Who enters?
The ICA Compliance Awards Europe are open to the entire compliance, governance, risk and financial crime prevention ecosystem across the UK and Europe.
Compliance and risk professionals
Senior leaders, managers and teams working within financial services and other regulated organisations, including those responsible for:
- Compliance and regulatory affairs
- Financial crime prevention, AML, sanctions, fraud and investigations
- KYC, CDD, screening, monitoring and customer controls
- Risk management, third-party risk and operational resilience
- Learning, development, training and professional education
- Legal, privacy and data protection
- Ethics, conduct, governance and ESG
- Product, technology and compliance transformation
- Audit, assurance and regulatory oversight
- Communications, culture and stakeholder engagement
These awards attract entries from both first, second and third line teams – with collaborative entries also encouraged.
Solution and service providers
Organisations supporting the compliance and financial crime prevention community, including:
- Consultancy and advisory firms
- Managed and outsourced compliance service providers
- Law firms
- RegTech and ComplianceTech providers
- Intelligence, due diligence and research organisations
Unsure about which categories relate to you? The following lists show which of the ICA Awards 2027 categories are suitable for In-House teams, which are suitable for Solution & Service Providers, and which are open to all:
In-House Teams
- Compliance Team of the Year - Financial Services
- Compliance Team of the Year – Non Financial Services
- Small Compliance Team of the Year (<7 team members) - Financial Services
- Small Compliance Team of the Year (<7 team members) – Non Financial Services
- Trade Compliance Team of the Year
- Financial Crime Operations Team of the Year
- Compliance Leader of the Year
- MLRO / Financial Crime Leader of the Year
- Compliance Manager of the Year
- Best Use of Technology in Compliance (In-House Team)
- Financial Crime Prevention Initiative of the Year
- Training Initiative of the Year
- Operational Risk & Controls Initiative of the Year
- Customer Outcomes Initiative of the Year
- Adapting to Regulatory Change Award
- Strategic Initiative of the Year
Solution & Service Providers
- Compliance Advisory Firm of the Year
- Managed Compliance Services Provider of the Year
- FinCrime Tech Partner of the Year
- GRC Tech Partner of the Year
Open to all
- Rising Star Award
- FinCrime AI Solution of the Year
- Regulatory & Compliance AI Solution of the Year
- Compliance Culture & Ethics Initiative of the Year