Global Financial Market Review (GFM) is a dedicated online news aggregation portal specializing in financial market news and industry updates. It combines original editorials with curated content from global news providers, reaching over 14 million readers annually. With a focus on reliability and depth, GFM has positioned itself as a trusted source in the financial sector, boasting a strong social media presence with over 180,000 Twitter followers.
As part of its coverage of this huge and multi-disciplined industry, GFM has developed a series of Awards. Using a wide range of criteria such as Transparency, Corporate Governance, Sustainability, Volume of Transactions, Innovation, Fintech and Customer Service, the Awards have been developed to recognise companies and institutions who have achieved notable success in their respective fields. This, in turn, has become a standard for reliability, performance and security within the financial community.
For the first part for February-end 2025, GFM Review's judging panel is proud to award the following institutions:
Ascott
- Best Conference Hotel Group in Indonesia 2025
Ascott is a leading international lodging owner-operator, offering a wide range of serviced residences and hotels across the globe. With a presence in key cities worldwide, Ascott provides guests with personalized services and modern amenities, catering to both short and extended stays. Their loyalty program, Ascott Star Rewards, offers members exclusive benefits, including discounts, room upgrades, and the flexibility to earn and redeem points across their extensive portfolio of properties. Ascott is committed to sustainability and delivering exceptional guest experiences.
PointsKash
- Best Innovation in Payments USA 2025
PointsKash is an innovative platform that enables consumers to aggregate and convert various loyalty reward points into cash through a user-friendly mobile application. By leveraging blockchain technology, specifically the Algorand blockchain, PointsKash ensures secure and efficient transactions. Users can track their points, convert them into cash, and spend them at participating merchants globally. Additionally, the platform offers merchant payment processing services, backed by a team with over a century of combined experience, catering to businesses of all sizes.
Faloos
- Most Innovative in Payments Saudi Arabia 2025
Faloos is a social payments application designed to simplify peer-to-peer fund transfers in Saudi Arabia. Without the need to add funds or cash out, users can connect their credit, debit cards, or bank accounts to seamlessly send money to friends and family. The platform features a dedicated social feed, allowing users to share the reasons for their transfers and stay updated with their friends' activities. Prioritizing security, Faloos encrypts all payment information and partners with leading banks to ensure safe transactions.
Gyrostat
- Most Innovative in Wealth Management Australia 2025
Gyrostat, headquartered in Melbourne, Australia, specializes in delivering diversified investment solutions with low or no correlation to traditional markets. Their flagship offering, the Gyrostat Absolute Return Income Equity Class A, aims for capital growth and income while hedging equity market risks. With a 14-year track record, this fund targets returns of 6-8% annually in trending markets and over 8% in volatile conditions. Notably, it has maintained quarterly drawdowns below 3%, even during significant market downturns.
About GFM Review
Global Financial Market Review (GFM) is an online news portal that is focused on the financial industry. It has been developed to deliver informative and independent news from around the world. The articles on GFM are both sourced from a number of independent news sources as well as written in-house. This is reflected in the quality and insight that the portal delivers to readers. GFM readership is comprised of decision makers from global businesses including FT100 and Fortune 500 companies as well as high net worth individuals.