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An award-winning bank
It is a great honor to be receiving these awards. They validate our constant effort for improvement.
We would like to thank everyone who voted for us, and we promise to invest our continuous efforts.
Golden Crown
We took home five gold, three silver and four bronze awards from the Zlatá koruna (Golden Crown) competition in 2023. Once again, we succeeded in a total of 12 categories, equalling our own record from last year.
The Smart Banka mobile app won the top public award again, defending its position as the most popular banking product of the year for the third year in a row. We also took gold in the Entrepreneur Award category. Our Savings Account and Building Savings Account of MONETA Stavební Spořitelna also took the highest positions. We won the Innovation of the Year award for the best Children's Account on the market.
We dominated the competition in previous years as well. We also won 12 awards in 2022, 9 in 2021, 10 in 2020, 7 in 2019 and our new Smart Bank app was awarded in 2018, including the Public Award.
The Best bank and Banking innovator
Every year, we take the top positions in the Best Bank and Most Client-Friendly Bank polls of Hospodářské noviny. This year, we took two second places in the main category Best Bank 2023, as well as in the category Most Client-Friendly Bank 2023. The expert jury has traditionally praised our products, favourable interest rates and online banking. Last year, we were even named Banking Innovator of the Year.
MONETA’s strive for innovation was also recognized by Visa and Mastercard in 2018 when they awarded MONETA the prestigious title of Best innovator of 2018 and the Award of innovation 2018. MONETA was the first bank on the Czech market to launch mobile payments via Google Pay and Apple Pay and introduce digitization and integration of payment cards into wearable electronics – Garmin and Fitbit smartwatch.
Press releases from 2022, 2021, 2020 (in Czech only) and 2018
Finparada award and Mortgage of the year
In the 13th year of the traditional Finparada professional competition, we won four gold medals in 2023. The award-winning Tom Plus current account found no competition in the categories of Current personal accounts and Current accounts for natural persons entrepreneurs and small companies. Our flexible mortgage also took first place. And we also won two third places in the Term Deposits and Mortgage Payment Protection Insurance categories.
In the Bank of the Year competition (Banka roku), we have already won the title of Mortgage of the Year 3 times, in 2018, 2019 and 2022. In 2023, we also took the podium with a silver medal for offering newly arranged mortgage contracts and mortgage refinancing fully online.
In 2017, Tomáš Spurný, MONETA’s CEO and Chairman of the Board, was voted Banker of the year 2017.
TOP responsible company
MONETA’s strive for high level of client service and innovation has brought several prestigious awards across various expert and public polls and competitions. MONETA received a gold certificate of TOP responsible company for the most engaged employees in Pácháme dobro (We commit good) – MONETA’s volunteer project. The award highlights outstanding activities in the field of sustainable and responsible business.
In 2018, MONETA scored third place in the main category of TOP responsible company of the Czech Republic. In 2020, MONETA was included among the Top 25 most successful companies in the Czech Republic. This award recognized how large companies responsibly, systematically, comprehensively, strategically, and innovatively develop their business towards long-term sustainability and engage in all major areas of CSR and ESG.
IEA, Deloitte Digital Maturity and Best Investor Relations Bank
MONETA Money Bank became the absolute winner of the 14th year of this award and received a total of seven awards, including the main prize of the IEA Grand Prix 2019 for its innovative campaign on MONETA’s new website. In the Internet effectiveness awards, digital projects are judged based on their effectiveness (ROI) and measurable achievements.
In 2020, as part of the Deloitte digital banking maturity study, MONETA placed first among its Czech competition, and as a bank with the best digital banking, MONETA belongs among the top 10% of digital champions worldwide.
In 2018, out of all the banks in the Czech Republic, MONETA won the prestigious award The Best Investor Relations Bank for its investor relations management. MONETA received the award as part of the Global banking & finance awards international competition, which recognizes and highlights innovations, achievements, and progressive and inspiring changes within the global financial community.
IEA (in Czech only) and Deloitte press releases
Bloomberg’s Gender-Equality Index
2022 marks the third time in a row when MONETA was included in the exclusive selection of the prestigious Bloomberg’s Gender-equality index among 418 companies worldwide. MONETA’s rating has improved significantly, and it remains the only Czech company included in the Index. The main reason for MONETA’s success is its relatively low gender pay gap, inclusive culture, consistence prevention and strict policy in the case of sexual harassment, or a development program for talented women.
MONETA Money Bank announces the launch of a website for investors in a new design
The new website, designed for both current and potential investors of MONETA Money Bank, as well as for financial analysts and the professional public, has been developed in a user-friendly and intuitive design. They are well arranged, fully responsive and customized for various devices, reflecting current graphical trends and user needs. The new webpages were developed in an agile way and great emphasis was placed on its maximum security and client privacy in the form of encrypted communication and other advanced security features. The website fully reflects our position as the digital leader of the Czech banking market.
In particular, investors will appreciate better and faster site navigation and easier search for the necessary documents or information. The site is bilingual, in Czech and English.
Recognition for a job well done for our clients
The emphasis on a high level of customer service and innovation has brought MONETA Money Bank a number of prestigious awards in various professional and public surveys and competitions. The bank has received the TOP Responsible Company gold certificate for the most engaged employees with the We Do Good project – MONETA Volunteers. This award highlights the most interesting activities in the field of sustainable and responsible business.
In 2018 the bank won a bronze medal in the main category for the TOP Responsible Large Company in the Czech Republic and in 2020 the Bank was among Top 25 most successful companies in the Czech Republic. This category recognises large companies that develop their business responsibly, systematically, comprehensively, strategically and innovatively towards long-term sustainability and engage in all major areas of corporate and social responsibility.
In the Bank of the Year competition MONETA Money Bank has already received several awards - it has receieved the title Mortgage of the Year 2018 and 2019 for two consecutive years. In 2017, Mr. Tomáš Spurný, CEO and Chairman of Management Board, was awarded Banker of the Year 2017. In 2018, MONETA Money Bank received the International Best SME Bank Award in the Czech Republic and the Gold Award in Trustworthy Bank 2017, a Credit Quality Analysis of Czech Banks.
Other awards include our mobile app Smart Banka winning the Mobile Application of the Year Award. It won the overall Client Service category, beating non-banking applications in the process. Our current account Tom and Smart Banka received the Finparada 2017 award. This special award from Finparada.cz goes beyond the limits of specific financial products and aims to highlight exceptional results, innovative practices or interesting achievements in the banking and financial markets for the year. Smart Banka was also awarded the third best mobile solution of 2018 by the WebTop100 expert committee. In Finparada 2018 – Financial Product, we won second place in the “Consolidation of Banking Consumer Accounts” category as well as two awards in Finparada 2019 – 1st place with BFM Conservative Bond Fund and 2nd place with Flexible Mortgage.
The quality of our products and digitalization of products and services have been recognized and awarded by Golden Crown competition of financial products and services. In 2020, the bank received record-breaking ten Golden Crown medals, while being awarded in both public voting as well as in the voting by the Financial Academy. In addition, Smart Banka, one of the best mobile applications in the market, scores highly with the public. In 2020, Smart Banka was voted the winner of the Golden Crown awards by the Financial Academy with over 370 experts judging financial products, and became once again the Online Application of the Year.
Our mobile application Smart Banka won the online public vote three times and received the prestigious awards for Banking Innovator of 2018, 2019 and 2020 in the Best Bank project. In the expert committee vote we placed 3rd in the Best Bank of 2020 category and placed 2nd as the Most Customer-Friendly Bank. Smart Banka was also awarded at Retail Banking Europe Awards 2019.
For our innovations, we received a prestigious award from the MasterCard and VISA Card Associations for Innovation 2018 and Best Innovator 2018 respectively. As the first bank within the Czech market to do so, we launched Google Pay mobile payments and contributed to digitizing payment cards into wearable electronics - Garmin and Fitbit.
In 2018, we received the prestigious Best Investor Relations Bank award for best investor relations management in the Czech Republic. We received the award at the Global Banking & Finance Awards, which emphasises innovation, achievements, and progressive and inspiring changes within the global financial community.
Our Annual Report 2018 was awarded by Czech Top 100 for its information openness.