Making money better

The Money Awareness and Inclusion Awards – the MAIAs – celebrate the increasingly important work being done to help people understand money better, and benefit from the financial system

The MAIA Winners 2025

What a challenge our 20 expert judges faced this year: for the first time, we received more than 200 entries from a record-breaking 45 countries!

After a month of careful evaluation, we are delighted to present this year’s outstanding selection: 15 winners, 15 runners-up, and 17 special commendations. That’s a total of 47 awardees – reflecting the growing ambition and innovation across the financial literacy space.

Visit ‘Winners 2025‘ to view the complete list of award recipients.

LFBF UK MAIAs 2025

LFBF UK MAIAs


UK’s First Gala Awards for Financial Capability.

The inaugural gala dinner for The London Foundation for Banking & Finance (LFBF) and The Money Awareness and Inclusion Awards “the UK MAIAs”.

Five financial education, inclusion and literacy initiatives have each won a top award at the Inaugural UK Gala awards for Financial Capability. It is believed that these are the first ever awards to recognize those working in this field in the UK.

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Individuals

From teachers buying books with their own funds to help their class learn about money or influencers reaching new audiences

Non-profits

It could be a school scheme or community program, we want to find which voluntary groups are spreading the word best

Corporate

We're looking for fin-tech start-ups disrupting the system all the way to the big institutions using their scale to change the world

The MAIAs | Making Money Better

The Money Awareness and Inclusion Awards – the MAIAs – celebrate the increasingly important work being done to help people understand money better, and benefit from the financial system.

#GirlMoney, not #GirlMath – Education’s Role in Closing the Money Gender Gap

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“What if switching things up inone area could create a ripple effect of positive change acrossthe entire spectrum?”