Banking PR of the Year 2026

Banking PR of the Year winner Rachel Springall, Moneyfacts Group and Savings PR of the Year winner Alex Berry, Quilter, collect their awards from Katie Elliot, Consumer Editor at the Daily Express, and Awards host Maisie Adam.


Winner

Rachel Springall, Moneyfacts Group Plc

The first year for newly introduced awards for specialist financial PRs saw Rachel Springall named as Banking PR of the Year, following a poll of financial journalists. 

Judges were impressed by her “strong, wide-ranging knowledge of the banking sector”, with one judge remarking on Rachel’s “long track record of pulling data for journalists on a deadline” and going on to explain, “her insight into changing trends is always of interest”.

Shortlist:

Hannah Kolarski-Daniels, Spring (Paragon Bank)
Vix Leyton, thinkmoney
James McCaffrey, for work at TotallyMoney
Rachel Springall, Moneyfacts Group Plc