How to Apply

APPLICATION FORM

 

  1. Late submissions will NOT be considered and application fee is non-refundable.
  2. Applicants under 1) Corporate Achievements, 2) Outstand Financial Technologists of the Year, 3) The Honorary Award (Category 4,5,6 & 7) are required to attend presentation to the Jury. If applicants are unable to present, they may be disqualified

Application Fee (Early Bird until 8 May, 2023 HKT 23:59)

Award Categories 

Application and Assessment Fee (non-fundable)

  1. Corporate Achievements

 

For Listed companies and Private Corporation
$8,000 (Early bird rate / IFTA award alumni rate) 
$10,000 (Standard rate) 


Start- up / NGO
$5,000 (Early bird rate / IFTA award alumni rate) 
$8,000 (Standard rate) 

 

All finalists of corporate achievement and honorary award are compulsory to join IFTA Award Alumni Community Alumni
Membership fee: Standard rate: $1,200/year
  1. Outstanding Financial Technologists of the Year

 

Leader of the Year / Rising Star of Year / Star in Making
$2,000 (Early bird rate / IFTA award alumni rate) 
$3,000 (Standard rate) 

Team of the Year
$6,500 (Early bird rate / IFTA award alumni rate) 
$8,500 (Standard rate) 
  1. The Honorary Award
    1. FinTech Marketing Campaign of the Year
    2. FinTech with ESG Initiative of the year
    3. Best User Experience Application of the year   
    4. Honorary FinTech Education & Talent Development Awards

Corporate
$18,000


Start- up / NGO / NPO
$6,000

 

All finalists of corporate achievement and honorary award are compulsory to join IFTA Award Alumni Community Alumni
Membership fee: Standard rate: $1,200/year
  • The start-up must be established 1 January 2018 or later
  • All finalists of corporate achievement and honorary award are compulsory to join IFTA Award Alumni Community. Alumni Membership fee: Standard rate: $1,200/year

Application Fee is NON-REFUNDABLE include following entitlements:

  1. Company Name / Logo exposure on Awards official website.
  2. One Award trophy and certificate.
  3. One page company description in award booklet
  4. The right to use the award official logo for promotional purposes.
  5. Company logo to be printed on post award newspaper supplement. (Applicable for finalists ONLY) 

REQUIRED APPLICATION DOCUMENTS AND MATERIALS

  • All submissions can be written in English / Traditional Chinese / Simplified Chinese
  • IFTA reserves the right to reproduce, print, or publish the submitted materials.

Category

Required Application Documents and Materials

Corporate Achievements

  • Basic company info and contact person details
  • Companies’ logo (Format: “ai” or “jpg”, image resolution no less than 300 dpi)
  • Successful payment for application fee with proof (eg. Bank in slip)
  • Max. 500 words / questions to answer following questions
    1. Describe how your project works and summarize its function
    2. Describe your project’s end users, their pain points and results achieved
    3. Outline the development process and rationale behind the project
    4. Highlight any challenge(s) faced over the past 12 months (e.g. negative news, crises, scandals etc.) and how they were overcome
    5. Summarize how your project is unique in the FinTech industry (500 words or less)

Outstanding Financial Technologists of the Year
  • Basic information and contact details
  • Resume & Photo
  • Successful payment for application fee with proof (eg. Bank in slip)
  • Max 500 words / questions to answer following questions
    1. Describe your / team's remarkable contributions to the company's OR society growth
    2. Highlight the biggest challenge faced and how it was overcome
    3. Describe your project’s end users, their pain points and results achieved
    4. Highlight any new ideas introduced by you / your team that can benefit to company OR community
    5. Your views on FinTech Development in Hong Kong

The Honorary Award

  1. FinTech Marketing Campaign of the Year
  2. FinTech with ESG Initiative of the year
  3. Best User Experience Application of the year
  4. Honorary FinTech Education & Talent Development Awards

Max. 24 pages PPT / Word document to proof their work that are able to meet the judging criteria