The 2026 Adam Smith Awards attracted a record 635 nominations from 42 countries, spanning numerous industry sectors – and to read every one of these nominations was to step into a world brimming with possibility and ingenuity. Discovering an extraordinary range of achievements demonstrated by our corporate treasury community in what continues to be a most challenging environment.
Evidence of innovation and best practice was to be found everywhere. Companies around the world showcased their slick physical and notional pooling solutions, inspirational treasury transformation exercises, and the adept use of virtual accounts, API connectivity and POBO and COBO solutions.
Many companies described exciting examples of how they have adopted AI in their treasury operations, either by selecting appropriate cutting-edge tools, or by developing innovative solutions in-house to meet a specific need.
The most captivating submissions were those that came from the heart and gave a real sense of talented people working together to achieve something extraordinary.
Nominations flooded in from many of the world’s largest companies, with some incredibly sophisticated solutions representing the absolute cutting edge of treasury innovation. But just as exciting were the nominations from their smaller counterparts, which may lack the resources of a global players, but nevertheless displayed agile and creative solutions.
Choosing winners from this incredible collection of submissions is inevitably challenging. The 2026 winners have all achieved something truly spectacular – whether that’s a multi-year, cross-functional transformation effort, a holistic approach to cash flow forecasting, or a particularly ingenious funding solution.
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The Treasury Today team is looking forward to celebrating the achievements of this year’s winners and sharing their inspirational stories with our community in the weeks and months to come.
This process will begin with the unveiling of the 2026 Adam Smith Awards winners at our live announcement on 5th May at 14:00 BST | 09:00 EDT | 15:00 CEST. During the announcement, Sophie Jackson, CEO of the Treasury Today Group, and Meg Coates, Publisher & Operations Director, will reveal this year’s winners with the help of some very special guests.
Following the announcement, the Overall Winners, Highly Commended Winners and their partners will be invited to attend a black-tie Celebration Dinner in London, where recipients will be presented with individually engraved awards.
To attend the live announcement and be one of the first to discover the identities of the 2026 Adam Smith Awards winners, please complete our registration form. We look forward to seeing you there.
