Debt Review Awards 2014 – The Results
Debt Review Awards Winners
You may be wondering who walked away with Golden Piggys this year at the Debt Review Awards gala.
Here is a quick look at the results for those who missed them on Facebook and Twitter. There were two separate types of awards. One announced in each section of the gala. There were Public Voting awards and also Industry Panel awards.
Public Voting Results
Over the last few weeks the industry and public all had the chance to cast an individual vote in the 3 main portions of the industry namely PDAs, Credit Providers and Debt Counsellors. It was an interesting and revealing process as consumers could send sms’ , #Hashtag and vote online for their personal choice. Here are the results of the public voting:
FAVOURITE PAYMENT DISTRIBUTION AGENCY
This little piggy goes to:
HYPHEN Technologies
FAVOURITE RETAIL STORE CREDIT PROVIDER
This little piggy went to:
MR.PRICE GROUP
FAVOURITE VEHICLE FINANCE CREDIT PROVIDER
This little piggy went to:
WESBANK a division of FirstRand bank limited
FAVOURITE BANK
This little piggy went to:
FIRST NATIONAL BANK – a division of FirstRand Bank limited
FAVOURITE DEBT COUNSELLOR – Small & boutique Debt Counsellors
This little piggy goes to:
ANCIL VAN HEERDEN
FAVOURITE DEBT COUNSELLOR – Medium/regional Debt Counsellors
This little piggy went to:
CONSUMER DEBT HELP
FAVOURITE DEBT COUNSELLOR – Large Debt Counsellors
This little piggy went to:
DEBTSAFE
Industry Panel Voting
It was then time for the Industry Panel results to be announced in the second session of the gala. The industry panels brought their many combined years of industry experience to the fore and evaluated recent performance by the nominees – which were announced in June. Once again there were 3 sections Credit Providers, PDAs and DCs.
Here are the results:
CREDIT PROVIDERS
In Category 1 – MICRO FINANCE
The Nominees were:
- Izwe Loans
- Fin Choice
- Nixor
- Money Star
This little piggy went to:
IZWE LOANS
In category 2 – MEDIUM CREDIT PROVIDER & RETAIL
The Nominees were:
- Direct Axis
- Joshua Doore Group
- Lewis Group
- Mr.Price Group Limited
And this little piggy went to:
MR.PRICE GROUP LIMITED
In category 3 – LARGE CREDIT PROVIDER, RETAIL & LOAN
The nominees were:
- Bayport Financial services
- Consumer Friend (representing Woolworths, Truworths, RCS, Capfin and The Foschini Group)
- Old Mutual Finance
And this little piggy went to:
CONSUMER FRIEND
In category 4 – VEHICLE FINANCE
The Nominees were:
- Motor Finance Corporation (MFC)
- Standard Bank Vehicle Finance
- Wesbank
And this little piggy went to:
WESBANK
In Category 5 – BANKS
The Nominees were:
- First National Bank (A division of FirstRand Bank Limited)
- Nedbank
- Standard Bank of South Africa
And this little piggy went to:
FIRST NATIONAL BANK
(A DIVISION OF FIRSTRAND BANK LIMITED)
PAYMENT DISTRIBUTION (PDA’S)
In each category the nominees were:
- DC Partner
- Hyphen Technology
- The National Distribution Agency (NPDA)
In category 1 – CLIENT AND CUSTOMER SERVICE
This little piggy went to:
NPDA
PDA – Category 2
In category 2 – SYSTEMS & SOFTWARE INTEGRATION
This little piggy went to:
NPDA
In Category 3 – PAYMENTS
This little piggy went to:
DC PARTNER
PDA – Category 4
Compliance / SLAs/legislation re: payment & financial distribution
This little piggy went to:
HYPHEN TECHNOLOGY
PDA – Category 5
INDUSTRY SUPPORT AND ENGAGEMENT
This little piggy went to:
NPDA
Debt Counsellors
In category 1 – BOUTIQUE & SMALL DEBT COUNSELLING FIRMS,
The nominees were:
- Adri De Bryn
- Frederik Reinecke
- Tanja Davel
This little piggy went to:
ADRI DE BRYN
In category 2 – MEDIUM DEBT COUNSELLING FIRMS WITH REGIONAL OFFICES,
The nominees were:
- Casper Le Grange (DCGSA)
- Clark Gardner (Summit Financial Partners)
- Philippa Davis (DT Debt Counselling)
- Tommy Mouton (Debt Solutions)
This little piggy went to:
PHILIPPA DAVIS
In category 3 – LARGE / NATIONAL DEBT COUNSELLING FIRMS
The nominees were:
- Credit Matters
- Debt Busters
- Debt Rescue
- Octogen
And this little piggy went to:
DebtBusters
It was interesting to see how the voting by the public in some categories was similar or the same as the results announced by the Industry Panels. Well done, to all the Nominees for being the top companies in their categories, at the moment, and well done to those companies and individuals who won Golden Piggys!