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Our banking and fintech awards

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Britain’s Best Bank and a whole lot more

We’ve won a lot of banking and fintech awards over the years. We were beginning to lose count, so we’ve listed all of the awards below so you can follow the journey.

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Best British Bank Winner 2018, 2019, 2020

In the Oscars of the banking world, we came out on top - year, after year, after year.

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