The Financial Capability Awards 2025

Celebrating excellence in financial literacy, education, and inclusion.

15.10.2025

95 Days
18 Hours
33 Minutes
31 Seconds

Award Categories

Individuals

Recognising teachers,students, influencers,authors and academicsmaking a differenceindependently.

Examples: Best Book, Best Research Project, Best Finfluencer

For Profit Organisations

Honouring startups andcompanies usingtechnology to improvefinancial literacy and/orinclusion.

Examples: Best Campaign, Best Initiative

non-Profit Organisations

Celebrating exceptionalwork by charities,schools, governmententities and NGOs.

Examples: Best Project for Underserved

Special Award Categories

Sustainable Financial Literacy

A gap in theunderstanding of ESG stems from a lack of effort to explain these terms clearly. We’re looking for work that addresses this.

Entrepreneurship Education

Financial literacy often focuses on budgeting, saving, and investing, but its relationship with entrepreneurship is crucial.

Closing the Gender Gap

Globally, only 47% of women have access to formal financial institutions. This issue requires urgent attention, so we have specific scoring criteria for projects addressing it.

Why?

  1. Grow a supportive community including judges, sponsors, service providers, academics, and FinTech entrepreneurs.
  2. Help everyone understand money’s true potential and usage, and how to avoid financial harm.
  3. Address financial awareness gaps contributing to poverty and foster innovative solutions for financial well-being.
 
Together, we can change how people understand and interact with money.

Benefits for Participants:

Networking Opportunities Potential Partnerships Media Coverage Community Impact Professional Development Funding and Grants.

Networking Opportunities Potential Partnerships Media Coverage Community Impact Professional Development Funding and Grants.

Nominations Open

30.06.2025

Nominations Close

01.09.2025

Awards Ceremony

15.10.2025

FAQs
How can I apply?

Nominations open on June 30, 2025. All detailed instructions on how to apply, important deadlines, and direct links to application forms will be available here.

Yes, you can. In fact, we expect some entries to qualify for more than one category. Each entry requires a separate applications.

Our judging panel is a mix of local and foreign experts in the field of financial education, investments, policy advisors, fintech and academics.

The awards are free to enter for Non-Profit, Profit, Individual and Special Categories.

There are differences in the judging criteria between the various categories. However, some elements are common for all. Some of these elements are accessibility, inclusion, sustainability, innovation, effectiveness, and impact.

Yes, organisations can sponsor awards. Please email us on hello@jamalta.org.