The Banker of the Year/Best in Banking Awards has given those people and companies who achieved the highest standards of progress, their innovating activity and their performance in banking and financial sector.


This award has divided in four categories. That four categories are: Banker of the year, Community Banker of the year, Lifetime achievement & Innovator. It has been published on 7th of December in American Banker edition. This is one of the important news of the year 2009.

Since 1991, each year this award has been achieved by American Banker. In the year 2001, it bagged the first awards dinner and ceremony, in the New York city. But this year it has been fallen in many challenges. As this result American banker unable to host a live award event.

The honor persons, who are in various categories have included Bill Cooper, Jamie Dimon, Bob Glassman, Mary Houghton, Dick Kovacevich, Arkadi Kuhlmann, Ken Lewis, William McDonough, Peyton Patterson, Jim Rohr, Bill Seidman, Bob Wilmers, and Deborah Wright. Past keynoters have included FDIC Chairman Sheila Bair, Treasury Secretary Lawrence Summers, and Congressman Barney Frank.
After their huge contribution it has been possible to achieve this award. How is the progressive way of banking, what kind of facility and services they are providing to the people everything has been related with it. The feedback of the customer, Banker's innovative activity, facility which provided for the customer, every things are important key factor for achieve the award.

After a research work I've collected some important note which is under below:

Banker of The Year achieved by - Jamie Dimon (Head of JPMorgan Chase).

Community Banker of the year achieved by - John R. Koelmel (Chief Executive Officer, President, Director, Member of Executive Committee, Chief Executive Officer of First Niagara Bank)
Thomas Broughton (President and CEO of ServisFirst Bank in Birmingham)


Lifetime Achievement Achieved by - John A. Allison (CEO of BB&T, Winston-Salem , NC )

Innovator - USAA Federal Savings Bank, San Antonio.

I hope the the banking & finance sector will improve their activity more n more to the upcoming year, by that result our WORLD ECONOMY will be very strongest.