0<\/p>\n
Best trade finance & automation fintech\u00a0
Fintech solutions helping banks or corporates automate trade finance workflows, document checking,\u00a0analytics\u00a0and transaction monitoring\u00a0
Shortlisted nominees:\u00a0Cleareye,\u00a0Conpend, Digital Vault Services,\u00a0Mitigram,\u00a0Monetago,\u00a0Traydstream\u00a0<\/p>\n
Winner:\u00a0Cleareye\u00a0<\/p>\n
Best fintech enabling digital trade\u00a0
Companies enabling digital trade documentation and connectivity across the trade ecosystem (for example, electronic bills of lading and digital transferable records)\u00a0
Shortlisted nominees:\u00a0CargoX,\u00a0WaveBL\u00a0<\/p>\n
Winner:\u00a0CargoX\u00a0<\/p>\n
Best early-stage trade fintech innovator\u00a0
Early-stage companies developing new digital trade or trade finance infrastructure with emerging market adoption\u00a0
Shortlisted nominees:\u00a0ETR Digital, IBDIC (Indian Banks\u2019 Digital Infrastructure Company), Paper Trader, Qualco\u00a0<\/p>\n
Winner: IBDIC\u00a0<\/p>\n
Best non-bank trade finance provider (including trade finance funds)\u00a0
Shortlisted nominees: Alteia, Ebury, India Factoring, Pelorus Capital\u00a0<\/p>\n
Winner: India Factoring\u00a0<\/p>\n
Best trade credit insurance broker\u00a0
Shortlisted nominees: Aon, BPL, WTW\u00a0<\/p>\n
Winner: Aon\u00a0<\/p>\n
Best political risk insurance broker\u00a0
Shortlisted nominees: Aon, WTW\u00a0<\/p>\n
Winner: WTW\u00a0<\/p>\n
Best trade credit and political risk insurance underwriter\u00a0<\/p>\n
Winner: Allianz Trade\u00a0<\/p>\n
Global awards: Banks<\/p>\n
Best development bank\u00a0
Shortlisted nominees: European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, International Finance Corporation, International Islamic Trade Finance Corporation\u00a0<\/p>\n
Winner:\u00a0European Bank for Reconstruction and Development\u00a0<\/p>\n
Best bank for ESG\u00a0
Shortlisted nominees: Barclays, BNP Paribas, DBS, Nedbank\u00a0<\/p>\n
Winner: BNP Paribas\u00a0<\/p>\n
Best bank for digitalisation\u00a0
Shortlisted nominees: BNP Paribas, Citi, DBS, Lloyds\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
Winner: Lloyds\u00a0<\/p>\n
Best supply chain finance bank\u00a0
Shortlisted nominees: Bank of America, Citi, Cr\u00e9dit Agricole CIB, MUFG, Santander\u00a0<\/p>\n
Winner: Santander\u00a0<\/p>\n
Best commodity trade finance bank\u00a0
Shortlisted\u00a0nominees:\u00a0MUFG, SMBC, Soci\u00e9t\u00e9 G\u00e9n\u00e9rale\u00a0<\/p>\n
Winner: Soci\u00e9t\u00e9 G\u00e9n\u00e9rale\u00a0<\/p>\n
Best export finance bank\u00a0
Shortlisted nominees: Bank of America, BNP Paribas, Deutsche Bank, Santander, Standard Chartered\u00a0<\/p>\n
Winner: Standard Chartered\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
Best trade finance bank\u00a0
Shortlisted nominees: Bank of America, Citi, Cr\u00e9dit Agricole CIB, Santander\u00a0<\/p>\n
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