Although we’re yet to fully launch our service at Wonga.com, our existing innovation and whizzy technology is already attracting admirers in the business world. Everyone likes to receive the odd pat on the back but, if you’ll forgive a little crowing, our backs are positively tingling right now.

First of all we’ve been whooping and dancing since being short-listed for inclusion in this year’s Red Herring Europe 100 list. It’s basically a who’s who of the most exciting new tech businesses across Europe, Middle East and Africa - and we could be one of them.

Next we heard that we’d been named a finalist in the European Excellence in Payments Innovation Awards (catchy eh?). We’ll be up against two other companies for the title of Most Innovative Payment Processing Solution.

Shortly after that we received good tidings from the lovely people at the National Business Awards, completing a hatrick of finalist places! We’ve made the regional sort-list in two categories – The Orange Best Use of Technology in Business Award and The Credit Suisse Entrepreneur of the Year Award (a prestigious individual gong that we hope could go to our illustrious CEO).

OK, so we’ve not actually, definitely, 100% won any of these awards yet, but it’s an honour just to be in the running. We’d love some recognition for all the hard work everyone’s put in so far and we should find out if we’ve achieved that soon, so watch this space.

This entry was posted on Friday, April 18th, 2008 at 6:09 pm and is filed under Awards, General, Loans, Wonga.