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Financial Technology and Platform Awards

We believe that a successful financial technology platform is one that has a believable business proposition in solving a real business need, with a potential to cause a fundamental transformation or disruption in the financial services industry and to generate scale across regions. Appropriate financial support from the right investors as well as having an installed customer or user base are proofs of concept and important evidence that third parties have thoroughly evaluated the proposition and are willing stakeholders. In addition, a robust execution capability, strong people commitment, ability to fund its growth trajectory and the drive and vision of the principle promoters are important considerations to its success.

Dimension Weight Criteria
Business Model 15%
  • Type of business problem/need it seeks to solves
  • Number and types of revenue generating product/service
  • Transformation/disruption potential
  • Key milestones achieved
Market performance 15%
  • Total registered users or transactions at the platform
  • Existing market of operations
  • Growth in number of users, customers and transactions in last year
  • Potential market size
  • Ecosystem partnerships
Technology and assets 15%
  • Key technology features
  • Ease of integration with partners
  • Regulatory accreditations, licences and significance
  • Unique features and competitive strength
Competitors analysis 10%
  • Unique features and competitive strength
  • Key competitors analysis
  • Economic Moat Analysis
Financials 15%
  • Revenue and profit growth rate
  • Key cost considerations and cash burn rate
  • Proximity to break-even
  • Investment in other companies
Funding and Investors Support 10%
  • Investor funding raised
  • Profile of key investors
  • Future plans
Founders and Management 20%
  • The experience of the founders and senior management
  • Number of employees, and % growth of employees