RBI has now released the nominations
shortlist for its 2008 international retail banking awards. The
winners will be announced on the evening of 2 April at the Retail
Banking Forum awards ceremony.

It has been one of the busier years for the world’s retail banking
groups. The period has been dominated by the US subprime crisis but
the rapid rise and growth of emerging markets such as China, India
and Central and Eastern Europe have been wholly significant to the
international retail banking industry as well – as has the
widespread take-up of new technologies such as m-banking.

Santander, UniCredit, Standard Chartered, Chase, Toronto-Dominion
and BBVA are some of the multiple nominees this year. The
nominations were compiled by the editorial staff at RBI
along with three external judges: Francesco Burelli, a consultant
at AT Kearney; Ken Howes, a director at Edgar, Dunn & Co; and
David Cavell, a freelance banking consultant.

See www.retailbankingforum.com.