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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.

Press releases from 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018

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

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.

Press releases from 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2018 and 2017

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 for being the TOP responsible company for the most engaged employees in Pácháme dobro (We commit good) – MONETA’s volunteer project. This award highlights the outstanding activities in the field of sustainable and responsible business.

In 2018, MONETA scored third place in the main category of TOP responsible company in the Czech Republic. In 2022, MONETA was included among the Top 10 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. In 2022, our Sustainability Report placed us among the TOP 5 companies in reporting.

More on sustainability

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

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.

Press releases from 2022, 2021, 2020